Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2021-04-17

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Apr 17
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
542 head
▲ 108 vs last sale 434▲ 30 vs year ago 512 · +5.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 152, Heifers 199, Bulls 191)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.35/cwt on 182 head.
Average price
$133.35
182 head · 495 lb average
Value per head Derived
$660
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$63
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$3.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.34
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2478134.7364470
Medium and Large 1514132.6068298
Medium and Large 3441131.7158114thin
One grade step is worth $3.02/cwt here — about $63 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 sale182 hd
133.35
—
VA average10 barns · 2,479 hd
131.01
+2.34
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 2369162.00/cwt162.00–162.005987
Steers—Medium and Large 1372164.00/cwt164.00–164.006105
Steers—Medium and Large 2442162.66/cwt154.00–164.0071915
Steers—Medium and Large 3453146.99/cwt141.00–149.006664
Steers—Medium and Large 1476164.59/cwt152.00–166.0078310
Steers—Medium and Large 3510142.00/cwt142.00–142.007241
Steers—Medium and Large 1528141.00/cwt141.00–141.007442
Steers—Medium and Large 2541162.50/cwt162.50–162.5087914
Steers—Medium and Large 1551158.50/cwt158.50–158.5087330
Steers—Medium and Large 2555141.00/cwt141.00–141.007831
Steers—Medium and Large 1626146.00/cwt146.00–146.0091426
Steers—Medium and Large 2647147.00/cwt147.00–147.009519
Steers—Medium and Large 2708131.00/cwt131.00–131.009272
Steers—Medium and Large 1762123.21/cwt122.00–124.009395
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1345156.00/cwt156.00–156.005386
Heifers—Medium and Large 3348140.00/cwt140.00–140.004876
Heifers—Medium and Large 2355149.00/cwt149.00–149.0052916
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375141.00/cwt141.00–141.005292
Heifers—Medium and Large 2440133.99/cwt131.50–134.5059023
Heifers—Medium and Large 1454131.48/cwt131.00–131.5059734
Heifers—Medium and Large 3469129.00/cwt129.00–129.006054
Heifers—Medium and Large 2510126.00/cwt126.00–126.006431
Heifers—Medium and Large 1540132.11/cwt127.50–132.5071338
Heifers—Medium and Large 2550132.50/cwt132.50–132.5072921
Heifers—Medium and Large 3553122.00/cwt122.00–122.006754
Heifers—Medium and Large 2625117.43/cwt117.00–121.007349
Heifers—Medium and Large 1637128.50/cwt128.50–128.5081916
Heifers—Medium and Large 1715115.00/cwt115.00–115.008222
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2339179.00/cwt179.00–179.006079
Bulls—Medium and Large 1347177.50/cwt177.50–177.5061610
Bulls—Medium and Large 2414164.22/cwt145.00–167.0068016
Bulls—Medium and Large 1415161.94/cwt151.00–163.0067223
Bulls—Medium and Large 3445142.59/cwt138.00–143.0063512
Bulls—Medium and Large 2498138.00/cwt138.00–138.0068717
Bulls—Medium and Large 1500138.00/cwt138.00–138.0069019
Bulls—Medium and Large 2505129.00/cwt129.00–129.006511
Bulls—Medium and Large 3515125.02/cwt123.00–127.006442
Bulls—Medium and Large 2570140.00/cwt140.00–140.0079811
Bulls—Medium and Large 1574140.00/cwt140.00–140.0080426
Bulls—Medium and Large 2645134.50/cwt134.50–134.508685
Bulls—Medium and Large 1654133.00/cwt133.00–133.008708

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.