Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2020-08-29

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Aug 29
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
193 head
▼ 209 vs last sale 402▼ 201 vs year ago 394 · −51.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 60, Heifers 84, Bulls 49)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.75/cwt on 75 head.
Average price
$129.75
75 head · 509 lb average
Value per head Derived
$661
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$21
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$10.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.05
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2486131.9564135
Medium and Large 1536129.7169531
Medium and Large 3510121.336199thin
One grade step is worth $10.62/cwt here — about $21 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 sale75 hd
129.75
—
VA average7 barns · 979 hd
126.71
+3.05
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

41 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1305183.00/cwt183.00–183.005581
Steers—Medium and Large 2390168.00/cwt168.00–168.006551
Steers—Medium and Large 3425149.00/cwt149.00–149.006332
Steers—Medium and Large 2456148.00/cwt148.00–148.006758
Steers—Medium and Large 1464146.61/cwt143.00–149.006805
Steers—Medium and Large 2542143.00/cwt143.00–143.007755
Steers—Medium and Large 1544141.00/cwt141.00–141.0076712
Steers—Medium and Large 3560134.00/cwt134.00–134.007502
Steers—Medium and Large 2580140.00/cwt140.00–140.008121
Steers—Medium and Large 1618134.50/cwt134.50–134.508317
Steers—Medium and Large 1650131.00/cwt131.00–131.008521
Steers—Medium and Large 2655134.00/cwt134.00–134.008783
Steers—Medium and Large 3665128.00/cwt128.00–128.008511
Steers—Medium and Large 2732126.25/cwt124.00–127.009244
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2346141.00/cwt141.00–141.004889
Heifers—Medium and Large 3365124.00/cwt124.00–124.004531
Heifers—Medium and Large 1378140.02/cwt139.00–141.005292
Heifers—Medium and Large 3443127.50/cwt127.50–127.505654
Heifers—Medium and Large 2459134.25/cwt134.25–134.2561613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1461132.50/cwt132.50–132.506117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1532128.00/cwt128.00–128.0068114
Heifers—Medium and Large 2534129.00/cwt129.00–129.006896
Heifers—Medium and Large 3580116.00/cwt116.00–116.006732
Heifers—Medium and Large 1640130.50/cwt130.50–130.508357
Heifers—Medium and Large 2641126.50/cwt126.50–126.508114
Heifers—Medium and Large 3648113.00/cwt113.00–113.007322
Heifers—Medium and Large 1700108.00/cwt108.00–108.007561
Heifers—Medium and Large 2715108.00/cwt108.00–108.007723
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2338178.00/cwt178.00–178.006023
Bulls—Medium and Large 2370164.00/cwt164.00–164.006071
Bulls—Medium and Large 1422160.00/cwt160.00–160.006753
Bulls—Medium and Large 2438160.00/cwt160.00–160.007012
Bulls—Medium and Large 1489138.06/cwt137.50–143.006759
Bulls—Medium and Large 3495131.00/cwt131.00–131.006481
Bulls—Medium and Large 2505137.22/cwt127.00–139.006937
Bulls—Medium and Large 3520120.00/cwt120.00–120.006241
Bulls—Medium and Large 1535124.00/cwt124.00–124.006631
Bulls—Medium and Large 2577134.00/cwt134.00–134.007733
Bulls—Medium and Large 1583123.00/cwt123.00–123.007172
Bulls—Medium and Large 1635126.40/cwt121.00–129.008033
Bulls—Medium and Large 2673128.00/cwt128.00–128.008614

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.