Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2020-07-31

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Fri, Jul 31
● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
319 head
▼ 220 vs last sale 539▲ 319 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Springlake Special Weaned and Vaccinated Sale

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 190, Heifers 129)

Value Added Cattle 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 $141.46/cwt on 190 head.
Average price
$141.46
190 head · 684 lb average
Value per head Derived
$968
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$204
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$25.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.94
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1685142.25975184
Medium and Large 3659117.007716thin
One grade step is worth $25.25/cwt here — about $204 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 sale190 hd
141.46
—
VA average6 barns · 1,070 hd
136.51
+4.94
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

10 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added524155.50/cwt155.50–155.5081518
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added615152.50/cwt152.50–152.5093877
Steers—Medium and Large 3Value Added659117.00/cwt117.00–117.007716
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added717137.00/cwt137.00–137.0098261
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added855122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,04310
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added916116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,06314
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added1,041108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,1244
Feeder Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added531134.00/cwt134.00–134.0071234
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added620131.50/cwt131.50–131.5081578
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added759121.00/cwt121.00–121.0091817

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.