Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2023-11-18

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Nov 18
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
221 head
▼ 36 vs last sale 257▼ 181 vs year ago 402 · −45.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 63, Heifers 91, Bulls 67)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $187.03/cwt on 73 head.
Average price
$187.03
73 head · 517 lb average
Value per head Derived
$967
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$125
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$11.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.98
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2459194.2189124
Medium and Large 3466191.508936thin
Medium and Large 1557182.401,01643
One grade step is worth $11.81/cwt here — about −$125 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 sale73 hd
187.03
—
VA average9 barns · 1,696 hd
191.01
−3.98
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

34 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2355230.00/cwt230.00–230.008171
Steers—Medium and Large 2449240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0785
Steers—Medium and Large 1490236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,1562
Steers—Medium and Large 3515192.00/cwt192.00–192.009891
Steers—Medium and Large 1547225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,23117
Steers—Medium and Large 2553228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,2612
Steers—Medium and Large 1647212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,37213
Steers—Medium and Large 2675203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,3701
Steers—Medium and Large 2720203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,4622
Steers—Medium and Large 1727208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,5129
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3325205.00/cwt205.00–205.006661
Heifers—Medium and Large 1353203.00/cwt203.00–203.007172
Heifers—Medium and Large 2367212.00/cwt212.00–212.007786
Heifers—Medium and Large 1442194.41/cwt192.00–195.0085910
Heifers—Medium and Large 2445198.00/cwt198.00–198.0088110
Heifers—Medium and Large 3452196.00/cwt196.00–196.008863
Heifers—Medium and Large 2460183.00/cwt183.00–183.008421
Heifers—Medium and Large 2520178.00/cwt178.00–178.009265
Heifers—Medium and Large 1549183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,00516
Heifers—Medium and Large 3558178.00/cwt178.00–178.009932
Heifers—Medium and Large 1632169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,06810
Heifers—Medium and Large 2648168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,0892
Heifers—Medium and Large 1745175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,3045
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1341236.00/cwt236.00–236.008055
Bulls—Medium and Large 2380191.00/cwt191.00–191.007261
Bulls—Medium and Large 1401226.00/cwt226.00–226.009065
Bulls—Medium and Large 2424228.50/cwt228.50–228.509697
Bulls—Medium and Large 1495223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,1041
Bulls—Medium and Large 2505224.10/cwt224.00–225.001,13210
Bulls—Medium and Large 1509223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,1356
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,09410
Bulls—Medium and Large 2573186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,0662
Bulls—Medium and Large 2642166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,0665
Bulls—Medium and Large 1663167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,1073

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.