Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2022-01-29

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Jan 29
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
84 head
198 vs last sale 282 84 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 34, Heifers 38, Bulls 12)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.63/cwt on 27 head.
Average price
$140.63
27 head · 498 lb average
Value per head Derived
$700
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$31
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$20.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.39
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2488143.0569711thin
Medium and Large 1493141.2569614thin
Medium and Large 3593123.007292thin
One grade step is worth $20.05/cwt here — about −$31 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 sale27 hd
140.63
VA average5 barns · 1,205 hd
141.03
−0.39
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

25 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
BullsMedium and Large 1535152.00/cwt152.00–152.008131
BullsMedium and Large 1645146.00/cwt146.00–146.009423
BullsMedium and Large 2568154.00/cwt154.00–154.008752
BullsMedium and Large 3505140.00/cwt140.00–140.007071
BullsMedium and Large 2503158.00/cwt158.00–158.007952
HeifersMedium and Large 1368156.00/cwt156.00–156.005742
SteersMedium and Large 1611157.50/cwt157.50–157.509624
SteersMedium and Large 1554170.50/cwt170.50–170.509458
SteersMedium and Large 1383174.00/cwt174.00–174.006662
SteersMedium and Large 3523147.00/cwt147.00–147.007692
SteersMedium and Large 3435158.00/cwt158.00–158.006871
SteersMedium and Large 2520171.00/cwt171.00–171.008891
SteersMedium and Large 2605159.00/cwt159.00–159.009621
HeifersMedium and Large 2442145.50/cwt145.50–145.506433
SteersMedium and Large 2475172.00/cwt172.00–172.008171
HeifersMedium and Large 1457144.00/cwt144.00–144.006585
HeifersMedium and Large 2360157.00/cwt157.00–157.005653
HeifersMedium and Large 3565129.00/cwt129.00–129.007291
SteersMedium and Large 1443176.00/cwt176.00–176.007803
HeifersMedium and Large 3620117.00/cwt117.00–117.007251
SteersMedium and Large 3600137.00/cwt137.00–137.008221
HeifersMedium and Large 1525139.50/cwt139.50–139.507325
HeifersMedium and Large 2785114.00/cwt114.00–114.008951
HeifersMedium and Large 2543138.00/cwt138.00–138.007494
HeifersMedium and Large 1625124.03/cwt123.00–125.007752

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.