Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2024-01-20

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Jan 20
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
91 head
86 vs last sale 177 335 vs year ago 426 · 78.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 20, Heifers 41, Bulls 30)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $201.01/cwt on 41 head.
Average price
$201.01
41 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,080
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$198
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$6.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+19.16
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2521204.081,06313thin
Medium and Large 1557199.861,11425
Medium and Large 3438197.338653thin
One grade step is worth $6.74/cwt here — about $198 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 sale41 hd
201.01
VA average8 barns · 639 hd
181.85
+19.16
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

28 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 1370236.00/cwt236.00–236.008731
HeifersMedium and Large 2370211.00/cwt211.00–211.007811
HeifersMedium and Large 3540193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,0421
HeifersMedium and Large 2542201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,0897
HeifersMedium and Large 1405187.50/cwt187.50–187.507591
BullsMedium and Large 2353235.00/cwt235.00–235.008302
BullsMedium and Large 2655199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,3031
HeifersMedium and Large 2470216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,0154
HeifersMedium and Large 1465218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,0143
BullsMedium and Large 2407231.00/cwt231.00–231.009403
BullsMedium and Large 2600220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3202
HeifersMedium and Large 1649197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,2798
HeifersMedium and Large 1710176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,2501
SteersMedium and Large 1545237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,2926
SteersMedium and Large 1465243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,1305
HeifersMedium and Large 3430194.00/cwt194.00–194.008341
HeifersMedium and Large 3345205.00/cwt205.00–205.007071
SteersMedium and Large 1625225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4066
HeifersMedium and Large 2730171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,2481
HeifersMedium and Large 1330214.00/cwt214.00–214.007062
HeifersMedium and Large 1557197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,10010
SteersMedium and Large 2405241.00/cwt241.00–241.009761
SteersMedium and Large 2568226.04/cwt224.00–228.001,2842
BullsMedium and Large 2501232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,1625
BullsMedium and Large 1579228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,3205
BullsMedium and Large 1494232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,1465
BullsMedium and Large 1643211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,3574
BullsMedium and Large 1405234.00/cwt234.00–234.009482

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.