Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-04-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 113, Heifers 182, Bulls 161)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $241.84/cwt on 49 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −134.72 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$241.84

49 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,306

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$112

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

$9.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.62

vs VA average

−28.75 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	542	244.00	1,322	23
Medium and Large 1	542	241.00	1,306	22
Medium and Large 3	517	234.05	1,210	4thin

One grade step is worth $9.95/cwt here — about $112 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 sale49 hd

241.84

—

VA average9 barns · 488 hd

248.46

−6.62

National average179 barns · 13,329 hd

270.59

−28.75

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−134.72

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

39 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	500–550	500	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,375	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,560	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,248	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,562	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,522	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,221	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,124	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	261.50/cwt	261.50–261.50	1,689	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	652	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,584	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	316.73/cwt	304.00–318.00	1,330	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	542	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,322	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,197	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,415	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,674	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,170	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,141	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	357	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	932	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	638	239.75/cwt	239.75–239.75	1,530	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	283.50/cwt	283.50–283.50	1,528	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,233	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,691	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	471	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,356	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	539	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,477	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	913	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	241.00/cwt	231.00–242.00	1,306	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	988	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	1,494	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	517	234.05/cwt	230.00–238.00	1,210	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	446	236.38/cwt	225.00–242.00	1,054	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	472	276.29/cwt	250.00–290.00	1,304	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	588	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,576	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	491	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,448	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	341	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,176	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	802	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	539	289.50/cwt	289.50–289.50	1,560	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	678	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,797	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,399	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,168	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,484	1

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 Apr 6, 2024

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

Receipts 456Last week 321Year ago 206

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 113, Heifers 182, Bulls 161)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	343	341.00	341.00
1	350–400	395	309.00	309.00
9	400–450	426	293.00	293.00
14	500–550	500	275.00	275.00
11	550–600	568	268.00	268.00
6	650–700	650	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	341	345.00	345.00
22	400–450	420	304.00–318.00	316.73
8	450–500	491	295.00	295.00
7	550–600	588	268.00	268.00
5	650–700	652	243.00	243.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	471	288.00	288.00
7	500–550	539	274.00	274.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	383	258.00	258.00
22	400–450	434	259.00	259.00
22	500–550	542	231.00–242.00	241.00
9	600–650	637	234.50	234.50
1	700–750	710	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	243.00	243.00
13	350–400	357	261.00	261.00
32	400–450	434	263.00	263.00
23	500–550	542	244.00	244.00
4	600–650	638	239.75	239.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	365	250.00	250.00
9	400–450	446	225.00–242.00	236.38
4	500–550	517	230.00–238.00	234.05
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	368	335.00	335.00
14	450–500	464	305.00	305.00
27	500–550	539	283.50	283.50
17	600–650	646	261.50	261.50
2	700–750	728	230.00	230.00
1	750–800	790	214.00	214.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	345	347.00	347.00
1	350–400	365	320.00	320.00
12	400–450	440	318.00	318.00
5	500–550	539	289.50	289.50
1	550–600	560	265.00	265.00
2	650–700	678	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	472	250.00–290.00	276.29

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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