Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2023-01-21

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Jan 21
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
426 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 436▲ 322 vs year ago 104 · +309.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 103 , Heifers 174, Bulls 149)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $148.03/cwt on 145 head.
Average price
$148.03
145 head · 505 lb average
Value per head Derived
$748
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$137
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$1.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.61
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3441148.7065616thin
Medium and Large 2487148.6972564
Medium and Large 1538147.2179365
One grade step is worth $1.49/cwt here — about −$137 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 sale145 hd
148.03
—
VA average10 barns · 1,537 hd
150.64
−2.61
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 1353194.00/cwt194.00–194.006856
Steers—Medium and Large 2355192.00/cwt192.00–192.006825
Steers—Medium and Large 1454201.24/cwt179.00–203.0091414
Steers—Medium and Large 2461202.00/cwt202.00–202.009317
Steers—Medium and Large 3470168.00/cwt168.00–168.007902
Steers—Medium and Large 1544189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,02817
Steers—Medium and Large 2550189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,0404
Steers—Medium and Large 1560177.00/cwt177.00–177.009911
Steers—Medium and Large 3563153.00/cwt153.00–153.008612
Steers—Medium and Large 3615154.00/cwt154.00–154.009471
Steers—Medium and Large 2637168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,0703
Steers—Medium and Large 1646172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,11413
Steers—Medium and Large 1724162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,1737
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2343169.00/cwt169.00–169.005809
Heifers—Medium and Large 1348176.00/cwt176.00–176.006123
Heifers—Medium and Large 3371155.00/cwt155.00–155.005754
Heifers—Medium and Large 2443152.50/cwt152.50–152.5067626
Heifers—Medium and Large 1445146.00/cwt146.00–146.006501
Heifers—Medium and Large 1452155.50/cwt155.50–155.5070320
Heifers—Medium and Large 3454148.12/cwt137.00–151.0067210
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475142.00/cwt142.00–142.006751
Heifers—Medium and Large 3515139.00/cwt139.00–139.007162
Heifers—Medium and Large 1540142.51/cwt132.00–143.0077022
Heifers—Medium and Large 2545140.00/cwt140.00–140.0076320
Heifers—Medium and Large 2641137.00/cwt137.00–137.008786
Heifers—Medium and Large 1654140.10/cwt137.00–141.5091616
Heifers—Medium and Large 2655136.00/cwt136.00–136.008911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1708136.00/cwt136.00–136.009633
Heifers—Medium and Large 2710130.00/cwt130.00–130.009231
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2323192.64/cwt175.00–195.006228
Bulls—Medium and Large 1348200.00/cwt200.00–200.006965
Bulls—Medium and Large 2408188.78/cwt175.00–190.0077012
Bulls—Medium and Large 1417191.00/cwt191.00–191.0079611
Bulls—Medium and Large 3451165.00/cwt165.00–165.007446
Bulls—Medium and Large 2483173.94/cwt164.00–175.0084010
Bulls—Medium and Large 1501178.00/cwt178.00–178.0089221
Bulls—Medium and Large 3522151.50/cwt151.50–151.507915
Bulls—Medium and Large 2573153.21/cwt147.00–154.008789
Bulls—Medium and Large 1581166.00/cwt166.00–166.0096421
Bulls—Medium and Large 1660141.50/cwt141.50–141.5093412
Bulls—Medium and Large 2663143.00/cwt143.00–143.009483

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.