Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-05-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 66, Heifers 119, Bulls 65)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $256.03/cwt on 39 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −120.53 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$256.03

39 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,378

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$29

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

$10.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.08

vs VA average

−13.97 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	260.00	1,391	22
Medium and Large 3	538	252.50	1,358	6thin
Medium and Large 2	545	250.00	1,363	11thin

One grade step is worth $10.00/cwt here — about $29 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 sale39 hd

256.03

—

VA average8 barns · 451 hd

248.94

+7.08

National average167 barns · 11,471 hd

270.00

−13.97

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−120.53

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	300–350	345	327.49/cwt	327.00–329.00	1,130	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	314.50/cwt	314.50–314.50	1,324	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,691	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	497	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,421	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,630	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,229	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,632	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,715	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,560	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,776	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,391	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,566	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,084	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	446	278.50/cwt	278.50–278.50	1,242	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,468	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,673	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	1,213	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	275.75/cwt	275.75–275.75	1,787	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,763	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	324.50/cwt	324.50–324.50	1,386	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	639	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,527	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	718	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,616	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,495	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,138	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,545	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	385	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,078	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,363	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	590	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,676	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,284	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,254	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,698	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,449	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,129	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	421	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,360	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	660	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,439	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	538	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,358	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	458	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,246	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 May 18, 2024

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

Receipts 250Last week 341Year ago 296

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 66, Heifers 119, Bulls 65)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	345	327.00–329.00	327.49
4	400–450	421	314.50	314.50
9	450–500	497	286.00	286.00
10	550–600	582	280.00	280.00
4	650–700	658	257.00	257.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	342.00	342.00
6	400–450	427	324.50	324.50
3	500–550	505	306.00	306.00
2	550–600	585	286.00	286.00
1	650–700	675	254.00	254.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	421	323.00	323.00
1	550–600	590	284.00	284.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	378	325.00	325.00
9	450–500	463	317.00	317.00
17	500–550	544	300.00	300.00
17	600–650	648	275.75	275.75
1	750–800	770	229.00	229.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	380	338.00	338.00
6	450–500	460	325.00	325.00
5	550–600	568	299.00	299.00
1	700–750	740	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	460	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	278.00	278.00
16	450–500	457	265.50	265.50
22	500–550	535	260.00	260.00
8	600–650	634	247.00	247.00
4	700–750	729	214.00	214.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	395	288.00	288.00
14	400–450	446	278.50	278.50
1	450–500	490	256.00	256.00
11	500–550	545	250.00	250.00
8	600–650	639	239.00	239.00
2	700–750	718	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	280.00	280.00
5	450–500	458	272.00	272.00
6	500–550	538	252.50	252.50
1	650–700	660	218.00	218.00

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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