Springlake Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report, Moneta, VA

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

Sale of Saturday, January 28, 2023

417 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $156.50/cwt ≈ $690/hd at 441 lb · 31 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $141.73/cwt ≈ $792/hd at 559 lb · 27 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 bulls $168.45/cwt ≈ $834/hd at 495 lb · 23 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	417	124	84
Feeder cattle	417	124	84

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 68, Heifers 180, Bulls 169)

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
349	349	5	215.00	$215.00	$750	—
436	436	8	202.00	$202.00	$881	—
546	546	8	182.50	$182.50	$996	—
575	575	1	170.00	$170.00	$978	—
631	631	9	170.50	$170.50	$1,076	—
700	700	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,155	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
378–390	382	3	170.00–212.50	$198.04	$757	—
438	438	6	209.00	$209.00	$915	—
480	480	1	160.00	$160.00	$768	—
557	557	15	178.00	$178.00	$991	—
626	626	4	167.00	$167.00	$1,045	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	155.00	$155.00	$666	—
565	565	2	151.00	$151.00	$853	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–369	366	11	156.00–174.00	$170.87	$625	—
441	441	31	156.50	$156.50	$690	—
556–580	559	27	132.00–143.00	$141.73	$792	—
630	630	6	137.00	$137.00	$863	—
723	723	4	134.50	$134.50	$972	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340–348	347	7	154.00–174.50	$171.63	$596	—
443	443	2	142.00	$142.00	$629	—
479	479	15	153.00	$153.00	$733	—
545	545	23	143.00	$143.00	$779	—
550	550	3	135.00	$135.00	$742	—
625–628	628	7	135.00–139.50	$138.86	$872	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
371	371	8	147.00	$147.00	$545	—
435	435	1	134.00	$134.00	$583	—
456	456	8	148.00	$148.00	$675	—
524	524	8	135.00	$135.00	$707	—
653	653	2	129.50	$129.50	$846	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	12	215.00	$215.00	$742	—
412–435	415	17	165.00–210.00	$204.45	$848	—
485–495	495	23	156.00–169.00	$168.45	$834	—
574	574	12	152.50	$152.50	$875	—
645	645	11	144.50	$144.50	$932	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
352–355	353	6	170.00–213.00	$205.78	$726	—
412	412	11	210.00	$210.00	$865	—
504	504	11	162.00	$162.00	$816	—
582	582	10	149.00	$149.00	$867	—
633	633	3	145.00	$145.00	$918	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
446	446	10	159.00	$159.00	$709	—
527	527	3	148.00	$148.00	$780	—

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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.