Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2022-12-17

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Dec 17
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
239 head
▲ 66 vs last sale 173▼ 74 vs year ago 313 · −23.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 31, Heifers 126, Bulls 82)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.39/cwt on 99 head.
Average price
$137.39
99 head · 534 lb average
Value per head Derived
$734
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$47
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$9.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.15
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2502142.6671641
Medium and Large 3505134.3567812thin
Medium and Large 1571133.4876246
One grade step is worth $9.19/cwt here — about −$47 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 sale99 hd
137.39
—
VA average6 barns · 1,052 hd
138.54
−1.15
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

39 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2315174.00/cwt174.00–174.005481
Steers—Medium and Large 1375173.00/cwt173.00–173.006491
Steers—Medium and Large 1443178.00/cwt178.00–178.007893
Steers—Medium and Large 2456187.00/cwt187.00–187.008536
Steers—Medium and Large 2550160.00/cwt160.00–160.008803
Steers—Medium and Large 1564159.41/cwt150.00–164.008993
Steers—Medium and Large 3593141.00/cwt141.00–141.008362
Steers—Medium and Large 2648152.00/cwt152.00–152.009852
Steers—Medium and Large 1660153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,0105
Steers—Medium and Large 1737132.00/cwt132.00–132.009733
Steers—Medium and Large 2753130.00/cwt130.00–130.009792
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2334157.54/cwt151.00–159.005265
Heifers—Medium and Large 1338153.00/cwt153.00–153.005172
Heifers—Medium and Large 3340145.41/cwt140.00–148.004943
Heifers—Medium and Large 2449148.00/cwt148.00–148.0066517
Heifers—Medium and Large 1454147.00/cwt147.00–147.0066713
Heifers—Medium and Large 2455138.00/cwt138.00–138.006281
Heifers—Medium and Large 3465139.00/cwt139.00–139.006464
Heifers—Medium and Large 1521139.00/cwt139.00–139.007247
Heifers—Medium and Large 2528143.00/cwt143.00–143.007559
Heifers—Medium and Large 3560132.00/cwt132.00–132.007392
Heifers—Medium and Large 2627128.50/cwt128.50–128.508065
Heifers—Medium and Large 1646125.00/cwt125.00–125.0080819
Heifers—Medium and Large 3648123.00/cwt123.00–123.007972
Heifers—Medium and Large 2730119.50/cwt119.50–119.508724
Heifers—Medium and Large 1754115.00/cwt115.00–115.008675
Heifers—Medium and Large 3760110.00/cwt110.00–110.008361
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2328173.00/cwt173.00–173.005675
Bulls—Medium and Large 1355171.00/cwt171.00–171.006071
Bulls—Medium and Large 1420162.00/cwt162.00–162.006805
Bulls—Medium and Large 3461161.87/cwt141.00–167.007465
Bulls—Medium and Large 2491175.00/cwt175.00–175.008597
Bulls—Medium and Large 2500161.00/cwt161.00–161.008052
Bulls—Medium and Large 1502166.00/cwt166.00–166.008333
Bulls—Medium and Large 3565135.00/cwt135.00–135.007632
Bulls—Medium and Large 2568132.00/cwt132.00–132.007505
Bulls—Medium and Large 1595130.00/cwt130.00–130.007745
Bulls—Medium and Large 1645130.00/cwt130.00–130.008391
Bulls—Medium and Large 2670130.00/cwt130.00–130.008712

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.