Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-04-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 63, Heifers 122, Bulls 87)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $240.74/cwt on 34 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −135.82 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$240.74

34 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,292

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$14

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

$11.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.85

vs VA average

−29.45 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	534	245.00	1,308	14thin
Medium and Large 1	534	239.00	1,276	15thin
Medium and Large 3	553	234.00	1,294	5thin

One grade step is worth $11.00/cwt here — about $14 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 sale34 hd

240.74

—

VA average8 barns · 492 hd

247.58

−6.85

National average178 barns · 11,596 hd

270.19

−29.45

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−135.82

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	600–650	638	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,518	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,379	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	494	289.49/cwt	289.00–291.00	1,430	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	276.98/cwt	272.00–278.00	1,590	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	295.50/cwt	295.50–295.50	1,581	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,455	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,630	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,568	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	644	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,700	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	534	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,308	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,276	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,001	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	236.58/cwt	226.00–242.00	1,455	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,490	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,201	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,429	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,346	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,513	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,631	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,299	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,664	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	342	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,183	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	624	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,722	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	652	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,545	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,028	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	367	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,009	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	451	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,195	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	442	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,282	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,635	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,450	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	453	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,445	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	537	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,450	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,084	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	553	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,294	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	452	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,184	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	450	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,382	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	518	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,487	2

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 27, 2024

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

Receipts 272Last week 378Year ago 226

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 63, Heifers 122, Bulls 87)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	419	329.00	329.00
8	450–500	494	289.00–291.00	289.49
12	550–600	574	272.00–278.00	276.98
6	600–650	638	238.00	238.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	342	346.00	346.00
11	400–450	433	330.00	330.00
4	450–500	495	301.00	301.00
3	550–600	560	280.00	280.00
2	600–650	620	263.00	263.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	442	290.00	290.00
2	500–550	518	287.00	287.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	345.00	345.00
6	450–500	459	317.00	317.00
12	500–550	535	295.50	295.50
4	600–650	644	264.00	264.00
2	700–750	718	227.00	227.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	368	353.00	353.00
9	450–500	453	319.00	319.00
8	550–600	558	293.00	293.00
7	600–650	624	276.00	276.00
1	700–750	730	228.00	228.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	450	307.00	307.00
3	500–550	537	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	371	277.00	277.00
1	400–450	430	252.00	252.00
17	450–500	451	265.00	265.00
14	500–550	534	245.00	245.00
5	650–700	652	237.00	237.00
2	700–750	740	196.00	196.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	360	278.00	278.00
16	450–500	462	260.00	260.00
15	500–550	534	239.00	239.00
3	600–650	615	226.00–242.00	236.58
1	750–800	780	194.00	194.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	367	275.00	275.00
9	450–500	452	262.00	262.00
5	550–600	553	234.00	234.00

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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