Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2020-09-05

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Sep 5
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
271 head
▲ 78 vs last sale 193▼ 487 vs year ago 758 · −64.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 61, Heifers 115, Bulls 95)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.18/cwt on 96 head.
Average price
$123.18
96 head · 517 lb average
Value per head Derived
$637
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$38
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$5.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.19
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2515125.6864746
Medium and Large 1530121.7664527
Medium and Large 3508119.8760923
One grade step is worth $5.80/cwt here — about $38 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 sale96 hd
123.18
—
VA average9 barns · 1,323 hd
126.38
−3.19
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

38 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1353177.50/cwt177.50–177.506275
Steers—Medium and Large 2377169.50/cwt169.50–169.506393
Steers—Medium and Large 1447152.00/cwt152.00–152.006793
Steers—Medium and Large 2459151.00/cwt151.00–151.0069311
Steers—Medium and Large 1533144.00/cwt133.00–145.0076812
Steers—Medium and Large 2544145.00/cwt145.00–145.007896
Steers—Medium and Large 2658135.00/cwt135.00–135.008884
Steers—Medium and Large 1659135.00/cwt135.00–135.008905
Steers—Medium and Large 1752121.00/cwt121.00–121.009103
Steers—Medium and Large 2755126.00/cwt126.00–126.009511
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3367126.00/cwt126.00–126.004623
Heifers—Medium and Large 2369140.00/cwt140.00–140.005176
Heifers—Medium and Large 1395140.00/cwt140.00–140.005531
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425129.50/cwt129.50–129.505502
Heifers—Medium and Large 1451125.35/cwt121.50–127.0056510
Heifers—Medium and Large 2454130.50/cwt130.50–130.5059214
Heifers—Medium and Large 3463121.50/cwt121.50–121.505637
Heifers—Medium and Large 1536122.29/cwt116.00–123.0065510
Heifers—Medium and Large 3536120.50/cwt120.50–120.506469
Heifers—Medium and Large 2554122.61/cwt119.00–123.5067915
Heifers—Medium and Large 3628111.02/cwt105.00–129.006974
Heifers—Medium and Large 1633119.00/cwt119.00–119.007533
Heifers—Medium and Large 2645114.85/cwt109.50–117.007417
Heifers—Medium and Large 1715104.69/cwt102.00–106.007493
Heifers—Medium and Large 2720105.99/cwt104.00–108.007632
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2328185.00/cwt185.00–185.006073
Bulls—Medium and Large 1365161.00/cwt161.00–161.005881
Bulls—Medium and Large 2390154.00/cwt154.00–154.006011
Bulls—Medium and Large 2416159.50/cwt159.50–159.5066413
Bulls—Medium and Large 1434152.52/cwt151.00–153.006628
Bulls—Medium and Large 3460139.00/cwt139.00–139.006392
Bulls—Medium and Large 1497144.56/cwt135.00–145.5071811
Bulls—Medium and Large 2502144.00/cwt144.00–144.007239
Bulls—Medium and Large 2565133.50/cwt133.50–133.507544
Bulls—Medium and Large 3573121.00/cwt121.00–121.006933
Bulls—Medium and Large 1575130.07/cwt121.00–131.5074815
Bulls—Medium and Large 1648129.00/cwt129.00–129.008364
Bulls—Medium and Large 2660129.00/cwt129.00–129.008511

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.