Springlake Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Saturday, October 21, 2023

428 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $203.13/cwt -16.87 vs last sale · ≈ $930/hd at 458 lb · 24 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 bulls $207.00/cwt -17.85 vs last sale · ≈ $1,192/hd at 576 lb · 23 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $210.00/cwt ≈ $1,161/hd at 553 lb · 23 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	428	255	359
Feeder cattle	428	255	359

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 79, Heifers 200, Bulls 149)

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
363	363	2	242.50	$242.50	$880	—
452	452	7	220.00	$220.00	$994	-15.00
532	532	7	235.00	$235.00	$1,250	—
555	555	1	201.00	$201.00	$1,116	-32.00
638	638	10	215.00	$215.00	$1,372	—
660	660	2	196.00	$196.00	$1,294	-22.00
715–721	720	6	175.00–188.00	$185.85	$1,338	-10.15

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	3	242.50	$242.50	$934	—
447	447	5	220.00	$220.00	$983	—
553	553	4	226.00	$226.00	$1,250	—
640	640	7	207.00	$207.00	$1,325	—
751	751	6	196.00	$196.00	$1,472	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
419	419	4	165.00	$165.00	$691	—
545	545	1	207.00	$207.00	$1,128	—
640	640	4	185.00	$185.00	$1,184	—
705	705	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,269	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
388	388	3	216.00	$216.00	$838	±0.00
457	457	22	204.00	$204.00	$932	-12.00
520	520	1	190.00	$190.00	$988	-28.00
553	553	23	210.00	$210.00	$1,161	—
640	640	20	188.00	$188.00	$1,203	-7.00
663	663	2	175.00	$175.00	$1,160	—
738	738	8	177.50	$177.50	$1,310	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332	332	9	226.00	$226.00	$750	+6.00
455–458	458	24	183.00–204.00	$203.13	$930	-16.87
546	546	12	208.00	$208.00	$1,136	—
634	634	18	189.00	$189.00	$1,198	-5.00
736	736	8	183.00	$183.00	$1,347	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
454	454	8	191.00	$191.00	$867	+1.00
534	534	18	190.00	$190.00	$1,015	-2.00
635	635	3	150.00	$150.00	$952	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
363	363	2	243.00	$243.00	$882	—
422	422	5	218.00	$218.00	$920	-4.00
500–530	502	15	201.00–215.00	$214.01	$1,074	—
576	576	23	207.00	$207.00	$1,192	-17.85
651–660	652	14	170.00–175.00	$174.64	$1,139	-21.36

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
428	428	7	223.00	$223.00	$954	-11.00
509–545	513	10	181.00–214.00	$210.49	$1,080	-20.51
578	578	7	198.00	$198.00	$1,144	-18.00
652	652	3	175.00	$175.00	$1,141	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
443	443	6	157.50	$157.50	$698	-43.50
532	532	7	175.00	$175.00	$931	—

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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.