Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2023-04-01

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Apr 1
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
289 head
▼ 107 vs last sale 396▼ 88 vs year ago 377 · −23.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Stated Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 61, Heifers 133, Bulls 95)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $189.62/cwt on 109 head.
Average price
$189.62
109 head · 455 lb average
Value per head Derived
$863
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$109
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$5.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.17
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2443192.7385438
Medium and Large 1480188.2390355
Medium and Large 3398187.0374516thin
One grade step is worth $5.70/cwt here — about $109 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 sale109 hd
189.62
—
VA average7 barns · 1,626 hd
188.45
+1.17
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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1363221.75/cwt202.00–225.008057
Steers—Medium and Large 2370224.00/cwt224.00–224.008293
Steers—Medium and Large 2433236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,0226
Steers—Medium and Large 1445231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,02811
Steers—Medium and Large 3447213.00/cwt213.00–213.009523
Steers—Medium and Large 2536226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,2114
Steers—Medium and Large 1540224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,2103
Steers—Medium and Large 1566218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,2344
Steers—Medium and Large 3575200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1501
Steers—Medium and Large 3640197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,2611
Steers—Medium and Large 1667203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,3543
Steers—Medium and Large 3735181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,3302
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1347198.00/cwt198.00–198.006876
Heifers—Medium and Large 3352188.00/cwt188.00–188.006628
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370188.00/cwt188.00–188.006962
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373197.35/cwt188.00–198.0073616
Heifers—Medium and Large 2432191.00/cwt191.00–191.0082512
Heifers—Medium and Large 3437186.50/cwt186.50–186.508157
Heifers—Medium and Large 1449190.00/cwt190.00–190.0085327
Heifers—Medium and Large 3500183.00/cwt183.00–183.009151
Heifers—Medium and Large 1543187.90/cwt170.00–189.001,02016
Heifers—Medium and Large 2554188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,0427
Heifers—Medium and Large 2605186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,1253
Heifers—Medium and Large 1657169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,1103
Heifers—Medium and Large 1785145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,1381
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1300200.00/cwt200.00–200.006001
Bulls—Medium and Large 2342225.00/cwt225.00–225.007709
Bulls—Medium and Large 2355204.00/cwt204.00–204.007242
Bulls—Medium and Large 1361218.53/cwt206.00–223.007894
Bulls—Medium and Large 1417233.50/cwt233.50–233.509747
Bulls—Medium and Large 3420200.00/cwt200.00–200.008401
Bulls—Medium and Large 2423228.00/cwt228.00–228.009646
Bulls—Medium and Large 2460200.00/cwt200.00–200.009201
Bulls—Medium and Large 1489227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,11018
Bulls—Medium and Large 2506218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,1035
Bulls—Medium and Large 1563210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1829
Bulls—Medium and Large 2574208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,1947
Bulls—Medium and Large 2660190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,2542
Bulls—Medium and Large 1669189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,2644

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.