Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2023-02-18

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Feb 18
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
185 head
289 vs last sale 474 451 vs year ago 636 · 70.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 18, Heifers 90, Bulls 77)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $160.05/cwt on 76 head.
Average price
$160.05
76 head · 471 lb average
Value per head Derived
$753
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$5
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$8.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.07
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2441164.4172534
Medium and Large 1527157.2482921
Medium and Large 3462155.8172021
One grade step is worth $8.60/cwt here — about $5 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 sale76 hd
160.05
VA average8 barns · 731 hd
159.98
+0.07
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

39 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 1335194.00/cwt194.00–194.006501
BullsMedium and Large 1430205.00/cwt205.00–205.008821
BullsMedium and Large 1665163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,0843
BullsMedium and Large 1563191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,0754
BullsMedium and Large 1491195.00/cwt195.00–195.009578
BullsMedium and Large 1353205.00/cwt205.00–205.007249
SteersMedium and Large 2385197.00/cwt197.00–197.007581
SteersMedium and Large 2443196.00/cwt196.00–196.008686
SteersMedium and Large 2665187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,2441
HeifersMedium and Large 1720138.00/cwt138.00–138.009942
HeifersMedium and Large 3354169.00/cwt169.00–169.005988
HeifersMedium and Large 2335177.00/cwt177.00–177.0059312
SteersMedium and Large 1305206.00/cwt206.00–206.006281
SteersMedium and Large 1453194.00/cwt194.00–194.008794
SteersMedium and Large 1643182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,1702
HeifersMedium and Large 1343174.00/cwt174.00–174.005972
HeifersMedium and Large 1633148.00/cwt148.00–148.009373
HeifersMedium and Large 2448160.00/cwt160.00–160.007172
SteersMedium and Large 2795158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,2561
SteersMedium and Large 1545201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,0951
SteersMedium and Large 1755157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,1851
BullsMedium and Large 2498204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,0169
BullsMedium and Large 2354207.00/cwt207.00–207.007335
HeifersMedium and Large 3432162.00/cwt162.00–162.007003
HeifersMedium and Large 2350165.00/cwt165.00–165.005781
HeifersMedium and Large 3320164.00/cwt164.00–164.005251
HeifersMedium and Large 1443163.00/cwt163.00–163.007226
BullsMedium and Large 2426213.00/cwt213.00–213.009078
BullsMedium and Large 2500174.00/cwt174.00–174.008701
BullsMedium and Large 2575191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,0981
HeifersMedium and Large 1548157.00/cwt157.00–157.008608
HeifersMedium and Large 2520155.00/cwt155.00–155.008065
HeifersMedium and Large 2453163.00/cwt163.00–163.0073810
BullsMedium and Large 2667169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,1273
BullsMedium and Large 3567169.72/cwt161.00–174.009623
BullsMedium and Large 3463176.00/cwt176.00–176.008154
HeifersMedium and Large 2649144.00/cwt144.00–144.009354
HeifersMedium and Large 3629135.00/cwt135.00–135.008494
HeifersMedium and Large 3549146.00/cwt146.00–146.008025

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.