Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2023-01-28

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Jan 28
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
417 head
▲ 293 vs last sale 124▲ 333 vs year ago 84 · +396.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 68, Heifers 180, Bulls 169)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $148.45/cwt on 163 head.
Average price
$148.45
163 head · 497 lb average
Value per head Derived
$739
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$94
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$8.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.44
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1500150.8675479
Medium and Large 2510148.1875657
Medium and Large 3465141.9666027
One grade step is worth $8.90/cwt here — about $94 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 sale163 hd
148.45
—
VA average6 barns · 852 hd
151.89
−3.44
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 1349215.00/cwt215.00–215.007505
Steers—Medium and Large 2382198.04/cwt170.00–212.507573
Steers—Medium and Large 3430155.00/cwt155.00–155.006671
Steers—Medium and Large 1436202.00/cwt202.00–202.008818
Steers—Medium and Large 2438209.00/cwt209.00–209.009156
Steers—Medium and Large 2480160.00/cwt160.00–160.007681
Steers—Medium and Large 1546182.50/cwt182.50–182.509968
Steers—Medium and Large 2557178.00/cwt178.00–178.0099115
Steers—Medium and Large 3565151.00/cwt151.00–151.008532
Steers—Medium and Large 1575170.00/cwt170.00–170.009781
Steers—Medium and Large 2626167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,0454
Steers—Medium and Large 1631170.50/cwt170.50–170.501,0769
Steers—Medium and Large 1700165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,1551
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2347171.63/cwt154.00–174.505967
Heifers—Medium and Large 1366170.87/cwt156.00–174.0062511
Heifers—Medium and Large 3371147.00/cwt147.00–147.005458
Heifers—Medium and Large 3435134.00/cwt134.00–134.005831
Heifers—Medium and Large 1441156.50/cwt156.50–156.5069031
Heifers—Medium and Large 2443142.00/cwt142.00–142.006292
Heifers—Medium and Large 3456148.00/cwt148.00–148.006758
Heifers—Medium and Large 2479153.00/cwt153.00–153.0073315
Heifers—Medium and Large 3524135.00/cwt135.00–135.007078
Heifers—Medium and Large 2545143.00/cwt143.00–143.0077923
Heifers—Medium and Large 2550135.00/cwt135.00–135.007433
Heifers—Medium and Large 1559141.73/cwt132.00–143.0079227
Heifers—Medium and Large 2628138.86/cwt135.00–139.508727
Heifers—Medium and Large 1630137.00/cwt137.00–137.008636
Heifers—Medium and Large 3653129.50/cwt129.50–129.508462
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723134.50/cwt134.50–134.509724
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1345215.00/cwt215.00–215.0074212
Bulls—Medium and Large 2353205.78/cwt170.00–213.007266
Bulls—Medium and Large 2412210.00/cwt210.00–210.0086511
Bulls—Medium and Large 1415204.45/cwt165.00–210.0084817
Bulls—Medium and Large 3446159.00/cwt159.00–159.0070910
Bulls—Medium and Large 1495168.45/cwt156.00–169.0083423
Bulls—Medium and Large 2504162.00/cwt162.00–162.0081611
Bulls—Medium and Large 3527148.00/cwt148.00–148.007803
Bulls—Medium and Large 1574152.50/cwt152.50–152.5087512
Bulls—Medium and Large 2582149.00/cwt149.00–149.0086710
Bulls—Medium and Large 2633145.00/cwt145.00–145.009183
Bulls—Medium and Large 1645144.50/cwt144.50–144.5093211

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.