Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-03-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 42, Heifers 79, Bulls 58)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $244.57/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −131.99 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$244.57

17 head · 525 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,285

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$105

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$11.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.04

vs VA average

−24.31 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	529	245.52	1,299	7thin
Medium and Large 2	524	245.00	1,284	9thin
Medium and Large 3	510	234.00	1,193	1thin

One grade step is worth $11.52/cwt here — about $105 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

28 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $415.03, low $339.53, median $376.56 across 28 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale17 hd

244.57

—

VA average2 barns · 98 hd

246.61

−2.04

National average181 barns · 16,149 hd

268.88

−24.31

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−131.99

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

35 lots · USDA AMS · Springlake Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Moneta, VA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,312	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,496	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,406	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,189	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,168	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,319	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,416	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	245.52/cwt	230.00–248.00	1,299	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,299	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,575	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,554	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	357	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,175	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	444	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,376	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,417	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,482	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,284	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,406	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,433	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	627	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,448	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	446	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,142	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,170	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	332	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,149	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	983	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	923	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,463	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	265.58/cwt	248.00–269.00	1,280	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	331	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,145	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	510	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,193	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,369	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	495	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,040	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,110	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,044	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	345	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	825	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,350	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	308.24/cwt	291.00–317.00	1,310	3

How this sale compares

Virginia weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Virginia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Springlake Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Moneta, VA

Sat Mar 2, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Richmond, VA (LS-RH)

Receipts 179Last week 405Year ago 252

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 42, Heifers 79, Bulls 58)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	335.00	335.00
4	400–450	416	317.00	317.00
4	450–500	486	270.00	270.00
2	500–550	508	230.00	230.00
8	550–600	586	240.00	240.00
4	650–700	656	228.00	228.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	332	346.00	346.00
3	400–450	425	291.00–317.00	308.24
6	450–500	482	248.00–269.00	265.58
6	550–600	568	241.00	241.00
5	650–700	650	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	210.00	210.00
2	550–600	555	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	360	273.00	273.00
8	450–500	459	255.00	255.00
7	500–550	529	230.00–248.00	245.52
1	600–650	610	213.00	213.00
6	650–700	650	228.00	228.00
3	700–750	745	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	355	260.00	260.00
12	400–450	446	256.00	256.00
9	500–550	524	245.00	245.00
3	600–650	627	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	345	239.00	239.00
4	400–450	435	240.00	240.00
1	500–550	510	234.00	234.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	357	329.00	329.00
8	400–450	444	310.00	310.00
10	500–550	543	290.00	290.00
4	600–650	645	241.00	241.00
1	650–700	660	213.00	213.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	331	346.00	346.00
5	400–450	422	320.00	320.00
2	500–550	545	260.00	260.00
2	600–650	623	230.00	230.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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