Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2021-07-31

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Jul 31
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
324 head
▼ 120 vs last sale 444▼ 189 vs year ago 513 · −36.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 88, Heifers 153, Bulls 83)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.35/cwt on 122 head.
Average price
$129.35
122 head · 518 lb average
Value per head Derived
$670
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$98
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$3.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.96
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2482131.5163447
Medium and Large 3496128.2163631
Medium and Large 1572127.8473144
One grade step is worth $3.67/cwt here — about −$98 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 sale122 hd
129.35
—
VA average6 barns · 1,048 hd
128.39
+0.96
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

42 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 2380168.65/cwt166.00–170.006413
Steers—Medium and Large 2450164.00/cwt164.00–164.007388
Steers—Medium and Large 3475137.00/cwt137.00–137.006511
Steers—Medium and Large 1482161.00/cwt150.00–162.0077612
Steers—Medium and Large 2527150.00/cwt150.00–150.007918
Steers—Medium and Large 1556149.50/cwt149.50–149.508319
Steers—Medium and Large 2563145.00/cwt145.00–145.008163
Steers—Medium and Large 2600132.00/cwt132.00–132.007921
Steers—Medium and Large 1647149.46/cwt136.00–150.0096725
Steers—Medium and Large 2705133.00/cwt133.00–133.009381
Steers—Medium and Large 1718130.00/cwt130.00–130.009334
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3300127.00/cwt127.00–127.003811
Heifers—Medium and Large 2352148.00/cwt148.00–148.005216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1355147.00/cwt147.00–147.005222
Heifers—Medium and Large 3388131.00/cwt131.00–131.005082
Heifers—Medium and Large 3445126.00/cwt126.00–126.005611
Heifers—Medium and Large 2451130.00/cwt130.00–130.0058626
Heifers—Medium and Large 3455130.00/cwt130.00–130.0059213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1458132.50/cwt132.50–132.506076
Heifers—Medium and Large 3530124.00/cwt124.00–124.006571
Heifers—Medium and Large 2537129.00/cwt129.00–129.0069310
Heifers—Medium and Large 3551129.00/cwt129.00–129.0071110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1562129.00/cwt129.00–129.0072518
Heifers—Medium and Large 1629124.00/cwt124.00–124.0078015
Heifers—Medium and Large 3635118.50/cwt118.50–118.507523
Heifers—Medium and Large 2642129.00/cwt129.00–129.008283
Heifers—Medium and Large 1720118.00/cwt118.00–118.008503
Heifers—Medium and Large 2755118.00/cwt118.00–118.008912
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2334182.50/cwt182.50–182.506105
Bulls—Medium and Large 1345178.00/cwt178.00–178.006145
Bulls—Medium and Large 1370163.00/cwt163.00–163.006031
Bulls—Medium and Large 2419163.00/cwt163.00–163.006834
Bulls—Medium and Large 1420159.24/cwt159.00–160.0066912
Bulls—Medium and Large 3470138.00/cwt138.00–138.006492
Bulls—Medium and Large 2478148.00/cwt148.00–148.007072
Bulls—Medium and Large 1485149.00/cwt149.00–149.007234
Bulls—Medium and Large 1525135.00/cwt135.00–135.007091
Bulls—Medium and Large 2567132.95/cwt120.00–135.507546
Bulls—Medium and Large 1597130.00/cwt130.00–130.007765
Bulls—Medium and Large 1603128.00/cwt128.00–128.007722
Bulls—Medium and Large 1660124.50/cwt124.50–124.508228
Bulls—Medium and Large 2665128.00/cwt128.00–128.008511

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.