Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-03-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 40, Heifers 104, Bulls 81)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $254.25/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −122.31 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$254.25

20 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,375

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$124

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

$9.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.14

vs VA average

−22.97 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	547	257.50	1,409	10thin
Medium and Large 1	539	251.75	1,357	8thin
Medium and Large 3	518	248.00	1,285	2thin

One grade step is worth $9.50/cwt here — about $124 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale20 hd

254.25

—

VA average10 barns · 630 hd

252.11

+2.14

National average179 barns · 15,589 hd

277.22

−22.97

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−122.31

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 1	550–600	580	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,560	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,175	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,389	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	451	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,443	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	723	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,721	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,576	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,353	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	251.75/cwt	251.75–251.75	1,357	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,181	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,682	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,435	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,642	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,710	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,523	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	238.50/cwt	238.50–238.50	1,562	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,262	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,435	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,095	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,405	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,317	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,641	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	456	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,236	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	648	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,704	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,173	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	639	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,713	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,581	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,354	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	928	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,517	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,531	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	547	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,409	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,094	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	301.16/cwt	286.00–303.00	1,482	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	520	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,430	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	620	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,606	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	450	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,418	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	605	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,422	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	518	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,285	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	359	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,073	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,157	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	510	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,372	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,376	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 23, 2024

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

Receipts 225Last week 543Year ago 396

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 40, Heifers 104, Bulls 81)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	353	333.00	333.00
7	400–450	429	307.00	307.00
12	450–500	488	288.00	288.00
1	500–550	530	262.00	262.00
5	550–600	580	269.00	269.00
6	600–650	646	254.00	254.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	350	335.00	335.00
7	400–450	423	320.00	320.00
9	450–500	492	286.00–303.00	301.16
5	550–600	573	276.00	276.00
4	600–650	639	268.00	268.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	455	302.50	302.50
1	500–550	510	269.00	269.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	342.50	342.50
5	450–500	451	320.00	320.00
1	500–550	515	306.00	306.00
2	600–650	648	263.00	263.00
2	700–750	723	238.00	238.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	337.50	337.50
3	450–500	463	310.00	310.00
2	550–600	578	284.00	284.00
3	650–700	657	256.00	256.00
1	750–800	750	228.00	228.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	450	315.00	315.00
1	500–550	520	275.00	275.00
1	600–650	620	259.00	259.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	267.00	267.00
4	450–500	471	268.00	268.00
8	500–550	539	251.75	251.75
4	650–700	655	238.50	238.50
4	700–750	743	205.00	205.00
1	750–800	755	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	290.00	290.00
11	350–400	360	304.00	304.00
26	450–500	456	271.00	271.00
10	500–550	547	257.50	257.50
3	600–650	630	243.00	243.00
1	750–800	770	197.00	197.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	359	299.00	299.00
7	400–450	440	263.00	263.00
2	500–550	518	248.00	248.00
1	600–650	605	235.00	235.00

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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