Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2023-04-08

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Apr 8
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
206 head
83 vs last sale 289 255 vs year ago 461 · 55.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 66, Heifers 93, Bulls 47)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $191.29/cwt on 77 head.
Average price
$191.29
77 head · 491 lb average
Value per head Derived
$940
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$27
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$7.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.39
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1492192.6394735
Medium and Large 2489191.5493733
Medium and Large 3497185.179209thin
One grade step is worth $7.46/cwt here — about $27 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 sale77 hd
191.29
VA average8 barns · 1,944 hd
181.90
+9.39
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

41 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 1577200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1543
BullsMedium and Large 1638191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,2193
BullsMedium and Large 1423248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,0494
BullsMedium and Large 1496234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,1617
BullsMedium and Large 2358247.00/cwt247.00–247.008842
BullsMedium and Large 2635194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,2321
SteersMedium and Large 2642225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4453
SteersMedium and Large 3720189.50/cwt189.50–189.501,3643
SteersMedium and Large 1610220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3421
SteersMedium and Large 1743185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,3752
SteersMedium and Large 1585218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,2751
SteersMedium and Large 2526240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2627
SteersMedium and Large 3645210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3552
SteersMedium and Large 3553210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1614
SteersMedium and Large 3430200.00/cwt200.00–200.008601
HeifersMedium and Large 1448196.00/cwt196.00–196.008789
SteersMedium and Large 2383220.00/cwt220.00–220.008432
HeifersMedium and Large 2495170.00/cwt170.00–170.008421
SteersMedium and Large 1546233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,2724
SteersMedium and Large 1448253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,13310
SteersMedium and Large 1375220.00/cwt220.00–220.008255
HeifersMedium and Large 2680177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,2041
SteersMedium and Large 2453239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,0834
HeifersMedium and Large 2770158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,2171
HeifersMedium and Large 2368204.00/cwt204.00–204.007517
HeifersMedium and Large 1633180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1396
HeifersMedium and Large 2630190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,1973
HeifersMedium and Large 3463188.00/cwt188.00–188.008702
HeifersMedium and Large 2530184.78/cwt180.00–186.0097910
HeifersMedium and Large 2443197.00/cwt197.00–197.0087310
HeifersMedium and Large 3635180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1431
HeifersMedium and Large 1535190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,01712
HeifersMedium and Large 3345177.50/cwt177.50–177.506121
BullsMedium and Large 2437245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,0713
HeifersMedium and Large 3395185.00/cwt185.00–185.007311
BullsMedium and Large 2506231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,1695
BullsMedium and Large 2598219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,3102
BullsMedium and Large 3447195.00/cwt195.00–195.008723
BullsMedium and Large 3530202.86/cwt170.00–213.001,0754
HeifersMedium and Large 1370202.24/cwt197.00–203.007488
HeifersMedium and Large 3543187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,0154

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.