Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2020-01-24

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Fri, Jan 24
● Final6 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
356 head
▼ 141 vs last sale 497▲ 356 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Springlake Weaned and Vaccinated Sale.

In-Barn State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 274, Heifers 82)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $152.30/cwt on 274 head.
Average price
$152.30
274 head · 662 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,008
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$176
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$13.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.18
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2519164.0085134
Medium and Large 1682150.641,027240
One grade step is worth $13.36/cwt here — about −$176 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale274 hd
152.30
—
VA average7 barns · 866 hd
150.12
+2.18
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

6 lots · USDA AMS · Springlake Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Moneta, VA
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added519164.00/cwt164.00–164.0085134
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added592162.50/cwt162.50–162.5096278
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added665149.00/cwt149.00–149.0099172
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added740145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,07367
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added871132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,15023
Feeder Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added607129.00/cwt129.00–129.0078382

This sale against other markets

Virginia weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Virginia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.