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

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Dec 3
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
323 head
▲ 59 vs last sale 264▼ 232 vs year ago 555 · −41.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 72, Heifers 148, Bulls 103)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $136.70/cwt on 122 head.
Average price
$136.70
122 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$731
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$50
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$7.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.69
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2512140.4871948
Medium and Large 1558134.4875063
Medium and Large 3503132.9166911thin
One grade step is worth $7.57/cwt here — about $50 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 sale122 hd
136.70
—
VA average9 barns · 1,745 hd
140.39
−3.69
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

37 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2380171.00/cwt171.00–171.006501
Steers—Medium and Large 1380170.00/cwt170.00–170.006462
Steers—Medium and Large 1458194.00/cwt194.00–194.008896
Steers—Medium and Large 2462193.00/cwt193.00–193.008923
Steers—Medium and Large 2549160.00/cwt160.00–160.008784
Steers—Medium and Large 1556184.93/cwt158.00–188.501,02817
Steers—Medium and Large 2615149.00/cwt149.00–149.009161
Steers—Medium and Large 1642155.00/cwt155.00–155.0099514
Steers—Medium and Large 1739146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,0799
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1311159.00/cwt159.00–159.004944
Heifers—Medium and Large 3343138.00/cwt138.00–138.004732
Heifers—Medium and Large 2349157.00/cwt157.00–157.005489
Heifers—Medium and Large 3422145.50/cwt145.50–145.506143
Heifers—Medium and Large 1455147.00/cwt147.00–147.0066915
Heifers—Medium and Large 2456151.25/cwt151.25–151.2569011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1542137.50/cwt137.50–137.5074517
Heifers—Medium and Large 2547137.50/cwt137.50–137.5075217
Heifers—Medium and Large 3565128.89/cwt127.00–129.507284
Heifers—Medium and Large 2628123.00/cwt123.00–123.007729
Heifers—Medium and Large 1629126.00/cwt126.00–126.0079318
Heifers—Medium and Large 3663117.00/cwt117.00–117.007762
Heifers—Medium and Large 1728114.00/cwt114.00–114.008309
Heifers—Medium and Large 2728111.00/cwt111.00–111.008082
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2315165.00/cwt165.00–165.005201
Bulls—Medium and Large 1347168.00/cwt168.00–168.005833
Bulls—Medium and Large 2410161.00/cwt161.00–161.006608
Bulls—Medium and Large 3415150.00/cwt150.00–150.006233
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423159.00/cwt159.00–159.006738
Bulls—Medium and Large 1470152.00/cwt152.00–152.007141
Bulls—Medium and Large 2504162.00/cwt162.00–162.008169
Bulls—Medium and Large 1505167.00/cwt167.00–167.0084317
Bulls—Medium and Large 3550142.00/cwt142.00–142.007811
Bulls—Medium and Large 1568145.40/cwt130.00–147.0082611
Bulls—Medium and Large 2573145.00/cwt145.00–145.008317
Bulls—Medium and Large 2635129.00/cwt129.00–129.008191
Bulls—Medium and Large 2650134.50/cwt134.50–134.508745
Bulls—Medium and Large 1651133.50/cwt133.50–133.508696

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.