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 1—535152.00/cwt152.00–152.008131
BullsMedium and Large 1—645146.00/cwt146.00–146.009423
BullsMedium and Large 2—568154.00/cwt154.00–154.008752
BullsMedium and Large 3—505140.00/cwt140.00–140.007071
BullsMedium and Large 2—503158.00/cwt158.00–158.007952
HeifersMedium and Large 1—368156.00/cwt156.00–156.005742
SteersMedium and Large 1—611157.50/cwt157.50–157.509624
SteersMedium and Large 1—554170.50/cwt170.50–170.509458
SteersMedium and Large 1—383174.00/cwt174.00–174.006662
SteersMedium and Large 3—523147.00/cwt147.00–147.007692
SteersMedium and Large 3—435158.00/cwt158.00–158.006871
SteersMedium and Large 2—520171.00/cwt171.00–171.008891
SteersMedium and Large 2—605159.00/cwt159.00–159.009621
HeifersMedium and Large 2—442145.50/cwt145.50–145.506433
SteersMedium and Large 2—475172.00/cwt172.00–172.008171
HeifersMedium and Large 1—457144.00/cwt144.00–144.006585
HeifersMedium and Large 2—360157.00/cwt157.00–157.005653
HeifersMedium and Large 3—565129.00/cwt129.00–129.007291
SteersMedium and Large 1—443176.00/cwt176.00–176.007803
HeifersMedium and Large 3—620117.00/cwt117.00–117.007251
SteersMedium and Large 3—600137.00/cwt137.00–137.008221
HeifersMedium and Large 1—525139.50/cwt139.50–139.507325
HeifersMedium and Large 2—785114.00/cwt114.00–114.008951
HeifersMedium and Large 2—543138.00/cwt138.00–138.007494
HeifersMedium and Large 1—625124.03/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.