Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-06-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 75, Heifers 52, Bulls 71)

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $299.74/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −148.88 against this barn's trailing median of $448.62.

Average price

$299.74

23 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,631

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$70

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

$14.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.76

vs VA average

−5.40 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	544	309.00	1,681	7thin
Medium and Large 3	520	306.00	1,591	1thin
Medium and Large 1	546	295.00	1,611	15thin

One grade step is worth $14.00/cwt here — about $70 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

Steers 500–600 lb: high $492.88, low $386.23, median $448.62 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 sale23 hd

299.74

—

VA average5 barns · 233 hd

311.50

−11.76

National average125 barns · 5,668 hd

305.14

−5.40

This barn, trailing median28 sales

448.62

−148.88

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	400–450	414	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,308	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	496	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,493	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	358	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,260	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	913	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,064	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,480	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	346	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,208	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	589	277.83/cwt	271.00–278.50	1,636	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,702	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,562	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,055	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	644	279.25/cwt	279.25–279.25	1,798	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,484	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,791	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,794	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	327.48/cwt	305.00–351.00	1,091	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	661	289.50/cwt	289.50–289.50	1,914	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,539	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,223	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,114	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,831	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	316.28/cwt	312.50–317.00	1,499	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,303	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,611	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,412	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	544	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,681	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	464	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,503	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,460	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	461	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,323	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,335	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	561	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	1,512	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	658	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,763	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,627	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	520	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,591	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,486	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,538	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	361	302.20/cwt	295.00–304.00	1,091	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	560	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,646	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	471	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,502	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,550	1

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 Jun 1, 2024

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

Receipts 198Last week 250Year ago 425

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 75, Heifers 52, Bulls 71)

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	346	349.00	349.00
7	400–450	414	316.00	316.00
8	450–500	496	301.00	301.00
3	500–550	512	289.00	289.00
11	550–600	589	271.00–278.50	277.83
11	650–700	670	254.00	254.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	358	352.00	352.00
6	450–500	474	312.50–317.00	316.28
1	500–550	520	298.00	298.00
5	550–600	565	288.00	288.00
4	650–700	658	268.00	268.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	471	319.00	319.00
3	550–600	560	294.00	294.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	281.00	281.00
1	350–400	380	280.00	280.00
5	450–500	461	287.00	287.00
1	550–600	555	263.00	263.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	369	286.00	286.00
8	400–450	440	278.00	278.00
8	500–550	541	261.00	261.00
2	600–650	628	245.00	245.00
3	700–750	735	212.50	212.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	361	295.00–304.00	302.20
8	400–450	438	297.50	297.50
5	550–600	561	269.50	269.50
1	600–650	620	248.00	248.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	327.50	327.50
8	450–500	471	315.00	315.00
15	500–550	546	295.00	295.00
16	600–650	644	279.25	279.25
3	650–700	673	272.00	272.00
1	700–750	740	242.00	242.00
1	750–800	780	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	333	305.00–351.00	327.48
1	400–450	425	314.00	314.00
8	450–500	464	324.00	324.00
7	500–550	544	309.00	309.00
4	650–700	661	289.50	289.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	460	323.00	323.00
1	500–550	520	306.00	306.00

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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