Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2023-08-12

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Aug 12
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
318 head
▲ 54 vs last sale 264▼ 59 vs year ago 377 · −15.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 65, Heifers 152, Bulls 101)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $202.55/cwt on 136 head.
Average price
$202.55
136 head · 522 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,057
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$158
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$9.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.03
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2499207.191,03347
Medium and Large 1553200.531,10974
Medium and Large 3442197.9787515thin
One grade step is worth $9.22/cwt here — about $158 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 sale136 hd
202.55
—
VA average9 barns · 1,347 hd
206.58
−4.03
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

40 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 2376239.00/cwt239.00–239.008994
Steers—Medium and Large 1390237.00/cwt237.00–237.009241
Steers—Medium and Large 1461233.37/cwt220.00–235.001,0769
Steers—Medium and Large 3463220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0192
Steers—Medium and Large 2464233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,0816
Steers—Medium and Large 3523228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,1922
Steers—Medium and Large 2534234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,2505
Steers—Medium and Large 1551235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,29514
Steers—Medium and Large 2627221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,3863
Steers—Medium and Large 1637217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,3826
Steers—Medium and Large 2650210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3651
Steers—Medium and Large 1732200.22/cwt190.00–205.001,4663
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1343215.00/cwt215.00–215.007374
Heifers—Medium and Large 3345200.00/cwt200.00–200.006903
Heifers—Medium and Large 2371216.50/cwt216.50–216.508036
Heifers—Medium and Large 3432204.50/cwt204.50–204.508839
Heifers—Medium and Large 2453216.00/cwt216.00–216.0097820
Heifers—Medium and Large 1469211.88/cwt198.00–213.0099414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1536203.96/cwt186.00–204.501,09333
Heifers—Medium and Large 3545180.00/cwt180.00–180.009812
Heifers—Medium and Large 2549200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,09815
Heifers—Medium and Large 3615169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,0391
Heifers—Medium and Large 1637191.51/cwt184.00–192.001,22016
Heifers—Medium and Large 2641189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,2115
Heifers—Medium and Large 2705174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,2271
Heifers—Medium and Large 1729174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,2687
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1338227.00/cwt227.00–227.007672
Bulls—Medium and Large 2348229.00/cwt229.00–229.007976
Bulls—Medium and Large 2410227.00/cwt227.00–227.009315
Bulls—Medium and Large 1421223.00/cwt223.00–223.009397
Bulls—Medium and Large 3466216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,0076
Bulls—Medium and Large 2473213.66/cwt200.00–216.001,0117
Bulls—Medium and Large 1496217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,07614
Bulls—Medium and Large 1518205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,0622
Bulls—Medium and Large 3535180.00/cwt180.00–180.009633
Bulls—Medium and Large 2575200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1504
Bulls—Medium and Large 1578216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,24816
Bulls—Medium and Large 1620197.23/cwt189.00–206.001,2232
Bulls—Medium and Large 2643190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,2222
Bulls—Medium and Large 1675186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,2561

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.