Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-06-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 72, Heifers 110, Bulls 88)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $275.40/cwt on 40 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −101.16 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$275.40

40 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,477

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$183

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

$39.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.92

vs VA average

+2.37 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	536	279.00	1,495	10thin
Medium and Large 1	535	278.00	1,487	27
Medium and Large 3	547	240.00	1,313	3thin

One grade step is worth $39.00/cwt here — about $183 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 sale40 hd

275.40

—

VA average8 barns · 777 hd

261.48

+13.92

National average170 barns · 13,742 hd

273.03

+2.37

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−101.16

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

34 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	450–500	483	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,435	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,265	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,102	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,509	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,602	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,680	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,216	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	298.96/cwt	280.00–304.00	1,366	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	289.50/cwt	289.50–289.50	1,335	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,701	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	1,738	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,487	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,590	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	302.99/cwt	291.00–305.00	1,582	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,029	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,401	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,624	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,553	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	439	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,018	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	507	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,526	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,816	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	293.50/cwt	293.50–293.50	1,350	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,487	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	338	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,122	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	547	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,313	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	268.69/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,128	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,598	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	466	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,519	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,298	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	550	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,595	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,077	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	536	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,495	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,329	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	615	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,353	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 8, 2024

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

Receipts 270Last week 198Year ago 489

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 72, Heifers 110, Bulls 88)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	326	338.00	338.00
5	400–450	412	307.00	307.00
2	450–500	483	297.00	297.00
6	500–550	503	300.00	300.00
11	550–600	572	280.00	280.00
12	650–700	659	255.00	255.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	338	332.00	332.00
6	400–450	439	232.00	232.00
1	450–500	455	292.00	292.00
6	500–550	507	301.00	301.00
4	550–600	558	285.00	285.00
1	650–700	680	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	420	309.00	309.00
2	550–600	550	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	320.00	320.00
5	450–500	457	280.00–304.00	298.96
19	550–600	562	289.00	289.00
17	600–650	645	269.50	269.50
8	700–750	743	229.00	229.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	466	326.00	326.00
7	500–550	522	291.00–305.00	302.99
1	650–700	675	269.00	269.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	282.00	282.00
13	450–500	461	289.50	289.50
27	500–550	535	278.00	278.00
8	600–650	634	245.00	245.00
1	700–750	715	196.00	196.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	370	291.00	291.00
17	450–500	460	293.50	293.50
10	500–550	536	279.00	279.00
5	600–650	630	236.00	236.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	420	265.00–270.00	268.69
3	500–550	547	240.00	240.00
1	600–650	615	220.00	220.00

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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