Springlake Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Saturday, September 18, 2021

518 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $132.46/cwt ≈ $600/hd at 453 lb · 68 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $139.00/cwt ≈ $600/hd at 432 lb · 26 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 bulls $140.89/cwt ≈ $803/hd at 570 lb · 25 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	518	399	561
Feeder cattle	518	399	561

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 126, Heifers 228, Bulls 164)

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348	348	3	169.00	$169.00	$588	—
445–448	448	13	140.00–158.00	$156.62	$702	—
530–549	547	25	146.00–149.75	$149.46	$818	—
634	634	24	143.00	$143.00	$907	—
678	678	2	134.00	$134.00	$909	—
741–742	741	10	127.00–131.00	$129.80	$962	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
377	377	3	165.00	$165.00	$622	—
450	450	14	156.00	$156.00	$702	—
543	543	11	149.00	$149.00	$809	—
622	622	6	141.00	$141.00	$877	—
728	728	2	132.00	$132.00	$961	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	3	134.00	$134.00	$616	—
525	525	2	129.00	$129.00	$677	—
605	605	1	124.00	$124.00	$750	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	7	149.50	$149.50	$538	—
451–454	453	68	128.50–137.50	$132.46	$600	—
523	523	3	122.00	$122.00	$638	—
635–639	639	16	115.00–121.50	$121.10	$774	—
710	710	1	115.00	$115.00	$816	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
349	349	14	149.00	$149.00	$520	—
432	432	26	139.00	$139.00	$600	—
453	453	2	129.00	$129.00	$584	—
528	528	21	126.75	$126.75	$669	—
632	632	9	122.50	$122.50	$774	—
723	723	3	108.00	$108.00	$781	—
765	765	1	105.00	$105.00	$803	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358	358	3	134.00	$134.00	$480	—
454	454	10	129.50	$129.50	$588	—
532	532	10	124.00	$124.00	$660	—
670	670	2	110.00	$110.00	$737	—
700	700	1	105.00	$105.00	$735	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	164.00	$164.00	$615	—
412	412	12	159.00	$159.00	$655	—
496	496	22	143.75	$143.75	$713	—
569–578	570	25	134.00–141.50	$140.89	$803	—
648	648	10	124.50	$124.50	$807	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
351	351	15	172.00	$172.00	$604	—
409–410	409	13	140.00–159.00	$157.54	$644	—
460–499	494	8	138.00–144.00	$143.30	$708	—
545	545	2	125.00	$125.00	$681	—
561	561	7	134.50	$134.50	$755	—
640	640	1	125.00	$125.00	$800	—
680	680	3	122.00	$122.00	$830	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
483	483	4	124.00	$124.00	$599	—
533	533	5	117.00	$117.00	$624	—

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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.