Springlake Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

Moneta, Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock (Special Graded)

Sale of Saturday, January 16, 2021

433 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $119.00/cwt ≈ $528/hd at 444 lb · 34 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $108.50/cwt ≈ $587/hd at 541 lb · 24 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 bulls $130.25/cwt ≈ $651/hd at 500 lb · 21 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	433	679	385
Feeder cattle	433	679	385

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 102, Heifers 175, Bulls 156)

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
373	373	2	149.00	$149.00	$556	—
450–480	455	11	136.00–147.00	$144.89	$659	—
528	528	12	140.50	$140.50	$742	—
555	555	2	126.00	$126.00	$699	—
641	641	15	121.50	$121.50	$779	—
650	650	6	112.00	$112.00	$728	—
775	775	3	110.00	$110.00	$852	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–330	328	4	164.00–169.00	$166.48	$546	—
440	440	2	140.00	$140.00	$616	—
550–563	559	3	115.00–132.00	$126.42	$707	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	128.00	$128.00	$570	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348	348	13	128.00	$128.00	$445	—
385	385	1	127.00	$127.00	$489	—
444	444	34	119.00	$119.00	$528	—
541	541	24	108.50	$108.50	$587	—
583	583	2	107.00	$107.00	$624	—
632	632	6	99.00	$99.00	$626	—
650	650	1	95.00	$95.00	$618	—
713	713	2	85.00	$85.00	$606	—
755	755	3	91.00	$91.00	$687	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
361–375	363	7	134.00–146.00	$135.77	$493	—
440	440	1	113.00	$113.00	$497	—
461	461	21	119.00	$119.00	$549	—
529	529	11	107.00	$107.00	$566	—
556	556	5	105.00	$105.00	$584	—
650	650	3	95.00	$95.00	$618	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
336	336	4	125.00	$125.00	$420	—
360	360	1	116.00	$116.00	$418	—
427	427	3	116.50	$116.50	$497	—
515	515	1	103.00	$103.00	$530	—
605	605	1	95.00	$95.00	$575	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
349	349	11	161.00	$161.00	$562	—
424	424	13	146.00	$146.00	$619	—
493	493	3	122.00	$122.00	$601	—
500	500	21	130.25	$130.25	$651	—
569–588	584	18	111.00–117.50	$116.09	$678	—
656	656	12	114.00	$114.00	$748	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–345	342	7	158.00–159.00	$158.14	$541	—
380	380	1	122.00	$122.00	$464	—
430	430	11	144.00	$144.00	$619	—
502–530	504	14	116.00–129.00	$128.02	$645	—
575	575	10	117.50	$117.50	$676	—
663	663	2	110.00	$110.00	$729	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
436	436	4	126.00	$126.00	$549	—
530	530	3	118.00	$118.00	$625	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.