Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-05-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 77, Heifers 153, Bulls 103)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $247.21/cwt on 49 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −129.35 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$247.21

49 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,347

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$72

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

$9.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.23

vs VA average

−21.17 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	249.50	1,367	25
Medium and Large 2	542	246.00	1,333	19thin
Medium and Large 3	539	240.37	1,296	5thin

One grade step is worth $9.13/cwt here — about $72 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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

247.21

—

VA average8 barns · 455 hd

248.44

−1.23

National average173 barns · 11,009 hd

268.38

−21.17

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−129.35

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,812	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,566	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,762	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,067	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,541	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,258	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	452	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,148	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	276.68/cwt	262.50–287.50	1,353	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,403	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,602	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,592	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,296	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,558	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,487	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	444	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,328	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	1,367	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,555	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,450	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,658	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,032	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	658	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,658	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	343	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,139	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,369	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	294.74/cwt	282.50–296.00	1,432	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	633	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,652	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	361	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,007	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	358	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,006	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	542	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,333	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,164	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,755	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	564	263.08/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,484	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	685	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,439	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,263	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,494	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	442	252.73/cwt	245.00–254.00	1,117	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	431	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,358	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,144	31
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,431	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	539	240.37/cwt	234.00–244.50	1,296	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	446	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,396	4

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 May 4, 2024

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

Receipts 333Last week 272Year ago 556

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 77, Heifers 153, Bulls 103)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	322.50	322.50
4	400–450	444	299.00	299.00
11	500–550	540	290.00	290.00
10	600–650	643	274.00	274.00
2	750–800	768	236.00	236.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	327.50	327.50
1	400–450	410	308.00	308.00
12	450–500	472	315.00	315.00
6	500–550	528	295.00	295.00
1	550–600	590	281.00	281.00
1	650–700	650	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	446	313.00	313.00
1	500–550	540	265.00	265.00
2	600–650	633	261.00	261.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	270.00	270.00
10	450–500	452	254.00	254.00
25	500–550	548	249.50	249.50
9	600–650	629	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	361	279.00	279.00
7	400–450	442	245.00–254.00	252.73
5	500–550	539	234.00–244.50	240.37
1	650–700	685	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	358	281.00	281.00
31	400–450	440	260.00	260.00
1	450–500	485	240.00	240.00
19	500–550	542	246.00	246.00
2	600–650	615	243.00	243.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	418	310.00	310.00
14	450–500	489	262.50–287.50	276.68
1	500–550	545	266.00	266.00
16	550–600	576	270.00	270.00
4	650–700	655	243.00	243.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	343	332.00	332.00
10	400–450	420	326.00	326.00
10	450–500	486	282.50–296.00	294.74
1	500–550	515	272.50	272.50
2	550–600	570	281.00	281.00
3	650–700	658	252.00	252.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	431	315.00	315.00
3	550–600	564	250.00–270.00	263.08

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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