Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-05-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 72, Heifers 156, Bulls 113)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $244.53/cwt on 34 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −132.03 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$244.53

34 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,305

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$113

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

$16.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.40

vs VA average

−23.06 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	251.25	1,365	16thin
Medium and Large 2	524	239.00	1,252	16thin
Medium and Large 3	533	235.00	1,253	2thin

One grade step is worth $16.25/cwt here — about $113 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 sale34 hd

244.53

—

VA average10 barns · 555 hd

248.93

−4.40

National average178 barns · 10,823 hd

267.59

−23.06

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−132.03

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

43 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	515	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,236	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,487	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	352	298.01/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,049	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,233	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,299	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	272.80/cwt	270.00–273.00	1,582	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,377	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,366	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,073	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	746	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,708	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	883	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,588	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	900	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	758	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,751	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,536	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,735	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,591	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,708	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	444	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,101	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	306.05/cwt	296.00–307.00	1,295	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,187	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	541	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,461	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,396	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,199	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	493	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,405	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,568	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	363	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	853	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,252	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	351	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,130	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,513	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	550	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,458	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	621	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,503	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	533	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,253	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,066	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,378	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	553	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,609	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	443	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,161	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	364	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	976	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	453	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,137	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,460	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,530	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,318	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	343	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,122	3

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 11, 2024

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

Receipts 341Last week 333Year ago 333

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 72, Heifers 156, Bulls 113)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	352	290.00–300.00	298.01
5	400–450	425	290.00	290.00
12	450–500	483	269.00	269.00
1	500–550	515	240.00	240.00
14	550–600	580	270.00–273.00	272.80
3	650–700	652	228.00	228.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	351	322.00	322.00
12	400–450	423	296.00–307.00	306.05
9	450–500	492	280.00	280.00
6	550–600	562	279.00	279.00
1	600–650	620	244.00	244.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	493	285.00	285.00
3	550–600	550	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	353	250.00	250.00
21	400–450	444	248.00	248.00
1	450–500	490	219.00	219.00
15	500–550	542	254.00	254.00
1	550–600	565	210.00	210.00
7	650–700	651	244.00	244.00
2	700–750	728	211.00	211.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	363	235.00	235.00
15	400–450	443	262.00	262.00
1	450–500	470	255.00	255.00
2	500–550	533	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	364	268.00	268.00
1	400–450	435	245.00	245.00
16	450–500	453	251.00	251.00
16	500–550	524	239.00	239.00
4	600–650	621	242.00	242.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	300.00	300.00
11	400–450	445	307.00	307.00
12	500–550	543	293.00	293.00
4	600–650	619	276.00	276.00
5	700–750	746	229.00	229.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	343	327.00	327.00
3	400–450	425	310.00	310.00
6	450–500	465	314.00	314.00
2	500–550	535	286.00	286.00
8	550–600	553	291.00	291.00
2	600–650	645	269.00	269.00
2	750–800	758	231.00	231.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	297.00	297.00
4	500–550	541	270.00	270.00

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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