Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2022-02-26

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Feb 26
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
332 head
▼ 304 vs last sale 636▲ 84 vs year ago 248 · +33.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 53, Heifers 162, Bulls 117)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $147.54/cwt on 142 head.
Average price
$147.54
142 head · 482 lb average
Value per head Derived
$711
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$111
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$7.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.82
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3415152.5663316thin
Medium and Large 2452150.2567947
Medium and Large 1514144.9174479
One grade step is worth $7.65/cwt here — about −$111 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 sale142 hd
147.54
—
VA average6 barns · 2,022 hd
144.72
+2.82
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

39 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 1330176.00/cwt176.00–176.005812
Steers—Medium and Large 2365189.00/cwt189.00–189.006901
Steers—Medium and Large 1439173.00/cwt173.00–173.007595
Steers—Medium and Large 2441172.00/cwt172.00–172.007596
Steers—Medium and Large 1470158.00/cwt158.00–158.007431
Steers—Medium and Large 3490145.00/cwt145.00–145.007111
Steers—Medium and Large 2534164.49/cwt154.00–168.008784
Steers—Medium and Large 1543169.03/cwt160.00–172.009188
Steers—Medium and Large 1630154.00/cwt154.00–154.009705
Steers—Medium and Large 2641154.00/cwt154.00–154.009877
Steers—Medium and Large 3710139.00/cwt139.00–139.009871
Steers—Medium and Large 1726145.20/cwt142.00–146.001,0545
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3328155.00/cwt155.00–155.005084
Heifers—Medium and Large 2345146.00/cwt146.00–146.005041
Heifers—Medium and Large 2355154.00/cwt154.00–154.0054713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1357154.52/cwt149.00–155.0055213
Heifers—Medium and Large 3431155.00/cwt155.00–155.0066810
Heifers—Medium and Large 2443156.00/cwt156.00–156.0069118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1461147.63/cwt138.00–149.0068124
Heifers—Medium and Large 3465141.00/cwt141.00–141.006561
Heifers—Medium and Large 2538142.46/cwt126.00–145.5076613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1540146.55/cwt125.00–147.5079123
Heifers—Medium and Large 3550130.00/cwt130.00–130.007151
Heifers—Medium and Large 1633137.15/cwt128.00–138.5086815
Heifers—Medium and Large 2650127.00/cwt127.00–127.008262
Heifers—Medium and Large 1739117.00/cwt117.00–117.008654
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1341179.15/cwt171.00–181.006115
Bulls—Medium and Large 2345189.00/cwt189.00–189.006523
Bulls—Medium and Large 2403195.00/cwt195.00–195.007863
Bulls—Medium and Large 1416190.00/cwt190.00–190.0079015
Bulls—Medium and Large 3433153.00/cwt153.00–153.006623
Bulls—Medium and Large 1455161.00/cwt161.00–161.007331
Bulls—Medium and Large 1501159.50/cwt159.50–159.5079919
Bulls—Medium and Large 2503157.00/cwt157.00–157.0079012
Bulls—Medium and Large 3515137.00/cwt137.00–137.007061
Bulls—Medium and Large 1581156.00/cwt156.00–156.0090617
Bulls—Medium and Large 2589150.00/cwt150.00–150.008845
Bulls—Medium and Large 1660142.68/cwt138.00–143.509427
Bulls—Medium and Large 2660142.50/cwt142.50–142.509414

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.