Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2020-09-18

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Fri, Sep 18
● Final8 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
372 head
101 vs last sale 271 45 vs year ago 417 · 10.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Springlake Weaned and Vaccinated Sale

In-Barn State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 206, Heifers 166)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $146.07/cwt on 206 head.
Average price
$146.07
206 head · 664 lb average
Value per head Derived
$970
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$234
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$0.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.76
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1713146.101,042143
Medium and Large 1-2553145.9880863
One grade step is worth $0.12/cwt here — about $234 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 sale206 hd
146.07
VA average9 barns · 2,296 hd
140.31
+5.76
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

8 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added652148.00/cwt148.00–148.0096575
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added770146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,12463
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added906119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,0785
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added576145.00/cwt145.00–145.0083532
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added530147.00/cwt147.00–147.0077931
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added545139.00/cwt139.00–139.0075888
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added645132.00/cwt132.00–132.0085174
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added789118.00/cwt118.00–118.009314

How this sale compares

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.