Springlake Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Saturday, September 24, 2022

497 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $151.00/cwt ≈ $672/hd at 445 lb · 26 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 bulls $148.50/cwt ≈ $857/hd at 577 lb · 25 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $139.54/cwt ≈ $747/hd at 535 lb · 25 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	497	164	433
Feeder cattle	497	164	433

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 133, Heifers 197, Bulls 167)

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
378	378	2	190.00	$190.00	$718	—
456	456	12	179.00	$179.00	$816	—
515	515	1	161.00	$161.00	$829	—
562	562	20	170.00	$170.00	$955	—
635	635	1	144.00	$144.00	$914	—
653	653	15	163.00	$163.00	$1,064	—
726	726	5	148.00	$148.00	$1,074	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	191.00	$191.00	$754	—
452	452	9	183.50	$183.50	$829	—
549	549	11	170.00	$170.00	$933	—
648	648	4	159.00	$159.00	$1,030	—
785	785	1	144.00	$144.00	$1,130	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
449	449	7	151.00	$151.00	$678	—
510–537	534	8	137.00–150.00	$148.45	$793	—
629	629	5	152.00	$152.00	$956	—
710	710	2	139.00	$139.00	$987	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	2	160.00	$160.00	$552	—
385	385	1	145.00	$145.00	$558	—
445	445	26	151.00	$151.00	$672	—
452	452	3	139.00	$139.00	$628	—
513–537	535	25	134.00–140.00	$139.54	$747	—
634	634	18	133.75	$133.75	$848	—
731	731	8	130.75	$130.75	$956	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
359	359	7	167.00	$167.00	$600	—
447	447	23	149.00	$149.00	$666	—
525	525	17	139.50	$139.50	$732	—
635–639	639	9	131.00–137.00	$136.34	$871	—
728	728	3	130.00	$130.00	$946	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
364	364	4	150.00	$150.00	$546	—
455	455	6	138.00	$138.00	$628	—
558	558	3	133.00	$133.00	$742	—
626	626	4	135.00	$135.00	$845	—
740	740	1	125.00	$125.00	$925	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	170.00	$170.00	$536	—
356	356	4	193.00	$193.00	$687	—
422–440	425	12	146.00–171.00	$166.69	$708	—
496	496	16	158.00	$158.00	$784	—
505	505	2	146.00	$146.00	$737	—
577	577	25	148.50	$148.50	$857	—
600–639	636	14	140.00–142.50	$142.33	$905	—
650	650	1	139.00	$139.00	$904	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
352–365	354	7	162.00–193.50	$188.86	$669	—
432	432	6	167.00	$167.00	$721	—
506	506	8	157.00	$157.00	$794	—
586	586	8	149.50	$149.50	$876	—
665	665	1	144.00	$144.00	$958	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
565	565	2	141.00	$141.00	$797	—

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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.