Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2022-01-22

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Jan 22
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
104 head
▼ 195 vs last sale 299▼ 397 vs year ago 501 · −79.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 22, Heifers 48, Bulls 34)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.88/cwt on 40 head.
Average price
$131.88
40 head · 485 lb average
Value per head Derived
$640
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$24
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$8.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.62
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2476134.8064115thin
Medium and Large 1491130.2964024
Medium and Large 3490126.006171thin
One grade step is worth $8.80/cwt here — about $24 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 sale40 hd
131.88
—
VA average4 barns · 109 hd
132.49
−0.62
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

27 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3405147.00/cwt147.00–147.005951
Steers—Medium and Large 1453160.00/cwt160.00–160.007252
Steers—Medium and Large 2460161.00/cwt161.00–161.007412
Steers—Medium and Large 1552167.00/cwt167.00–167.009225
Steers—Medium and Large 1635150.00/cwt150.00–150.009535
Steers—Medium and Large 3635133.00/cwt133.00–133.008451
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2318144.00/cwt144.00–144.004582
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368142.00/cwt142.00–142.005237
Heifers—Medium and Large 1453134.00/cwt134.00–134.006076
Heifers—Medium and Large 2455138.50/cwt138.50–138.506308
Heifers—Medium and Large 3490126.00/cwt126.00–126.006171
Heifers—Medium and Large 2507128.00/cwt128.00–128.006493
Heifers—Medium and Large 1535120.00/cwt120.00–120.006425
Heifers—Medium and Large 1580127.00/cwt127.00–127.007371
Heifers—Medium and Large 1634121.50/cwt121.50–121.507704
Heifers—Medium and Large 2668121.00/cwt121.00–121.008082
Heifers—Medium and Large 1710116.00/cwt116.00–116.008241
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2331175.00/cwt175.00–175.005794
Bulls—Medium and Large 1340170.00/cwt170.00–170.005782
Bulls—Medium and Large 1409168.00/cwt168.00–168.006874
Bulls—Medium and Large 2418165.00/cwt165.00–165.006902
Bulls—Medium and Large 2488160.00/cwt160.00–160.007815
Bulls—Medium and Large 1491150.00/cwt150.00–150.007375
Bulls—Medium and Large 1540157.00/cwt157.00–157.008481
Bulls—Medium and Large 3570136.00/cwt136.00–136.007751
Bulls—Medium and Large 2573156.00/cwt156.00–156.008942
Bulls—Medium and Large 1670137.49/cwt137.00–138.009212

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.