Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2020-02-08

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Feb 8
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
194 head
▼ 204 vs last sale 398▲ 194 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 39, Heifers 87, Bulls 68)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.46/cwt on 76 head.
Average price
$124.46
76 head · 485 lb average
Value per head Derived
$604
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$28
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$11.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.25
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2447129.6758033
Medium and Large 1549122.0367025
Medium and Large 3467118.3155218thin
One grade step is worth $11.36/cwt here — about $28 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 sale76 hd
124.46
—
VA average9 barns · 1,211 hd
124.72
−0.25
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

35 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1437161.00/cwt161.00–161.007043
Steers—Medium and Large 2444160.00/cwt160.00–160.007107
Steers—Medium and Large 2450141.00/cwt141.00–141.006351
Steers—Medium and Large 3478127.00/cwt127.00–127.006072
Steers—Medium and Large 2533155.50/cwt155.50–155.508296
Steers—Medium and Large 2570130.00/cwt130.00–130.007411
Steers—Medium and Large 1573148.50/cwt148.50–148.508516
Steers—Medium and Large 2615138.00/cwt138.00–138.008491
Steers—Medium and Large 1650136.00/cwt136.00–136.008842
Steers—Medium and Large 1768119.00/cwt119.00–119.009142
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3352120.50/cwt120.50–120.504245
Heifers—Medium and Large 2355134.00/cwt134.00–134.004768
Heifers—Medium and Large 2433132.00/cwt132.00–132.0057214
Heifers—Medium and Large 3445126.00/cwt126.00–126.005617
Heifers—Medium and Large 1463132.00/cwt132.00–132.006116
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525125.00/cwt125.00–125.0065610
Heifers—Medium and Large 3533116.00/cwt116.00–116.006183
Heifers—Medium and Large 1544123.55/cwt118.00–124.0067213
Heifers—Medium and Large 2605109.00/cwt109.00–109.006591
Heifers—Medium and Large 364299.00/cwt99.00–99.006363
Heifers—Medium and Large 1646108.76/cwt105.00–109.507036
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1337176.64/cwt172.00–179.005953
Bulls—Medium and Large 2344177.00/cwt177.00–177.006094
Bulls—Medium and Large 2355161.00/cwt161.00–161.005721
Bulls—Medium and Large 2415165.00/cwt165.00–165.0068512
Bulls—Medium and Large 3415118.00/cwt118.00–118.004901
Bulls—Medium and Large 1421161.00/cwt161.00–161.006789
Bulls—Medium and Large 1486150.00/cwt150.00–150.007297
Bulls—Medium and Large 2492149.50/cwt149.50–149.507367
Bulls—Medium and Large 1520136.00/cwt136.00–136.007071
Bulls—Medium and Large 3532115.00/cwt115.00–115.006123
Bulls—Medium and Large 2555130.00/cwt130.00–130.007222
Bulls—Medium and Large 1577134.50/cwt134.50–134.507766
Bulls—Medium and Large 1650114.00/cwt114.00–114.007412
Bulls—Medium and Large 2670108.00/cwt108.00–108.007241

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.