Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2022-10-29

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Oct 29
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
454 head
▲ 95 vs last sale 359▲ 55 vs year ago 399 · +13.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 74, Heifers 179, Bulls 201)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $136.73/cwt on 160 head.
Average price
$136.73
160 head · 513 lb average
Value per head Derived
$702
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$143
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$10.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.19
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2499141.0270355
Medium and Large 1547135.6574282
Medium and Large 3429130.3556023
One grade step is worth $10.67/cwt here — about $143 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 sale160 hd
136.73
—
VA average10 barns · 1,974 hd
134.55
+2.19
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

41 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2365181.00/cwt181.00–181.006611
Steers—Medium and Large 1375180.00/cwt180.00–180.006751
Steers—Medium and Large 3440147.00/cwt147.00–147.006471
Steers—Medium and Large 1461170.00/cwt170.00–170.0078412
Steers—Medium and Large 2490166.00/cwt166.00–166.008131
Steers—Medium and Large 3530117.00/cwt117.00–117.006201
Steers—Medium and Large 1545163.00/cwt163.00–163.0088819
Steers—Medium and Large 2552154.00/cwt154.00–154.008505
Steers—Medium and Large 2603145.00/cwt145.00–145.008742
Steers—Medium and Large 1642152.00/cwt152.00–152.0097618
Steers—Medium and Large 1716137.00/cwt137.00–137.009814
Steers—Medium and Large 2730147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,0732
Steers—Medium and Large 3735135.00/cwt135.00–135.009922
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3356139.00/cwt139.00–139.004958
Heifers—Medium and Large 2357140.00/cwt140.00–140.0050010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1364144.00/cwt144.00–144.005245
Heifers—Medium and Large 3430129.00/cwt129.00–129.0055510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1458138.49/cwt125.00–140.0063420
Heifers—Medium and Large 2462145.00/cwt145.00–145.0067018
Heifers—Medium and Large 3521120.00/cwt120.00–120.006254
Heifers—Medium and Large 1548137.93/cwt120.00–139.0075635
Heifers—Medium and Large 2550142.00/cwt142.00–142.0078121
Heifers—Medium and Large 2623129.00/cwt129.00–129.008044
Heifers—Medium and Large 1632130.00/cwt130.00–130.0082216
Heifers—Medium and Large 3645116.00/cwt116.00–116.007481
Heifers—Medium and Large 2748124.00/cwt124.00–124.009282
Heifers—Medium and Large 1760121.00/cwt121.00–121.009206
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2340182.00/cwt182.00–182.0061911
Bulls—Medium and Large 1352182.00/cwt182.00–182.006417
Bulls—Medium and Large 2422172.00/cwt172.00–172.0072612
Bulls—Medium and Large 1426171.00/cwt171.00–171.0072816
Bulls—Medium and Large 3475145.00/cwt145.00–145.006891
Bulls—Medium and Large 1496161.00/cwt161.00–161.0079920
Bulls—Medium and Large 2502150.00/cwt150.00–150.0075315
Bulls—Medium and Large 1510149.00/cwt149.00–149.007601
Bulls—Medium and Large 3550127.00/cwt127.00–127.006993
Bulls—Medium and Large 2577139.00/cwt139.00–139.0080210
Bulls—Medium and Large 1582141.65/cwt130.00–142.5082430
Bulls—Medium and Large 1640119.00/cwt119.00–119.007622
Bulls—Medium and Large 1654128.00/cwt128.00–128.0083718
Bulls—Medium and Large 2667126.00/cwt126.00–126.008407

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.