Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2022-01-29

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Jan 29
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
84 head
▼ 198 vs last sale 282▲ 84 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 34, Heifers 38, Bulls 12)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.63/cwt on 27 head.
Average price
$140.63
27 head · 498 lb average
Value per head Derived
$700
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$31
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$20.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.39
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2488143.0569711thin
Medium and Large 1493141.2569614thin
Medium and Large 3593123.007292thin
One grade step is worth $20.05/cwt here — about −$31 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 sale27 hd
140.63
—
VA average5 barns · 1,205 hd
141.03
−0.39
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

25 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1383174.00/cwt174.00–174.006662
Steers—Medium and Large 3435158.00/cwt158.00–158.006871
Steers—Medium and Large 1443176.00/cwt176.00–176.007803
Steers—Medium and Large 2475172.00/cwt172.00–172.008171
Steers—Medium and Large 2520171.00/cwt171.00–171.008891
Steers—Medium and Large 3523147.00/cwt147.00–147.007692
Steers—Medium and Large 1554170.50/cwt170.50–170.509458
Steers—Medium and Large 3600137.00/cwt137.00–137.008221
Steers—Medium and Large 2605159.00/cwt159.00–159.009621
Steers—Medium and Large 1611157.50/cwt157.50–157.509624
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2360157.00/cwt157.00–157.005653
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368156.00/cwt156.00–156.005742
Heifers—Medium and Large 2442145.50/cwt145.50–145.506433
Heifers—Medium and Large 1457144.00/cwt144.00–144.006585
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525139.50/cwt139.50–139.507325
Heifers—Medium and Large 2543138.00/cwt138.00–138.007494
Heifers—Medium and Large 3565129.00/cwt129.00–129.007291
Heifers—Medium and Large 3620117.00/cwt117.00–117.007251
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625124.03/cwt123.00–125.007752
Heifers—Medium and Large 2785114.00/cwt114.00–114.008951
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2503158.00/cwt158.00–158.007952
Bulls—Medium and Large 3505140.00/cwt140.00–140.007071
Bulls—Medium and Large 1535152.00/cwt152.00–152.008131
Bulls—Medium and Large 2568154.00/cwt154.00–154.008752
Bulls—Medium and Large 1645146.00/cwt146.00–146.009423

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.