Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2020-09-12

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Sep 12
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
649 head
▲ 378 vs last sale 271▲ 92 vs year ago 557 · +16.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 159, Heifers 306, Bulls 184)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.17/cwt on 274 head.
Average price
$128.17
274 head · 501 lb average
Value per head Derived
$642
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$54
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$14.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.29
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2480132.25635118
Medium and Large 1523126.80663126
Medium and Large 3492117.9258130
One grade step is worth $14.33/cwt here — about $54 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 sale274 hd
128.17
—
VA average9 barns · 1,583 hd
128.46
−0.29
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

44 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2346174.00/cwt174.00–174.006027
Steers—Medium and Large 1380169.00/cwt169.00–169.006423
Steers—Medium and Large 3433141.00/cwt141.00–141.006112
Steers—Medium and Large 2434159.00/cwt159.00–159.006908
Steers—Medium and Large 1457147.00/cwt147.00–147.0067231
Steers—Medium and Large 3495133.00/cwt133.00–133.006581
Steers—Medium and Large 1520133.00/cwt133.00–133.006922
Steers—Medium and Large 2530144.41/cwt139.00–145.0076510
Steers—Medium and Large 3530126.00/cwt126.00–126.006683
Steers—Medium and Large 1555143.00/cwt143.00–143.0079431
Steers—Medium and Large 2612138.00/cwt138.00–138.008453
Steers—Medium and Large 1629133.58/cwt130.00–133.7584022
Steers—Medium and Large 1724130.50/cwt130.50–130.509459
Steers—Medium and Large 2735127.00/cwt127.00–127.009333
Steers—Medium and Large 3735110.00/cwt110.00–110.008091
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3347121.00/cwt121.00–121.004203
Heifers—Medium and Large 1353141.50/cwt136.00–142.0049912
Heifers—Medium and Large 2364141.03/cwt136.00–141.5051325
Heifers—Medium and Large 2443124.50/cwt124.50–124.505523
Heifers—Medium and Large 2451132.00/cwt132.00–132.0059540
Heifers—Medium and Large 3456118.36/cwt111.00–119.0054013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1459128.29/cwt124.00–128.5058943
Heifers—Medium and Large 3534119.67/cwt116.00–120.0063912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1538125.96/cwt122.00–126.2567843
Heifers—Medium and Large 2540128.69/cwt124.00–129.2569538
Heifers—Medium and Large 2639128.00/cwt128.00–128.0081812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1643123.00/cwt123.00–123.0079121
Heifers—Medium and Large 3675102.00/cwt102.00–102.006891
Heifers—Medium and Large 372098.00/cwt98.00–98.007061
Heifers—Medium and Large 1752109.00/cwt109.00–109.008207
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1346179.00/cwt179.00–179.006195
Bulls—Medium and Large 2368164.85/cwt153.00–168.006079
Bulls—Medium and Large 1415158.50/cwt155.00–159.0065816
Bulls—Medium and Large 2417157.00/cwt157.00–157.0065519
Bulls—Medium and Large 3466128.50/cwt128.50–128.505997
Bulls—Medium and Large 2485141.75/cwt141.75–141.7568712
Bulls—Medium and Large 1496139.75/cwt139.75–139.7569321
Bulls—Medium and Large 3540123.00/cwt123.00–123.006642
Bulls—Medium and Large 2570130.25/cwt130.25–130.2574213
Bulls—Medium and Large 1576126.19/cwt121.00–126.5072718
Bulls—Medium and Large 3580121.00/cwt121.00–121.007022
Bulls—Medium and Large 1640122.50/cwt122.50–122.5078413
Bulls—Medium and Large 2645125.00/cwt125.00–125.008061
Bulls—Medium and Large 1670113.00/cwt113.00–113.007571

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.