Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2022-03-12

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Mar 12
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
184 head
▼ 561 vs last sale 745▼ 741 vs year ago 925 · −80.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 24, Heifers 93, Bulls 67)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.72/cwt on 77 head.
Average price
$133.72
77 head · 485 lb average
Value per head Derived
$649
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$97
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$9.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.00
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2464137.1763633
Medium and Large 1519131.8168536
Medium and Large 3421128.115398thin
One grade step is worth $9.07/cwt here — about $97 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 sale77 hd
133.72
—
VA average9 barns · 1,993 hd
138.73
−5.00
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

33 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 2380155.00/cwt155.00–155.005891
Steers—Medium and Large 1430139.00/cwt139.00–139.005981
Steers—Medium and Large 1473148.00/cwt148.00–148.007002
Steers—Medium and Large 1549155.00/cwt155.00–155.008514
Steers—Medium and Large 2561155.00/cwt155.00–155.008706
Steers—Medium and Large 1640147.00/cwt147.00–147.009413
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2338138.00/cwt138.00–138.004662
Heifers—Medium and Large 1354145.00/cwt145.00–145.005135
Heifers—Medium and Large 3359126.28/cwt124.00–131.004533
Heifers—Medium and Large 2365150.00/cwt150.00–150.005486
Heifers—Medium and Large 1405135.00/cwt135.00–135.005471
Heifers—Medium and Large 2440139.51/cwt131.00–140.0061417
Heifers—Medium and Large 3448134.00/cwt134.00–134.006004
Heifers—Medium and Large 1450137.00/cwt137.00–137.0061711
Heifers—Medium and Large 3500110.00/cwt110.00–110.005501
Heifers—Medium and Large 1543130.00/cwt130.00–130.0070610
Heifers—Medium and Large 2555128.00/cwt128.00–128.007103
Heifers—Medium and Large 2625121.00/cwt121.00–121.007563
Heifers—Medium and Large 1642122.00/cwt122.00–122.007835
Heifers—Medium and Large 2708116.00/cwt116.00–116.008212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1734117.00/cwt117.00–117.008594
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2335151.22/cwt145.00–155.005078
Bulls—Medium and Large 1362156.00/cwt156.00–156.005653
Bulls—Medium and Large 2404157.35/cwt139.00–159.5063610
Bulls—Medium and Large 3410135.00/cwt135.00–135.005541
Bulls—Medium and Large 1443144.97/cwt139.00–151.006422
Bulls—Medium and Large 1503139.00/cwt139.00–139.006999
Bulls—Medium and Large 2505137.00/cwt137.00–137.006923
Bulls—Medium and Large 2568134.50/cwt134.50–134.507643
Bulls—Medium and Large 1571132.50/cwt132.50–132.507578
Bulls—Medium and Large 3595117.50/cwt117.50–117.506991
Bulls—Medium and Large 2652134.50/cwt134.50–134.508773
Bulls—Medium and Large 1665132.00/cwt132.00–132.008782

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.