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Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Fri, Sep 8
● Final7 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
← Sep 2Sep 8Sep 9 →
Receipts
257 head
▲ 78 vs last sale 179▲ 76 vs year ago 181 · +42.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Springlake Weaned/Vaccinated Sale

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 140, Heifers 117)

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 $254.24/cwt on 140 head.
Average price
$254.24
140 head · 692 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,760
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$242
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$20.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+17.53
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2640261.161,67193
Medium and Large 1796240.531,91347
One grade step is worth $20.63/cwt here — about −$242 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 sale140 hd
254.24
—
VA average8 barns · 1,399 hd
236.71
+17.53
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

7 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 Added—771213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,6429
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—556234.50/cwt234.50–234.501,30432
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—664242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,61076
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—837235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,96721
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—762245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,86726
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—550254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,39719
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—663263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,74474

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.
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