Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2020-05-16

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, May 16
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
439 head
▲ 54 vs last sale 385▲ 439 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 107, Heifers 193, Bulls 139)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.76/cwt on 174 head.
Average price
$129.76
174 head · 482 lb average
Value per head Derived
$625
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$53
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$5.99/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.12
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2459132.4660881
Medium and Large 3423131.0455519thin
Medium and Large 1522126.4766174
One grade step is worth $5.99/cwt here — about −$53 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 sale174 hd
129.76
—
VA average10 barns · 1,596 hd
124.64
+5.12
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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2368162.00/cwt162.00–162.0059610
Steers—Medium and Large 1390159.00/cwt159.00–159.006202
Steers—Medium and Large 2434146.50/cwt146.50–146.5063611
Steers—Medium and Large 1450142.00/cwt142.00–142.0063918
Steers—Medium and Large 2470139.00/cwt139.00–139.006532
Steers—Medium and Large 1546139.00/cwt139.00–139.0075933
Steers—Medium and Large 2553136.00/cwt136.00–136.007522
Steers—Medium and Large 2631132.15/cwt128.00–133.008346
Steers—Medium and Large 1644128.00/cwt128.00–128.008247
Steers—Medium and Large 2705122.00/cwt122.00–122.008601
Steers—Medium and Large 1720121.50/cwt121.50–121.508753
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2359143.50/cwt143.50–143.5051523
Heifers—Medium and Large 1363142.25/cwt142.25–142.255165
Heifers—Medium and Large 3371135.00/cwt135.00–135.005016
Heifers—Medium and Large 3432130.25/cwt130.25–130.2556311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1437126.00/cwt126.00–126.005513
Heifers—Medium and Large 2452131.75/cwt128.00–132.0059632
Heifers—Medium and Large 1466132.00/cwt132.00–132.0061523
Heifers—Medium and Large 3533123.50/cwt123.50–123.506582
Heifers—Medium and Large 2534128.50/cwt128.50–128.5068619
Heifers—Medium and Large 1550125.50/cwt125.50–125.5069033
Heifers—Medium and Large 2580123.00/cwt123.00–123.007132
Heifers—Medium and Large 1605108.00/cwt108.00–108.006531
Heifers—Medium and Large 2625105.00/cwt105.00–105.006565
Heifers—Medium and Large 1668110.50/cwt110.50–110.507388
Heifers—Medium and Large 1705100.00/cwt100.00–100.007051
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1335163.00/cwt163.00–163.005461
Bulls—Medium and Large 2344161.00/cwt161.00–161.0055411
Bulls—Medium and Large 2365151.00/cwt151.00–151.005511
Bulls—Medium and Large 2427143.39/cwt139.00–144.0061216
Bulls—Medium and Large 1432138.50/cwt138.50–138.5059812
Bulls—Medium and Large 3458136.00/cwt136.00–136.006233
Bulls—Medium and Large 1475127.00/cwt127.00–127.006031
Bulls—Medium and Large 2488137.02/cwt128.00–137.5066919
Bulls—Medium and Large 1500132.00/cwt132.00–132.0066011
Bulls—Medium and Large 2553123.00/cwt123.00–123.006805
Bulls—Medium and Large 1566119.00/cwt119.00–119.006749
Bulls—Medium and Large 1655112.50/cwt112.50–112.5073716
Bulls—Medium and Large 2657117.00/cwt117.00–117.007696

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.