Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2022-07-29

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Fri, Jul 29
● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
300 head
▲ 106 vs last sale 194▼ 24 vs year ago 324 · −7.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Weaned/Vaccinated Sale

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 157, Heifers 143)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $174.14/cwt on 157 head.
Average price
$174.14
157 head · 684 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,191
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$213
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$18.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.82
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2622179.801,119110
Medium and Large 1828160.881,33247
One grade step is worth $18.92/cwt here — about −$213 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 sale157 hd
174.14
—
VA average6 barns · 719 hd
173.32
+0.82
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

10 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added545181.75/cwt181.75–181.7599132
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added654179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,17178
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added763164.50/cwt164.50–164.501,25527
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added916156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,42920
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3Value Added444167.00/cwt167.00–167.0074118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added466160.50/cwt160.50–160.507487
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3Value Added467161.00/cwt161.00–161.0075221
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3Value Added505161.00/cwt161.00–161.0081315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added609150.25/cwt150.25–150.2591576
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added759133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,0096

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.