Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2023-09-16

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Sep 16
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
405 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 408▲ 120 vs year ago 285 · +42.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 90, Heifers 177,Bulls 138)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $205.42/cwt on 149 head.
Average price
$205.42
149 head · 523 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,073
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$134
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$17.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.91
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2484209.851,01558
Medium and Large 1566204.801,16075
Medium and Large 3458192.2588116thin
One grade step is worth $17.60/cwt here — about $134 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 sale149 hd
205.42
—
VA average8 barns · 1,913 hd
220.33
−14.91
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 1330262.00/cwt262.00–262.008651
Steers—Medium and Large 2350274.00/cwt274.00–274.009591
Steers—Medium and Large 1380267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,0151
Steers—Medium and Large 3415218.00/cwt218.00–218.009051
Steers—Medium and Large 2450246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,10712
Steers—Medium and Large 1480242.17/cwt241.00–248.001,1626
Steers—Medium and Large 2537236.96/cwt224.00–239.001,2727
Steers—Medium and Large 1540233.04/cwt222.00–234.001,25825
Steers—Medium and Large 2635230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4611
Steers—Medium and Large 1638221.23/cwt218.00–222.001,41115
Steers—Medium and Large 1718220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5802
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3348205.00/cwt205.00–205.007133
Heifers—Medium and Large 2359226.00/cwt226.00–226.0081110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1378225.00/cwt225.00–225.008513
Heifers—Medium and Large 2445210.83/cwt185.00–214.0093827
Heifers—Medium and Large 3447193.00/cwt193.00–193.008638
Heifers—Medium and Large 1456213.15/cwt192.00–216.0097217
Heifers—Medium and Large 3526185.00/cwt185.00–185.009734
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,10824
Heifers—Medium and Large 2544207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,12612
Heifers—Medium and Large 3610177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,0801
Heifers—Medium and Large 1637201.61/cwt194.00–202.001,28420
Heifers—Medium and Large 2646194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,2538
Heifers—Medium and Large 1739183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,35211
Heifers—Medium and Large 2755183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,3821
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1320245.00/cwt245.00–245.007841
Bulls—Medium and Large 2343246.37/cwt238.00–252.008455
Bulls—Medium and Large 2416240.00/cwt240.00–240.009987
Bulls—Medium and Large 3422234.00/cwt234.00–234.009876
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425225.45/cwt225.00–228.0095813
Bulls—Medium and Large 2488228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,1134
Bulls—Medium and Large 1498219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,09116
Bulls—Medium and Large 1519210.94/cwt208.00–215.001,0955
Bulls—Medium and Large 3525204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,0714
Bulls—Medium and Large 2569220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2528
Bulls—Medium and Large 1575212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,21918
Bulls—Medium and Large 2630205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,2922
Bulls—Medium and Large 1642196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,25813
Bulls—Medium and Large 1680195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,3261

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.