Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2022-04-16

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Apr 16
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
432 head
▼ 29 vs last sale 461▼ 110 vs year ago 542 · −20.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 71, Heifers 196, Bulls 165)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.29/cwt on 176 head.
Average price
$145.29
176 head · 481 lb average
Value per head Derived
$699
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$32
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$11.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.11
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2450149.5567469
Medium and Large 1523145.3976166
Medium and Large 3465137.9564241
One grade step is worth $11.60/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 sale176 hd
145.29
—
VA average8 barns · 1,618 hd
141.17
+4.11
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

44 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1352160.00/cwt160.00–160.005633
Steers—Medium and Large 2363179.00/cwt179.00–179.006507
Steers—Medium and Large 2449196.00/cwt196.00–196.008805
Steers—Medium and Large 1458170.00/cwt170.00–170.0077914
Steers—Medium and Large 3490162.00/cwt162.00–162.007941
Steers—Medium and Large 2522182.00/cwt182.00–182.009505
Steers—Medium and Large 3540161.00/cwt161.00–161.008691
Steers—Medium and Large 1548167.50/cwt167.50–167.5091812
Steers—Medium and Large 1626155.29/cwt148.00–156.0097211
Steers—Medium and Large 2638169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,0783
Steers—Medium and Large 2685155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0621
Steers—Medium and Large 3710140.00/cwt140.00–140.009941
Steers—Medium and Large 2740146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,0801
Steers—Medium and Large 2760138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,0491
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2343158.00/cwt158.00–158.0054213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1356150.00/cwt150.00–150.005345
Heifers—Medium and Large 3366159.00/cwt159.00–159.005828
Heifers—Medium and Large 2385140.00/cwt140.00–140.005391
Heifers—Medium and Large 2436147.39/cwt143.00–147.5064338
Heifers—Medium and Large 3441139.00/cwt139.00–139.0061322
Heifers—Medium and Large 1454146.96/cwt137.00–148.0066721
Heifers—Medium and Large 3538125.00/cwt125.00–125.006738
Heifers—Medium and Large 1541147.75/cwt147.75–147.7579924
Heifers—Medium and Large 2542153.50/cwt153.50–153.5083212
Heifers—Medium and Large 2610138.77/cwt135.00–140.008464
Heifers—Medium and Large 1630139.25/cwt139.25–139.2587714
Heifers—Medium and Large 3640112.00/cwt112.00–112.007171
Heifers—Medium and Large 1708132.00/cwt132.00–132.009352
Heifers—Medium and Large 2720127.00/cwt127.00–127.009141
Heifers—Medium and Large 3753107.00/cwt107.00–107.008062
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2344191.87/cwt184.00–193.0066015
Bulls—Medium and Large 1346160.00/cwt160.00–160.005549
Bulls—Medium and Large 1353162.00/cwt162.00–162.005723
Bulls—Medium and Large 2416181.42/cwt176.00–182.0075520
Bulls—Medium and Large 1430174.00/cwt174.00–174.0074812
Bulls—Medium and Large 3450174.00/cwt174.00–174.007833
Bulls—Medium and Large 1489159.00/cwt159.00–159.0077824
Bulls—Medium and Large 2498166.00/cwt166.00–166.008279
Bulls—Medium and Large 2525150.00/cwt150.00–150.007881
Bulls—Medium and Large 3534157.01/cwt152.00–158.008386
Bulls—Medium and Large 1574140.00/cwt140.00–140.0080411
Bulls—Medium and Large 2578151.15/cwt147.00–152.008746
Bulls—Medium and Large 1668135.00/cwt135.00–135.009029
Bulls—Medium and Large 2675138.00/cwt138.00–138.009321

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.