Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-03-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 26, Heifers 94, Bulls 61)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $238.96/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −137.60 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$238.96

25 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,322

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$125

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$13.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.53

vs VA average

−32.95 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	551	243.00	1,339	8thin
Medium and Large 1	565	240.00	1,356	12thin
Medium and Large 3	528	230.00	1,214	5thin

One grade step is worth $13.00/cwt here — about $125 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 sale25 hd

238.96

—

VA average8 barns · 471 hd

247.49

−8.53

National average176 barns · 15,352 hd

271.91

−32.95

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−137.60

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

36 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	350–400	350	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,155	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,472	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,284	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	409	300.22/cwt	260.00–310.00	1,228	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	242.68/cwt	220.00–246.00	1,403	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,438	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	248.79/cwt	237.50–250.00	1,149	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,356	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,686	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,264	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,356	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,554	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	966	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	217.21/cwt	216.00–217.50	1,379	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,416	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,512	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	638	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,633	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	326	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,105	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	441	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,314	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	641	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,436	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,369	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,276	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	447	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,171	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	551	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,339	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	950	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	743	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,538	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	357	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,189	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	264.28/cwt	252.50–268.00	1,266	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,063	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,404	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	528	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,214	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	461	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,141	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	675	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,411	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	368	251.11/cwt	240.00–263.00	924	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	229.07/cwt	215.00–242.50	985	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	523	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,360	4

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 9, 2024

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

Receipts 181Last week 179Year ago 487

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 26, Heifers 94, Bulls 61)

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	350	330.00	330.00
5	400–450	409	260.00–310.00	300.22
4	450–500	489	262.50	262.50
8	550–600	578	220.00–246.00	242.68
2	650–700	688	214.00	214.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	357	333.00	333.00
7	400–450	413	309.00	309.00
4	450–500	479	252.50–268.00	264.28
4	550–600	575	238.00	238.00
1	650–700	665	213.00	213.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	430	215.00–242.50	229.07
4	500–550	523	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	383	330.00	330.00
3	450–500	455	298.00	298.00
1	500–550	500	287.50	287.50
1	650–700	680	248.00	248.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	326	339.00	339.00
7	400–450	441	298.00	298.00
2	500–550	540	280.00	280.00
2	600–650	638	256.00	256.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	250.00	250.00
2	500–550	540	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	361	267.50	267.50
11	450–500	462	237.50–250.00	248.79
12	550–600	565	240.00	240.00
5	600–650	635	216.00–217.50	217.21
3	750–800	762	204.00	204.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	355	267.50	267.50
8	400–450	447	262.00	262.00
8	550–600	551	243.00	243.00
7	600–650	641	224.00	224.00
2	700–750	743	207.00	207.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	368	240.00–263.00	251.11
8	450–500	461	247.50	247.50
5	500–550	528	230.00	230.00
1	650–700	675	209.00	209.00

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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