Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2023-09-09

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Sep 9
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
408 head
▲ 151 vs last sale 257▲ 11 vs year ago 397 · +2.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 109, Heifers 196, Bulls 103)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $214.94/cwt on 160 head.
Average price
$214.94
160 head · 521 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,120
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$103
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$14.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.06
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2509219.351,11772
Medium and Large 1545213.771,16663
Medium and Large 3494205.181,01425
One grade step is worth $14.18/cwt here — about $103 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 sale160 hd
214.94
—
VA average9 barns · 1,957 hd
218.00
−3.06
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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2364270.00/cwt270.00–270.009835
Steers—Medium and Large 2452245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,1075
Steers—Medium and Large 1466245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,1427
Steers—Medium and Large 2541239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,2936
Steers—Medium and Large 1543246.50/cwt246.50–246.501,33835
Steers—Medium and Large 3582210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2223
Steers—Medium and Large 2600216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,2961
Steers—Medium and Large 3617223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,3766
Steers—Medium and Large 1638224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,4298
Steers—Medium and Large 2720226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,6271
Steers—Medium and Large 1755210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5864
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3362223.00/cwt223.00–223.008075
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373234.00/cwt234.00–234.008739
Heifers—Medium and Large 1393230.00/cwt230.00–230.009042
Heifers—Medium and Large 3423221.00/cwt221.00–221.009355
Heifers—Medium and Large 2452221.70/cwt198.00–223.501,00229
Heifers—Medium and Large 1457220.04/cwt204.00–223.001,00613
Heifers—Medium and Large 3528199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,05110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1538213.48/cwt196.00–214.001,14933
Heifers—Medium and Large 2545217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,18522
Heifers—Medium and Large 2615186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,1441
Heifers—Medium and Large 3629183.88/cwt175.00–186.001,1575
Heifers—Medium and Large 1646208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,34413
Heifers—Medium and Large 2680213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,4487
Heifers—Medium and Large 2709199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,4114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1738199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,4692
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1330255.00/cwt255.00–255.008422
Bulls—Medium and Large 2338260.50/cwt260.50–260.508802
Bulls—Medium and Large 1410229.00/cwt229.00–229.009394
Bulls—Medium and Large 2428240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0275
Bulls—Medium and Large 3435215.00/cwt215.00–215.009354
Bulls—Medium and Large 3450220.00/cwt220.00–220.009901
Bulls—Medium and Large 2484225.69/cwt214.00–227.001,09215
Bulls—Medium and Large 1500219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,09511
Bulls—Medium and Large 3505200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0101
Bulls—Medium and Large 1563218.55/cwt215.00–219.501,23010
Bulls—Medium and Large 2591220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3004
Bulls—Medium and Large 2643200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2863
Bulls—Medium and Large 1656209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,3719

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.