Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-04-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 44, Heifers 160, Bulls 108)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $224.94/cwt on 35 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −151.62 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$224.94

35 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,218

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$45

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

$8.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.42

vs VA average

−39.02 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	536	228.00	1,222	12thin
Medium and Large 1	554	227.00	1,258	11thin
Medium and Large 3	535	220.00	1,177	12thin

One grade step is worth $8.00/cwt here — about $45 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 sale35 hd

224.94

—

VA average10 barns · 705 hd

243.37

−18.42

National average181 barns · 13,137 hd

263.96

−39.02

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−151.62

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

37 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	355	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,069	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,270	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	494	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,260	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,153	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,441	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,474	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,291	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,539	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,372	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,260	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	233.83/cwt	212.00–237.00	1,071	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,263	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,464	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	354	238.47/cwt	214.00–240.00	844	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,558	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,552	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,638	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	874	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,258	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,310	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	536	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,222	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	442	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,043	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,664	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,426	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,050	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,177	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	603	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,477	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	456	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,304	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,553	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	496	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,339	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	338	313.50/cwt	313.50–313.50	1,060	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,377	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	611	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,424	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	350	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	739	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	612	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,310	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	442	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	995	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	536	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,340	6

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 13, 2024

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

Receipts 312Last week 456Year ago 559

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 44, Heifers 160, Bulls 108)

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	355	301.00	301.00
9	400–450	427	270.00	270.00
7	450–500	494	255.00	255.00
1	500–550	500	254.00	254.00
14	550–600	585	252.00	252.00
12	650–700	658	219.00	219.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	338	313.50	313.50
1	350–400	375	280.00	280.00
8	400–450	431	304.00	304.00
8	450–500	496	270.00	270.00
5	600–650	603	245.00	245.00
2	650–700	655	237.00	237.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	456	286.00	286.00
6	500–550	536	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	361	242.00	242.00
24	450–500	458	212.00–237.00	233.83
11	550–600	554	227.00	227.00
9	600–650	648	226.00	226.00
4	750–800	778	166.00	166.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	354	214.00–240.00	238.47
22	400–450	442	236.00	236.00
12	500–550	536	228.00	228.00
5	600–650	611	233.00	233.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	350	211.00	211.00
15	400–450	442	225.00	225.00
12	500–550	535	220.00	220.00
6	600–650	612	214.00	214.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	328.00	328.00
12	400–450	441	311.00	311.00
13	500–550	542	284.00	284.00
3	650–700	655	250.00	250.00
1	700–750	705	221.00	221.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	336.00	336.00
2	450–500	463	308.00	308.00
2	500–550	545	285.00	285.00
2	650–700	650	256.00	256.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	540	255.00	255.00

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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