Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2023-09-16

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Sep 16
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
405 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 408▲ 120 vs year ago 285 · +42.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 90, Heifers 177,Bulls 138)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $205.42/cwt on 149 head.
Average price
$205.42
149 head · 523 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,073
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$134
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$17.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.91
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2484209.851,01558
Medium and Large 1566204.801,16075
Medium and Large 3458192.2588116thin
One grade step is worth $17.60/cwt here — about $134 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 sale149 hd
205.42
—
VA average8 barns · 1,913 hd
220.33
−14.91
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 2—416240.00/cwt240.00–240.009987
BullsMedium and Large 1—680195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,3261
BullsMedium and Large 2—630205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,2922
BullsMedium and Large 1—498219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,09116
BullsMedium and Large 1—575212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,21918
BullsMedium and Large 2—569220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2528
BullsMedium and Large 3—525204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,0714
BullsMedium and Large 3—422234.00/cwt234.00–234.009876
SteersMedium and Large 1—480242.17/cwt241.00–248.001,1626
SteersMedium and Large 2—450246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,10712
SteersMedium and Large 2—537236.96/cwt224.00–239.001,2727
HeifersMedium and Large 3—348205.00/cwt205.00–205.007133
HeifersMedium and Large 2—445210.83/cwt185.00–214.0093827
HeifersMedium and Large 3—526185.00/cwt185.00–185.009734
SteersMedium and Large 1—330262.00/cwt262.00–262.008651
SteersMedium and Large 2—635230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4611
SteersMedium and Large 3—415218.00/cwt218.00–218.009051
HeifersMedium and Large 2—544207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,12612
HeifersMedium and Large 1—378225.00/cwt225.00–225.008513
HeifersMedium and Large 1—739183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,35211
SteersMedium and Large 2—350274.00/cwt274.00–274.009591
SteersMedium and Large 1—638221.23/cwt218.00–222.001,41115
SteersMedium and Large 1—540233.04/cwt222.00–234.001,25825
BullsMedium and Large 2—488228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,1134
BullsMedium and Large 2—343246.37/cwt238.00–252.008455
HeifersMedium and Large 1—637201.61/cwt194.00–202.001,28420
HeifersMedium and Large 3—447193.00/cwt193.00–193.008638
SteersMedium and Large 1—380267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,0151
SteersMedium and Large 1—718220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5802
BullsMedium and Large 1—519210.94/cwt208.00–215.001,0955
BullsMedium and Large 1—425225.45/cwt225.00–228.0095813
BullsMedium and Large 1—642196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,25813
HeifersMedium and Large 1—456213.15/cwt192.00–216.0097217
HeifersMedium and Large 2—646194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,2538
HeifersMedium and Large 3—610177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,0801
BullsMedium and Large 1—320245.00/cwt245.00–245.007841
HeifersMedium and Large 2—755183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,3821
HeifersMedium and Large 1—530209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,10824
HeifersMedium and Large 2—359226.00/cwt226.00–226.0081110

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.