Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2022-02-05

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Feb 5
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
246 head
▲ 162 vs last sale 84▼ 62 vs year ago 308 · −20.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 49, Heifers 97, Bulls 100)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $166.32/cwt on 85 head.
Average price
$166.32
85 head · 488 lb average
Value per head Derived
$811
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$32
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$36.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.73
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2405171.4769528
Medium and Large 1528164.8487155
Medium and Large 3538135.007262thin
One grade step is worth $36.47/cwt here — about −$32 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 sale85 hd
166.32
—
VA average8 barns · 620 hd
164.59
+1.73
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

40 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 1350170.00/cwt170.00–170.005951
Steers—Medium and Large 2367175.63/cwt170.00–177.006455
Steers—Medium and Large 2446174.00/cwt174.00–174.007764
Steers—Medium and Large 3450161.00/cwt161.00–161.007252
Steers—Medium and Large 1457175.37/cwt173.00–176.008015
Steers—Medium and Large 2527174.00/cwt174.00–174.009173
Steers—Medium and Large 3528164.88/cwt160.00–170.008712
Steers—Medium and Large 1552177.50/cwt177.50–177.509807
Steers—Medium and Large 1631159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,0035
Steers—Medium and Large 1708150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0623
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2315156.00/cwt156.00–156.004911
Heifers—Medium and Large 3345130.00/cwt130.00–130.004493
Heifers—Medium and Large 1357153.50/cwt153.50–153.505483
Heifers—Medium and Large 2358158.00/cwt158.00–158.005666
Heifers—Medium and Large 2410150.00/cwt150.00–150.006151
Heifers—Medium and Large 3443140.00/cwt140.00–140.006202
Heifers—Medium and Large 1445153.00/cwt153.00–153.006814
Heifers—Medium and Large 2453153.00/cwt153.00–153.006935
Heifers—Medium and Large 3454147.00/cwt147.00–147.006676
Heifers—Medium and Large 3500139.00/cwt139.00–139.006951
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525137.00/cwt137.00–137.007191
Heifers—Medium and Large 2557149.00/cwt149.00–149.0083012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1558147.00/cwt147.00–147.0082021
Heifers—Medium and Large 3573136.00/cwt136.00–136.007792
Heifers—Medium and Large 3625115.00/cwt115.00–115.007191
Heifers—Medium and Large 1645125.00/cwt125.00–125.0080611
Heifers—Medium and Large 2650121.00/cwt121.00–121.007871
Heifers—Medium and Large 1750110.00/cwt110.00–110.008251
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2334178.00/cwt178.00–178.005958
Bulls—Medium and Large 1344171.00/cwt171.00–171.005884
Bulls—Medium and Large 2404171.48/cwt165.00–172.5069315
Bulls—Medium and Large 1431169.00/cwt169.00–169.007289
Bulls—Medium and Large 2468169.00/cwt169.00–169.007913
Bulls—Medium and Large 1498166.00/cwt166.00–166.008272
Bulls—Medium and Large 1508173.00/cwt173.00–173.0087914
Bulls—Medium and Large 3538135.00/cwt135.00–135.007262
Bulls—Medium and Large 1568164.19/cwt162.00–164.5093316
Bulls—Medium and Large 2575158.00/cwt158.00–158.009091
Bulls—Medium and Large 2630140.00/cwt140.00–140.008821
Bulls—Medium and Large 1660148.00/cwt148.00–148.0097710

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.