Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2022-12-10

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Dec 10
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
173 head
▼ 150 vs last sale 323▼ 291 vs year ago 464 · −62.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 22, Heifers 67, Bulls 84)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $154.11/cwt on 64 head.
Average price
$154.11
64 head · 516 lb average
Value per head Derived
$796
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$56
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$17.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.77
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1515157.2480932
Medium and Large 2516152.1178529
Medium and Large 3538140.007533thin
One grade step is worth $17.24/cwt here — about $56 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 sale64 hd
154.11
—
VA average9 barns · 824 hd
155.87
−1.77
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

33 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 2325169.00/cwt169.00–169.005491
Steers—Medium and Large 1390170.00/cwt170.00–170.006631
Steers—Medium and Large 3415130.00/cwt130.00–130.005401
Steers—Medium and Large 2441177.68/cwt150.00–184.007845
Steers—Medium and Large 1468189.00/cwt189.00–189.008853
Steers—Medium and Large 1558165.00/cwt165.00–165.009213
Steers—Medium and Large 2625152.00/cwt152.00–152.009501
Steers—Medium and Large 1650155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0082
Steers—Medium and Large 1705145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0221
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3328138.00/cwt138.00–138.004532
Heifers—Medium and Large 2357144.00/cwt144.00–144.005148
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368140.00/cwt140.00–140.005154
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428153.50/cwt153.50–153.506576
Heifers—Medium and Large 2450149.00/cwt149.00–149.0067110
Heifers—Medium and Large 3470151.00/cwt151.00–151.007105
Heifers—Medium and Large 1551130.00/cwt130.00–130.0071611
Heifers—Medium and Large 3560134.00/cwt134.00–134.007504
Heifers—Medium and Large 2568136.00/cwt136.00–136.007726
Heifers—Medium and Large 2600135.00/cwt135.00–135.008101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622131.32/cwt130.00–132.008173
Heifers—Medium and Large 1740110.00/cwt110.00–110.008141
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2320171.00/cwt171.00–171.005472
Bulls—Medium and Large 1342168.63/cwt151.00–173.005775
Bulls—Medium and Large 1430160.00/cwt160.00–160.006881
Bulls—Medium and Large 2431160.81/cwt150.00–166.006939
Bulls—Medium and Large 1470151.00/cwt151.00–151.007101
Bulls—Medium and Large 2498154.00/cwt154.00–154.007676
Bulls—Medium and Large 1507166.00/cwt166.00–166.0084211
Bulls—Medium and Large 3538140.00/cwt140.00–140.007533
Bulls—Medium and Large 1575149.00/cwt149.00–149.0085711
Bulls—Medium and Large 2576146.00/cwt146.00–146.008416
Bulls—Medium and Large 1653137.50/cwt137.50–137.508983
Bulls—Medium and Large 2666137.00/cwt137.00–137.009126

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.