Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2021-09-17

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Fri, Sep 17
● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
399 head
▼ 122 vs last sale 521▼ 162 vs year ago 561 · −28.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Springlake Weaned and Vaccinated Sale

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 259, Heifers 140)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $155.09/cwt on 259 head.
Average price
$155.09
259 head · 632 lb average
Value per head Derived
$981
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$211
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$5.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.39
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2542158.38858111
Medium and Large 1700152.621,069148
One grade step is worth $5.76/cwt here — about −$211 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 sale259 hd
155.09
—
VA average9 barns · 1,477 hd
148.70
+6.39
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

11 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added468166.00/cwt166.00–166.0077722
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added560156.50/cwt156.50–156.5087689
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added639154.00/cwt154.00–154.0098472
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added740155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,14768
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added914120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0978
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added478130.00/cwt130.00–130.0062130
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added551137.00/cwt137.00–137.0075527
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added610134.00/cwt134.00–134.0081725
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added654135.00/cwt135.00–135.0088323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added701132.00/cwt132.00–132.0092522
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added764133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,01613

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.