Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2023-08-05

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Aug 5
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
264 head
▲ 81 vs last sale 183▲ 71 vs year ago 193 · +36.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 46, Heifers 115, Bulls 103)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $203.34/cwt on 99 head.
Average price
$203.34
99 head · 528 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,074
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$168
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$9.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.26
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2510206.821,05544
Medium and Large 1575201.611,15941
Medium and Large 3449197.4388714thin
One grade step is worth $9.40/cwt here — about $168 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 sale99 hd
203.34
—
VA average10 barns · 1,268 hd
202.08
+1.26
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

37 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—501218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,09213
BullsMedium and Large 1—490211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,0341
BullsMedium and Large 1—404224.09/cwt213.00–227.009055
BullsMedium and Large 1—571216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,23310
BullsMedium and Large 1—344200.00/cwt200.00–200.006884
BullsMedium and Large 1—644194.14/cwt193.00–204.001,2509
SteersMedium and Large 2—443243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,0768
SteersMedium and Large 2—555235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,3042
SteersMedium and Large 1—644219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,4108
SteersMedium and Large 1—548230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2606
SteersMedium and Large 3—525211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,1083
SteersMedium and Large 3—416221.00/cwt221.00–221.009195
SteersMedium and Large 2—375238.00/cwt238.00–238.008932
HeifersMedium and Large 3—425191.00/cwt191.00–191.008121
SteersMedium and Large 2—615229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,4081
HeifersMedium and Large 1—340210.00/cwt210.00–210.007141
HeifersMedium and Large 2—373216.41/cwt212.00–217.008078
HeifersMedium and Large 3—455200.00/cwt200.00–200.009104
HeifersMedium and Large 1—448210.00/cwt210.00–210.009419
HeifersMedium and Large 2—655195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,2775
SteersMedium and Large 1—468240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1233
HeifersMedium and Large 2—450211.00/cwt211.00–211.0095013
HeifersMedium and Large 3—650160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0401
HeifersMedium and Large 1—638197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,25716
HeifersMedium and Large 3—550186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,0233
BullsMedium and Large 3—529205.95/cwt205.00–209.001,0894
HeifersMedium and Large 1—723178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,2873
HeifersMedium and Large 1—558209.55/cwt205.00–210.001,16911
HeifersMedium and Large 1—675175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,1811
HeifersMedium and Large 2—742177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,3133
HeifersMedium and Large 2—541208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,12515
BullsMedium and Large 2—353234.00/cwt234.00–234.008267
HeifersMedium and Large 3—349211.00/cwt211.00–211.007365
BullsMedium and Large 2—647196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,2686
BullsMedium and Large 2—422234.00/cwt234.00–234.009876
BullsMedium and Large 2—506218.60/cwt190.00–223.001,1068
BullsMedium and Large 2—564209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,1796

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.