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 1501218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,09213
BullsMedium and Large 1490211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,0341
BullsMedium and Large 1404224.09/cwt213.00–227.009055
BullsMedium and Large 1571216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,23310
BullsMedium and Large 1344200.00/cwt200.00–200.006884
BullsMedium and Large 1644194.14/cwt193.00–204.001,2509
SteersMedium and Large 2443243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,0768
SteersMedium and Large 2555235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,3042
SteersMedium and Large 1644219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,4108
SteersMedium and Large 1548230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2606
SteersMedium and Large 3525211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,1083
SteersMedium and Large 3416221.00/cwt221.00–221.009195
SteersMedium and Large 2375238.00/cwt238.00–238.008932
HeifersMedium and Large 3425191.00/cwt191.00–191.008121
SteersMedium and Large 2615229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,4081
HeifersMedium and Large 1340210.00/cwt210.00–210.007141
HeifersMedium and Large 2373216.41/cwt212.00–217.008078
HeifersMedium and Large 3455200.00/cwt200.00–200.009104
HeifersMedium and Large 1448210.00/cwt210.00–210.009419
HeifersMedium and Large 2655195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,2775
SteersMedium and Large 1468240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1233
HeifersMedium and Large 2450211.00/cwt211.00–211.0095013
HeifersMedium and Large 3650160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0401
HeifersMedium and Large 1638197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,25716
HeifersMedium and Large 3550186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,0233
BullsMedium and Large 3529205.95/cwt205.00–209.001,0894
HeifersMedium and Large 1723178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,2873
HeifersMedium and Large 1558209.55/cwt205.00–210.001,16911
HeifersMedium and Large 1675175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,1811
HeifersMedium and Large 2742177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,3133
HeifersMedium and Large 2541208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,12515
BullsMedium and Large 2353234.00/cwt234.00–234.008267
HeifersMedium and Large 3349211.00/cwt211.00–211.007365
BullsMedium and Large 2647196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,2686
BullsMedium and Large 2422234.00/cwt234.00–234.009876
BullsMedium and Large 2506218.60/cwt190.00–223.001,1068
BullsMedium and Large 2564209.00/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.