Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-06-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 64, Heifers 158, Bulls 103)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $260.96/cwt on 55 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −115.60 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$260.96

55 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,423

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$71

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

$17.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.70

vs VA average

−4.41 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	267.75	1,449	29
Medium and Large 3	549	261.00	1,433	8thin
Medium and Large 2	551	250.00	1,378	18thin

One grade step is worth $17.75/cwt here — about $71 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale55 hd

260.96

—

VA average9 barns · 533 hd

261.66

−0.70

National average154 barns · 8,969 hd

265.37

−4.41

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−115.60

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

36 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	350–400	350	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	1,309	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,546	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,299	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	265.85/cwt	249.00–268.00	1,515	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	504	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,416	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,256	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,284	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	284.50/cwt	284.50–284.50	1,300	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	267.75/cwt	267.75–267.75	1,449	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,750	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	644	270.50/cwt	270.50–270.50	1,742	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,407	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,568	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,334	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	257.67/cwt	240.00–264.00	940	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,498	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,354	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,648	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	554	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,573	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,442	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	647	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,229	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,320	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	494	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,334	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	351	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	934	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	551	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,378	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	250.56/cwt	250.00–264.00	1,153	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,175	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	653	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,574	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	367	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,358	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,391	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	549	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,433	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,311	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	372	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	993	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	446	271.50/cwt	271.50–271.50	1,211	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	590	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,416	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	412	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	948	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 Jun 15, 2024

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

Receipts 325Last week 270Year ago 326

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 64, Heifers 158, Bulls 103)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	350	374.00	374.00
8	400–450	426	305.00	305.00
25	500–550	504	281.00	281.00
9	550–600	570	249.00–268.00	265.85
2	650–700	658	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	367	370.00	370.00
11	400–450	419	315.00	315.00
11	450–500	494	270.00	270.00
2	550–600	563	266.00	266.00
2	650–700	653	241.00	241.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	412	230.00	230.00
1	550–600	590	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	375.00	375.00
9	450–500	454	310.00	310.00
16	550–600	552	284.00	284.00
7	600–650	644	270.50	270.50
4	700–750	726	241.00	241.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	371.00	371.00
9	450–500	455	317.00	317.00
8	550–600	554	284.00	284.00
2	600–650	615	268.00	268.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	285.00	285.00
1	500–550	525	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	365	240.00–264.00	257.67
21	450–500	457	284.50	284.50
29	500–550	541	267.75	267.75
12	600–650	642	200.00	200.00
2	750–800	758	176.00	176.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	351	266.00	266.00
26	450–500	460	250.00–264.00	250.56
18	550–600	551	250.00	250.00
5	600–650	647	190.00	190.00
1	700–750	730	161.00	161.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	372	267.00	267.00
7	400–450	446	271.50	271.50
8	500–550	549	261.00	261.00

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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