Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2020-02-22

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Feb 22
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
522 head
▲ 59 vs last sale 463▲ 522 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 72, Heifers 261, Bulls 189)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.17/cwt on 228 head.
Average price
$129.17
228 head · 492 lb average
Value per head Derived
$635
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$66
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$10.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.29
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2480133.27640100
Medium and Large 1534128.7068865
Medium and Large 3466123.1657463
One grade step is worth $10.11/cwt here — about $66 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 sale228 hd
129.17
—
VA average8 barns · 1,282 hd
126.89
+2.29
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

39 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2372168.00/cwt168.00–168.006253
Steers—Medium and Large 1375168.00/cwt168.00–168.006303
Steers—Medium and Large 3433140.00/cwt140.00–140.006063
Steers—Medium and Large 1445160.00/cwt160.00–160.0071212
Steers—Medium and Large 2463163.50/cwt163.50–163.507574
Steers—Medium and Large 1470150.00/cwt150.00–150.007051
Steers—Medium and Large 3520142.00/cwt142.00–142.007381
Steers—Medium and Large 1533160.50/cwt160.50–160.508556
Steers—Medium and Large 2555160.40/cwt155.00–161.0089010
Steers—Medium and Large 2630140.00/cwt140.00–140.008823
Steers—Medium and Large 3630110.00/cwt110.00–110.006931
Steers—Medium and Large 1645149.75/cwt149.75–149.7596610
Steers—Medium and Large 1725130.00/cwt130.00–130.009434
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1345142.00/cwt142.00–142.004906
Heifers—Medium and Large 2359138.50/cwt138.50–138.5049719
Heifers—Medium and Large 3359124.46/cwt116.00–125.0044718
Heifers—Medium and Large 3446131.27/cwt122.50–132.0058525
Heifers—Medium and Large 2453135.85/cwt131.00–136.2561539
Heifers—Medium and Large 1454131.15/cwt126.00–131.5059516
Heifers—Medium and Large 2538130.67/cwt120.00–132.0070335
Heifers—Medium and Large 1541131.75/cwt131.75–131.7571324
Heifers—Medium and Large 3546116.65/cwt113.00–117.0063711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1638120.75/cwt120.75–120.7577016
Heifers—Medium and Large 3640106.00/cwt106.00–106.006789
Heifers—Medium and Large 2662119.00/cwt119.00–119.007886
Heifers—Medium and Large 2735110.00/cwt110.00–110.008091
Heifers—Medium and Large 1735107.00/cwt107.00–107.007863
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1341173.50/cwt173.50–173.505926
Bulls—Medium and Large 2343172.50/cwt172.50–172.5059211
Bulls—Medium and Large 2413159.65/cwt154.00–160.0065917
Bulls—Medium and Large 1421160.00/cwt160.00–160.0067418
Bulls—Medium and Large 3443127.45/cwt121.00–129.0056521
Bulls—Medium and Large 1491147.89/cwt140.00–148.5072614
Bulls—Medium and Large 2494150.50/cwt150.50–150.5074320
Bulls—Medium and Large 3545115.45/cwt111.00–116.006299
Bulls—Medium and Large 1567144.75/cwt144.75–144.7582115
Bulls—Medium and Large 2575139.00/cwt139.00–139.007997
Bulls—Medium and Large 1651118.00/cwt118.00–118.007684
Bulls—Medium and Large 2654116.00/cwt116.00–116.007595

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.