Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2020-04-04

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Apr 4
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
391 head
▲ 124 vs last sale 267▲ 391 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 122, Heifers 167, Bulls 102)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.53/cwt on 156 head.
Average price
$115.53
156 head · 476 lb average
Value per head Derived
$550
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$47
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$1.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.21
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2468116.2654581
Medium and Large 1502114.8357656
Medium and Large 3435114.4249719thin
One grade step is worth $1.84/cwt here — about $47 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 sale156 hd
115.53
—
VA average9 barns · 1,543 hd
118.74
−3.21
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

40 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2375145.00/cwt145.00–145.005442
Steers—Medium and Large 1383147.45/cwt140.00–149.005656
Steers—Medium and Large 2454139.25/cwt127.00–140.0063218
Steers—Medium and Large 1457133.00/cwt133.00–133.0060825
Steers—Medium and Large 3460118.00/cwt118.00–118.005431
Steers—Medium and Large 1539143.00/cwt143.00–143.0077112
Steers—Medium and Large 3553136.00/cwt136.00–136.007523
Steers—Medium and Large 2556144.00/cwt144.00–144.0080123
Steers—Medium and Large 1580128.00/cwt128.00–128.007421
Steers—Medium and Large 2638132.50/cwt132.50–132.508454
Steers—Medium and Large 1643129.00/cwt129.00–129.0082914
Steers—Medium and Large 1740118.00/cwt118.00–118.008732
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1361124.00/cwt124.00–124.0044813
Heifers—Medium and Large 2361121.95/cwt121.00–122.0044021
Heifers—Medium and Large 3363121.00/cwt121.00–121.004393
Heifers—Medium and Large 3434113.93/cwt113.00–114.0049414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1439116.00/cwt116.00–116.0050915
Heifers—Medium and Large 2444117.50/cwt117.50–117.5052233
Heifers—Medium and Large 1460110.00/cwt110.00–110.005061
Heifers—Medium and Large 2540113.50/cwt113.50–113.5061318
Heifers—Medium and Large 3548108.00/cwt108.00–108.005922
Heifers—Medium and Large 1558113.00/cwt113.00–113.0063116
Heifers—Medium and Large 2627106.00/cwt106.00–106.006656
Heifers—Medium and Large 1635104.00/cwt104.00–104.006601
Heifers—Medium and Large 1655107.00/cwt107.00–107.007017
Heifers—Medium and Large 1733102.50/cwt102.50–102.507513
Heifers—Medium and Large 2742100.00/cwt100.00–100.007423
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2338145.00/cwt145.00–145.004906
Bulls—Medium and Large 1350137.00/cwt137.00–137.004806
Bulls—Medium and Large 1411133.50/cwt133.50–133.5054914
Bulls—Medium and Large 2424129.75/cwt129.75–129.7555010
Bulls—Medium and Large 3439128.00/cwt128.00–128.005629
Bulls—Medium and Large 2485126.00/cwt126.00–126.006114
Bulls—Medium and Large 2505121.00/cwt121.00–121.006113
Bulls—Medium and Large 1508120.00/cwt120.00–120.0061011
Bulls—Medium and Large 3537115.00/cwt115.00–115.006183
Bulls—Medium and Large 2565125.00/cwt125.00–125.007063
Bulls—Medium and Large 1574117.00/cwt117.00–117.006724
Bulls—Medium and Large 166399.00/cwt99.00–99.006562
Bulls—Medium and Large 267098.00/cwt98.00–98.006574

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.