▼ 122 vs last sale 521▼ 162 vs year ago 561 · −28.9%
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Reporter comment USDA
As filed
Springlake Weaned and Vaccinated Sale
State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 259, Heifers 140)
Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.
Weight classPick one — the panels below update
Steers · summary 0–100 lb
Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $155.09/cwt on 259 head.
Average price
$155.09
259 head · 632 lb average
Value per head Derived
$981
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$211
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$5.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.39
vs VA average
Price by quality 0–100 lb
Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscle
Avg wt
$/cwt
$/head
Head
Medium and Large 1-2
542
158.38
858
111
Medium and Large 1
700
152.62
1,069
148
One grade step is worth $5.76/cwt here — about −$211 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 sale259 hd
155.09
—
VA average9 barns · 1,477 hd
148.70
+6.39
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.
Every lot
11 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.
Class
Weight
Grade / description
Avg wt
Price
Range
Per head
Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1-2Value Added
468
166.00/cwt
166.00–166.00
777
22
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1-2Value Added
560
156.50/cwt
156.50–156.50
876
89
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1Value Added
639
154.00/cwt
154.00–154.00
984
72
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1Value Added
740
155.00/cwt
155.00–155.00
1,147
68
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1Value Added
914
120.00/cwt
120.00–120.00
1,097
8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers
—
Medium and Large 1-2Value Added
478
130.00/cwt
130.00–130.00
621
30
Heifers
—
Medium and Large 1-2Value Added
551
137.00/cwt
137.00–137.00
755
27
Heifers
—
Medium and Large 1-2Value Added
610
134.00/cwt
134.00–134.00
817
25
Heifers
—
Medium and Large 1Value Added
654
135.00/cwt
135.00–135.00
883
23
Heifers
—
Medium and Large 1Value Added
701
132.00/cwt
132.00–132.00
925
22
Heifers
—
Medium and Large 1Value Added
764
133.00/cwt
133.00–133.00
1,016
13
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.
State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 259, Heifers 140)
Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.
Feeder Cattle
As reported
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
Head
Wt range
Avg wt
Price range
Avg price
13
—
764
133.00
133.00
22
—
701
132.00
132.00
23
—
654
135.00
135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
Head
Wt range
Avg wt
Price range
Avg price
25
—
610
134.00
134.00
27
—
551
137.00
137.00
30
—
478
130.00
130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
Head
Wt range
Avg wt
Price range
Avg price
8
—
914
120.00
120.00
68
—
740
155.00
Source: USDA AMS · Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. · Fri, Sep 17 · slug 2186 · RaisedBeef's rendering of USDA data, not a copy of USDA's document and not endorsed by USDA · www.raisedbeef.com/markets/barn/va/springlake-graded-feeder-cattle-sale-2186/2021-09-17
155.00
72
—
639
154.00
154.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
Head
Wt range
Avg wt
Price range
Avg price
22
—
468
166.00
166.00
89
—
560
156.50
156.50
Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.