Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2024-01-13

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Jan 13
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
177 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 171▼ 259 vs year ago 436 · −59.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Correction: 1995.00/cwt feeder heifers deleted

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 25, Heifers 82, Bulls 70)

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $222.08/cwt on 59 head.
Average price
$222.08
59 head · 476 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,058
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$266
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$69.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+20.94
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2454227.151,03029
Medium and Large 1499219.241,09429
Medium and Large 3485157.507641thin
One grade step is worth $69.65/cwt here — about $266 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 sale59 hd
222.08
—
VA average9 barns · 366 hd
201.14
+20.94
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

34 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 3—535162.00/cwt162.00–162.008673
HeifersMedium and Large 3—660155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0231
HeifersMedium and Large 1—740160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,1841
BullsMedium and Large 2—580207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,2013
BullsMedium and Large 2—678176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,1932
BullsMedium and Large 2—344234.00/cwt234.00–234.008056
HeifersMedium and Large 2—543190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0324
HeifersMedium and Large 1—622177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,1013
BullsMedium and Large 3—485157.50/cwt157.50–157.507641
BullsMedium and Large 2—416238.00/cwt238.00–238.0099011
HeifersMedium and Large 1—445201.00/cwt201.00–201.008947
HeifersMedium and Large 2—740161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,1911
SteersMedium and Large 2—348230.00/cwt230.00–230.008002
SteersMedium and Large 2—585232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,3571
HeifersMedium and Large 3—400181.00/cwt181.00–181.007241
HeifersMedium and Large 3—310175.00/cwt175.00–175.005431
HeifersMedium and Large 2—668172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,1492
HeifersMedium and Large 2—437204.50/cwt204.50–204.5089416
SteersMedium and Large 2—400230.00/cwt230.00–230.009201
SteersMedium and Large 2—620228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,4141
HeifersMedium and Large 1—313192.50/cwt192.50–192.506032
HeifersMedium and Large 1—541191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,03314
SteersMedium and Large 1—350222.00/cwt222.00–222.007771
SteersMedium and Large 2—462250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1553
SteersMedium and Large 1—550246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,3537
HeifersMedium and Large 2—455181.00/cwt181.00–181.008241
SteersMedium and Large 1—603230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3872
SteersMedium and Large 1—478250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1952
BullsMedium and Large 2—488227.48/cwt221.00–230.001,1107
BullsMedium and Large 1—425231.50/cwt231.50–231.5098410
BullsMedium and Large 1—502227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,1409
BullsMedium and Large 1—648182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,1795
BullsMedium and Large 1—583210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2243
BullsMedium and Large 1—358230.00/cwt230.00–230.008232

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.