Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-03-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 124, Heifers 216, Bulls 203)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $258.29/cwt on 44 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −118.27 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$258.29

44 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,396

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$50

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

$5.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.18

vs VA average

−17.88 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	259.00	1,399	23
Medium and Large 2	545	258.91	1,411	15thin
Medium and Large 3	531	254.00	1,349	6thin

One grade step is worth $5.00/cwt here — about $50 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 sale44 hd

258.29

—

VA average9 barns · 525 hd

257.11

+1.18

National average176 barns · 16,729 hd

276.17

−17.88

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−118.27

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

42 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 2	450–500	483	294.68/cwt	280.00–296.50	1,423	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,420	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	353	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,183	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,488	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	446	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,427	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	349	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,204	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	536	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,576	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	619	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,690	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,628	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	266.30/cwt	240.00–268.00	1,193	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,373	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,653	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,574	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,221	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,653	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,399	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,033	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,556	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	303.79/cwt	292.00–305.00	1,294	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	278.50/cwt	278.50–278.50	1,393	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,452	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,450	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,207	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,338	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,129	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,346	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,595	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	258.91/cwt	250.00–259.50	1,411	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	353	285.30/cwt	270.00–287.00	1,007	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	446	277.52/cwt	240.00–279.00	1,238	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	343	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,026	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	668	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,456	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	547	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,586	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	441	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,394	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	715	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,359	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	448	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,066	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	605	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,385	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	531	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,349	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	451	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,109	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	369	249.04/cwt	240.00–250.00	919	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	508	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,372	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	446	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,249	8

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 16, 2024

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

Receipts 543Last week 181Year ago 470

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 124, Heifers 216, Bulls 203)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	343	299.00	299.00
4	350–400	353	335.00	335.00
21	400–450	426	316.00	316.00
17	450–500	483	280.00–296.50	294.68
5	550–600	568	250.00	250.00
2	650–700	668	218.00	218.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	342	353.00	353.00
1	350–400	375	301.00	301.00
32	400–450	426	292.00–305.00	303.79
2	450–500	483	277.00	277.00
26	500–550	500	278.50	278.50
19	550–600	567	256.00	256.00
17	650–700	659	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	446	280.00	280.00
2	500–550	508	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	350–400	353	270.00–287.00	285.30
26	400–450	446	240.00–279.00	277.52
15	500–550	545	250.00–259.50	258.91
10	600–650	643	248.00	248.00
1	700–750	705	211.00	211.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	350	295.00	295.00
33	400–450	448	240.00–268.00	266.30
23	500–550	540	259.00	259.00
11	600–650	635	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	369	240.00–250.00	249.04
2	400–450	448	238.00	238.00
7	450–500	451	246.00	246.00
6	500–550	531	254.00	254.00
2	600–650	605	229.00	229.00
1	700–750	715	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	349	345.00	345.00
16	400–450	446	320.00	320.00
6	500–550	536	294.00	294.00
4	600–650	619	273.00	273.00
1	700–750	740	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	345	354.00	354.00
19	450–500	450	305.00	305.00
12	500–550	539	292.00	292.00
14	600–650	643	257.00	257.00
1	700–750	725	228.00	228.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	441	316.00	316.00
3	500–550	547	290.00	290.00

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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