Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-03-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 69, Heifers 123, Bulls 129)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $246.58/cwt on 31 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −129.98 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$246.58

31 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,316

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$86

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

$8.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.16

vs VA average

−20.29 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	249.00	1,335	11thin
Medium and Large 2	544	249.00	1,355	11thin
Medium and Large 3	519	240.65	1,249	9thin

One grade step is worth $8.35/cwt here — about $86 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale31 hd

246.58

—

VA average6 barns · 347 hd

249.74

−3.16

National average161 barns · 9,489 hd

266.87

−20.29

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−129.98

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

41 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	360	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,228	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,617	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,419	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,624	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,434	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,706	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,335	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	326.80/cwt	317.00–337.00	1,252	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	352	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	993	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	301.51/cwt	298.00–302.00	1,634	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,685	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	642	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,579	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	551	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,675	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,443	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,475	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,562	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	752	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,489	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	544	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,355	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	632	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,460	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,056	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,497	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	897	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,197	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,172	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	507	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,536	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,416	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,221	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	700	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,344	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	439	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,190	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	427	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,119	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	656	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,738	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	533	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,626	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	647	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,786	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	368	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,049	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	584	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,659	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	519	240.65/cwt	230.00–242.00	1,249	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,451	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	548	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,611	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	625	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,400	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	741	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,660	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	458	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,461	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 30, 2024

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

Receipts 321Last week 225Year ago 289

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 69, Heifers 123, Bulls 129)

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	360	341.00	341.00
10	400–450	438	324.00	324.00
16	450–500	486	295.00	295.00
11	550–600	566	287.00	287.00
4	650–700	668	242.00	242.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	333	352.00	352.00
13	400–450	429	330.00	330.00
12	500–550	507	303.00	303.00
7	550–600	584	284.00	284.00
3	600–650	642	246.00	246.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	455	319.00	319.00
6	500–550	548	294.00	294.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	383	317.00–337.00	326.80
6	400–450	439	336.00	336.00
8	500–550	542	298.00–302.00	301.51
4	600–650	648	260.00	260.00
4	700–750	745	229.00	229.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	330.00	330.00
6	450–500	450	347.00	347.00
7	550–600	551	304.00	304.00
6	600–650	647	276.00	276.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	458	319.00	319.00
6	500–550	533	305.00	305.00
4	650–700	656	265.00	265.00
4	700–750	741	224.00	224.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	352	282.00	282.00
11	400–450	445	269.00	269.00
11	500–550	536	249.00	249.00
5	650–700	651	230.00	230.00
3	750–800	752	198.00	198.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	260.00	260.00
13	350–400	368	287.00	287.00
18	400–450	439	271.00	271.00
11	500–550	544	249.00	249.00
6	600–650	632	231.00	231.00
2	700–750	725	199.00	199.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	368	285.00	285.00
7	400–450	427	262.00	262.00
9	500–550	519	230.00–242.00	240.65
1	600–650	625	224.00	224.00
1	700–750	700	192.00	192.00

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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