Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2021-09-25

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Sep 25
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
433 head
▼ 85 vs last sale 518▲ 171 vs year ago 262 · +65.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 91, Heifers 194, Bulls 148)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.52/cwt on 169 head.
Average price
$126.52
169 head · 533 lb average
Value per head Derived
$674
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$37
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$7.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.70
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2497128.0363653
Medium and Large 1549126.01691112
Medium and Large 3558120.756734thin
One grade step is worth $7.28/cwt here — about −$37 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 sale169 hd
126.52
—
VA average11 barns · 1,827 hd
128.22
−1.70
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

38 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1335156.00/cwt156.00–156.005231
Steers—Medium and Large 2365157.00/cwt157.00–157.005733
Steers—Medium and Large 2459154.00/cwt154.00–154.007077
Steers—Medium and Large 1467150.31/cwt140.00–152.007027
Steers—Medium and Large 3545140.00/cwt140.00–140.007632
Steers—Medium and Large 1547147.54/cwt142.00–149.0080724
Steers—Medium and Large 2549147.00/cwt147.00–147.008076
Steers—Medium and Large 2632144.00/cwt144.00–144.009105
Steers—Medium and Large 1636138.50/cwt138.50–138.5088110
Steers—Medium and Large 1680132.00/cwt132.00–132.008981
Steers—Medium and Large 1712133.00/cwt133.00–133.009478
Steers—Medium and Large 2750134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,0052
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2340133.00/cwt133.00–133.004521
Heifers—Medium and Large 2359134.00/cwt134.00–134.004817
Heifers—Medium and Large 1365134.00/cwt134.00–134.004894
Heifers—Medium and Large 2439127.50/cwt127.50–127.5056019
Heifers—Medium and Large 1467128.32/cwt122.00–128.5059938
Heifers—Medium and Large 3495123.00/cwt123.00–123.006091
Heifers—Medium and Large 2548127.00/cwt127.00–127.0069616
Heifers—Medium and Large 1553125.94/cwt121.00–126.2569635
Heifers—Medium and Large 3555121.00/cwt121.00–121.006722
Heifers—Medium and Large 3625118.00/cwt118.00–118.007381
Heifers—Medium and Large 1635123.56/cwt118.00–124.0078528
Heifers—Medium and Large 2637126.00/cwt126.00–126.0080310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1729119.00/cwt119.00–119.008687
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1313169.00/cwt169.00–169.005292
Bulls—Medium and Large 2335164.00/cwt164.00–164.005499
Bulls—Medium and Large 2360140.00/cwt140.00–140.005041
Bulls—Medium and Large 2406154.00/cwt154.00–154.0062512
Bulls—Medium and Large 1419148.51/cwt135.00–150.0062210
Bulls—Medium and Large 2493141.82/cwt136.00–142.506999
Bulls—Medium and Large 1505138.68/cwt130.00–139.0070029
Bulls—Medium and Large 3565120.00/cwt120.00–120.006781
Bulls—Medium and Large 2566137.00/cwt137.00–137.007755
Bulls—Medium and Large 1569138.82/cwt135.00–139.0079021
Bulls—Medium and Large 2645126.00/cwt126.00–126.008131
Bulls—Medium and Large 1649120.00/cwt120.00–120.0077920
Bulls—Medium and Large 1690105.00/cwt105.00–105.007251

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.