Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2021-02-27

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Feb 27
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
248 head
▲ 155 vs last sale 93▼ 95 vs year ago 343 · −27.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 48, Heifers 124, Bulls 76)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.29/cwt on 115 head.
Average price
$130.29
115 head · 478 lb average
Value per head Derived
$623
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$109
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$9.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.71
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2465133.5562152
Medium and Large 1513128.5766048
Medium and Large 3411124.5351115thin
One grade step is worth $9.01/cwt here — about $109 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 sale115 hd
130.29
—
VA average6 barns · 643 hd
122.58
+7.71
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

35 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2350167.00/cwt167.00–167.005852
Steers—Medium and Large 1373165.00/cwt165.00–165.006152
Steers—Medium and Large 1425147.00/cwt147.00–147.006251
Steers—Medium and Large 2432150.00/cwt150.00–150.006485
Steers—Medium and Large 1466153.00/cwt153.00–153.007135
Steers—Medium and Large 2508151.00/cwt151.00–151.007673
Steers—Medium and Large 3530138.00/cwt138.00–138.007311
Steers—Medium and Large 1548155.50/cwt155.50–155.508529
Steers—Medium and Large 1639140.00/cwt140.00–140.008958
Steers—Medium and Large 2715125.00/cwt125.00–125.008941
Steers—Medium and Large 1775114.00/cwt114.00–114.008841
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2335135.00/cwt135.00–135.004521
Heifers—Medium and Large 3359125.00/cwt125.00–125.004497
Heifers—Medium and Large 1369146.09/cwt138.00–149.005398
Heifers—Medium and Large 2371144.00/cwt144.00–144.0053410
Heifers—Medium and Large 3420118.00/cwt118.00–118.004961
Heifers—Medium and Large 1446136.00/cwt136.00–136.0060711
Heifers—Medium and Large 3461125.00/cwt125.00–125.005767
Heifers—Medium and Large 2462135.00/cwt135.00–135.0062430
Heifers—Medium and Large 1543126.00/cwt126.00–126.0068417
Heifers—Medium and Large 2554121.50/cwt121.50–121.506739
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623114.50/cwt114.50–114.5071311
Heifers—Medium and Large 2640113.00/cwt113.00–113.007232
Heifers—Medium and Large 1700105.00/cwt105.00–105.007351
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2330178.57/cwt171.00–179.505899
Bulls—Medium and Large 1361166.00/cwt166.00–166.005995
Bulls—Medium and Large 2398154.00/cwt154.00–154.006132
Bulls—Medium and Large 2400160.00/cwt160.00–160.006407
Bulls—Medium and Large 1410161.00/cwt161.00–161.0066011
Bulls—Medium and Large 3443134.00/cwt134.00–134.005949
Bulls—Medium and Large 2477148.00/cwt148.00–148.007065
Bulls—Medium and Large 1494146.00/cwt146.00–146.007216
Bulls—Medium and Large 2547132.50/cwt132.50–132.507253
Bulls—Medium and Large 1562132.50/cwt132.50–132.507453
Bulls—Medium and Large 1636121.00/cwt121.00–121.007704

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.