Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2020-09-26

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Sep 26
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
262 head
▼ 299 vs last sale 561▼ 322 vs year ago 584 · −55.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 74, Heifers 106, Bulls 82)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.34/cwt on 95 head.
Average price
$122.34
95 head · 493 lb average
Value per head Derived
$604
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$49
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$4.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.39
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2476124.3959345
Medium and Large 1528120.6163737
Medium and Large 3453120.1554413thin
One grade step is worth $4.24/cwt here — about $49 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 sale95 hd
122.34
—
VA average9 barns · 1,667 hd
121.95
+0.39
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

34 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 2350167.00/cwt167.00–167.005857
Steers—Medium and Large 2438151.00/cwt151.00–151.006614
Steers—Medium and Large 1466149.23/cwt139.50–150.0069514
Steers—Medium and Large 1530134.00/cwt134.00–134.007102
Steers—Medium and Large 2537136.00/cwt136.00–136.007303
Steers—Medium and Large 1559138.00/cwt138.00–138.007718
Steers—Medium and Large 3615124.00/cwt124.00–124.007631
Steers—Medium and Large 1635133.00/cwt133.00–133.0084512
Steers—Medium and Large 2643135.75/cwt135.75–135.758736
Steers—Medium and Large 1746125.00/cwt125.00–125.009335
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1330148.00/cwt148.00–148.004882
Heifers—Medium and Large 2345142.42/cwt136.00–144.004915
Heifers—Medium and Large 3353131.00/cwt131.00–131.004625
Heifers—Medium and Large 1447125.00/cwt125.00–125.0055910
Heifers—Medium and Large 2454125.26/cwt117.00–126.0056925
Heifers—Medium and Large 3457116.00/cwt116.00–116.005303
Heifers—Medium and Large 1480121.00/cwt121.00–121.005811
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525115.00/cwt115.00–115.006042
Heifers—Medium and Large 3535113.50/cwt113.50–113.506074
Heifers—Medium and Large 1540119.00/cwt119.00–119.0064315
Heifers—Medium and Large 2553118.00/cwt118.00–118.0065312
Heifers—Medium and Large 3610105.00/cwt105.00–105.006411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1629113.00/cwt113.00–113.007117
Heifers—Medium and Large 2680108.00/cwt108.00–108.007341
Heifers—Medium and Large 1685106.00/cwt106.00–106.007261
Heifers—Medium and Large 1745113.50/cwt113.50–113.508461
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2342173.00/cwt173.00–173.005927
Bulls—Medium and Large 1487134.50/cwt134.50–134.506559
Bulls—Medium and Large 2498134.00/cwt134.00–134.006674
Bulls—Medium and Large 1580128.00/cwt128.00–128.0074213
Bulls—Medium and Large 2584129.50/cwt129.50–129.507566
Bulls—Medium and Large 3595116.00/cwt116.00–116.006901
Bulls—Medium and Large 1638119.15/cwt113.00–120.007608
Bulls—Medium and Large 2653122.50/cwt122.50–122.508005

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.