Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2022-04-22

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Fri, Apr 22
● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
64 head
368 vs last sale 432 425 vs year ago 489 · 86.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Springlake Weaned and Vaccinated Sale.

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 34, Heifers 30)

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 $163.12/cwt on 34 head.
Average price
$163.12
34 head · 659 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,074
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$167
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$17.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.97
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2606168.131,01924
Medium and Large 1785151.101,18610thin
One grade step is worth $17.03/cwt here — about −$167 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 sale34 hd
163.12
VA average10 barns · 1,093 hd
164.08
−0.97
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

9 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added768125.00/cwt125.00–125.009602
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added828125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0352
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added646137.50/cwt137.50–137.5088818
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added475145.00/cwt145.00–145.006893
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added566139.00/cwt139.00–139.007875
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added808149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,2043
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added775152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,1787
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added544175.00/cwt175.00–175.009529
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added643164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,05515

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.