Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-04-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 107, Heifers 150, Bulls 121)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $241.77/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −134.79 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$241.77

33 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,300

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$43

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1

$3.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.28

vs VA average

−22.75 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	546	243.80	1,331	10thin
Medium and Large 3	528	242.50	1,280	5thin
Medium and Large 1	536	240.44	1,288	18thin

One grade step is worth $3.36/cwt here — about $43 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale33 hd

241.77

—

VA average9 barns · 542 hd

241.49

+0.28

National average180 barns · 13,997 hd

264.52

−22.75

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−134.79

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

40 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	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,233	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	244.81/cwt	240.00–246.00	1,616	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	262.65/cwt	262.00–268.00	1,521	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,329	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	494	268.78/cwt	265.00–269.00	1,328	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,298	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,670	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	547	281.70/cwt	270.00–282.00	1,541	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,317	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,459	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,450	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,444	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	940	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,558	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	971	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,285	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	312.24/cwt	300.00–313.00	1,424	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,150	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,550	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	551	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,344	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	251.74/cwt	244.00–260.00	1,573	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,702	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	457	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,435	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	437	253.24/cwt	243.00–255.50	1,107	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	247.86/cwt	242.50–249.00	1,128	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	641	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,603	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	346	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,180	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	497	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,416	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	343	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,194	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,210	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	951	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	730	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,394	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,556	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,370	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	518	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,373	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	434	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,315	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	520	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,404	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	729	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,385	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	648	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,419	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	528	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,280	5

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 20, 2024

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

Receipts 378Last week 312Year ago 394

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 107, Heifers 150, Bulls 121)

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	360	342.50	342.50
16	400–450	422	315.00	315.00
18	450–500	494	265.00–269.00	268.78
9	550–600	579	262.00–268.00	262.65
5	650–700	660	240.00–246.00	244.81
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	346	341.00	341.00
9	400–450	435	315.00	315.00
11	450–500	497	285.00	285.00
6	550–600	568	274.00	274.00
2	600–650	625	244.00–260.00	251.74
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	434	303.00	303.00
2	500–550	518	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	373	348.00	348.00
18	450–500	456	300.00–313.00	312.24
38	500–550	547	270.00–282.00	281.70
7	600–650	630	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	343	348.00	348.00
15	450–500	457	314.00	314.00
6	500–550	530	294.00	294.00
1	600–650	610	279.00	279.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	270.00	270.00
2	600–650	641	250.00	250.00
3	700–750	729	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	372	261.00	261.00
20	450–500	458	251.00	251.00
16	500–550	533	241.00	241.00
2	550–600	558	236.00	236.00
4	600–650	639	226.00	226.00
2	650–700	660	221.00	221.00
2	700–750	725	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	350–400	360	261.00	261.00
17	400–450	437	243.00–255.50	253.24
1	500–550	500	242.00	242.00
9	550–600	551	244.00	244.00
1	650–700	695	223.00	223.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	255.00	255.00
6	450–500	455	242.50–249.00	247.86
5	500–550	528	242.50	242.50
4	600–650	648	219.00	219.00
3	700–750	730	191.00	191.00

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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