Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2022-04-30

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Apr 30
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
411 head
▼ 202 vs last sale 613▼ 70 vs year ago 481 · −14.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 81, Heifers 174, Bulls 156)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $136.21/cwt on 149 head.
Average price
$136.21
149 head · 507 lb average
Value per head Derived
$690
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$60
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$8.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.15
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2483141.4168254
Medium and Large 3451133.3560133
Medium and Large 1557133.2274262
One grade step is worth $8.19/cwt here — about −$60 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 sale149 hd
136.21
—
VA average8 barns · 1,684 hd
142.36
−6.15
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

43 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 2385170.00/cwt170.00–170.006554
Steers—Medium and Large 1435142.00/cwt142.00–142.006181
Steers—Medium and Large 3443161.00/cwt161.00–161.007132
Steers—Medium and Large 2448174.00/cwt174.00–174.007804
Steers—Medium and Large 1465160.00/cwt160.00–160.007443
Steers—Medium and Large 2475150.00/cwt150.00–150.007131
Steers—Medium and Large 3525155.00/cwt155.00–155.008141
Steers—Medium and Large 2560162.00/cwt162.00–162.009074
Steers—Medium and Large 1569161.50/cwt161.50–161.5091916
Steers—Medium and Large 3635153.00/cwt153.00–153.009722
Steers—Medium and Large 1636156.00/cwt156.00–156.0099221
Steers—Medium and Large 2670154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,0326
Steers—Medium and Large 1748136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,0172
Steers—Medium and Large 2760135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0261
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3345140.00/cwt140.00–140.0048310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1356146.00/cwt146.00–146.005205
Heifers—Medium and Large 2372152.00/cwt152.00–152.005657
Heifers—Medium and Large 3380137.00/cwt137.00–137.005211
Heifers—Medium and Large 3441135.32/cwt132.00–136.0059711
Heifers—Medium and Large 2455143.00/cwt143.00–143.0065126
Heifers—Medium and Large 1458140.00/cwt140.00–140.0064110
Heifers—Medium and Large 2537137.00/cwt137.00–137.0073618
Heifers—Medium and Large 1538138.00/cwt138.00–138.0074221
Heifers—Medium and Large 3552125.50/cwt125.50–125.5069310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1595129.00/cwt129.00–129.007681
Heifers—Medium and Large 2615132.00/cwt132.00–132.008122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1633124.50/cwt124.50–124.5078821
Heifers—Medium and Large 3675120.00/cwt120.00–120.008101
Heifers—Medium and Large 2730124.00/cwt124.00–124.009051
Heifers—Medium and Large 1748122.00/cwt122.00–122.009134
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1346155.00/cwt155.00–155.005364
Bulls—Medium and Large 2348169.00/cwt169.00–169.005886
Bulls—Medium and Large 1416158.00/cwt158.00–158.0065712
Bulls—Medium and Large 2428161.01/cwt151.00–163.006896
Bulls—Medium and Large 3471155.00/cwt155.00–155.007308
Bulls—Medium and Large 1495140.00/cwt140.00–140.006931
Bulls—Medium and Large 1501146.00/cwt146.00–146.0073110
Bulls—Medium and Large 2516144.59/cwt135.00–146.007468
Bulls—Medium and Large 3557153.09/cwt150.50–153.7585310
Bulls—Medium and Large 2564150.00/cwt150.00–150.008469
Bulls—Medium and Large 1576154.00/cwt154.00–154.0088718
Bulls—Medium and Large 2649140.00/cwt140.00–140.009099
Bulls—Medium and Large 1655141.00/cwt141.00–141.0092414

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.