Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2023-04-22

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Apr 22
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
394 head
▼ 165 vs last sale 559▼ 219 vs year ago 613 · −35.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 109, Heifers 171, Bulls 114)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $184.81/cwt on 148 head.
Average price
$184.81
148 head · 485 lb average
Value per head Derived
$897
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$87
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$7.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.71
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2463188.2587271
Medium and Large 3457183.0483726
Medium and Large 1530180.9295951
One grade step is worth $7.32/cwt here — about −$87 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 sale148 hd
184.81
—
VA average12 barns · 2,302 hd
188.52
−3.71
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

44 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1320240.00/cwt240.00–240.007682
Steers—Medium and Large 2352252.50/cwt252.50–252.508895
Steers—Medium and Large 2440212.00/cwt212.00–212.009332
Steers—Medium and Large 1449241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,08215
Steers—Medium and Large 1460212.50/cwt212.50–212.509781
Steers—Medium and Large 2462245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,1328
Steers—Medium and Large 3463200.00/cwt200.00–200.009263
Steers—Medium and Large 3539202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,0896
Steers—Medium and Large 1543227.69/cwt207.50–229.001,23616
Steers—Medium and Large 2559222.78/cwt210.00–227.001,2458
Steers—Medium and Large 2627209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,3106
Steers—Medium and Large 1641207.19/cwt195.00–208.001,32816
Steers—Medium and Large 3645198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,2773
Steers—Medium and Large 2715191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,3661
Steers—Medium and Large 1715179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,2802
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2361199.02/cwt191.00–200.0071820
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375202.00/cwt202.00–202.007583
Heifers—Medium and Large 3376200.00/cwt200.00–200.007528
Heifers—Medium and Large 2440184.50/cwt184.50–184.5081224
Heifers—Medium and Large 3456180.46/cwt170.00–181.5082311
Heifers—Medium and Large 2457177.00/cwt177.00–177.008095
Heifers—Medium and Large 1466183.50/cwt183.50–183.5085517
Heifers—Medium and Large 3540168.00/cwt168.00–168.009076
Heifers—Medium and Large 1541180.64/cwt173.00–181.0097721
Heifers—Medium and Large 2552188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,03814
Heifers—Medium and Large 3625166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,0381
Heifers—Medium and Large 1632178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,1257
Heifers—Medium and Large 2637180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1478
Heifers—Medium and Large 1737154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,1353
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1333250.00/cwt250.00–250.008336
Bulls—Medium and Large 2340243.11/cwt202.50–250.008277
Bulls—Medium and Large 2380203.00/cwt203.00–203.007711
Bulls—Medium and Large 2409235.00/cwt235.00–235.009614
Bulls—Medium and Large 1427229.82/cwt213.00–236.0098111
Bulls—Medium and Large 3447190.00/cwt190.00–190.008495
Bulls—Medium and Large 1470208.00/cwt208.00–208.009781
Bulls—Medium and Large 2499217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,0837
Bulls—Medium and Large 1502220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1049
Bulls—Medium and Large 3520182.00/cwt182.00–182.009461
Bulls—Medium and Large 3553182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,0064
Bulls—Medium and Large 1570219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,24816
Bulls—Medium and Large 2584204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,1917
Bulls—Medium and Large 1639189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,2084
Bulls—Medium and Large 2640188.56/cwt181.00–191.001,2074

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.