Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-06-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 93, Heifers 149, Bulls 118)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $253.56/cwt on 56 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −123.00 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$253.56

56 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,383

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$9.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.69

vs VA average

−13.66 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	254.60	1,385	32
Medium and Large 2	543	254.05	1,381	19thin
Medium and Large 3	562	245.00	1,377	5thin

One grade step is worth $9.60/cwt here — about $8 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 sale56 hd

253.56

—

VA average6 barns · 382 hd

258.24

−4.69

National average151 barns · 8,584 hd

267.22

−13.66

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−123.00

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

41 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,351	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	292.63/cwt	270.00–296.00	1,340	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	343	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	851	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	546	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,289	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	443	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,130	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	520	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,352	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	362	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,014	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	562	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,377	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,482	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	446	251.50/cwt	251.50–251.50	1,122	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	620	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,525	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,136	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,498	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	658	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,487	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,551	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	497	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,342	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,211	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	542	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,382	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	232.12/cwt	226.00–233.00	1,481	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,510	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,451	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,182	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	454	263.50/cwt	263.50–263.50	1,196	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,670	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	966	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	300	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	879	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	254.60/cwt	241.00–255.50	1,385	32
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	656	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,738	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,722	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,721	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,080	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,621	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	260.79/cwt	242.00–262.00	1,210	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,460	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	290.76/cwt	270.00–296.00	1,358	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	265.48/cwt	256.00–266.00	1,513	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,374	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	219.67/cwt	215.00–222.00	1,437	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	341	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,088	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,308	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,188	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 22, 2024

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

Receipts 360Last week 325Year ago 277

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 93, Heifers 149, Bulls 118)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	362	280.00	280.00
12	450–500	454	263.50	263.50
18	500–550	542	255.00	255.00
1	550–600	570	237.00	237.00
8	650–700	660	235.00	235.00
1	750–800	755	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	343	248.00	248.00
8	400–450	446	251.50	251.50
5	550–600	562	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	280.00	280.00
17	450–500	464	242.00–262.00	260.79
32	500–550	544	241.00–255.50	254.60
8	600–650	638	226.00–233.00	232.12
1	700–750	745	196.00	196.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	293.00	293.00
4	350–400	366	331.00	331.00
8	450–500	458	270.00–296.00	292.63
11	500–550	535	280.00	280.00
1	600–650	635	263.00	263.00
4	650–700	656	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	260.00	260.00
1	600–650	620	246.00	246.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	300.00	300.00
10	450–500	467	270.00–296.00	290.76
2	500–550	520	279.00	279.00
23	550–600	559	290.00	290.00
15	600–650	626	275.00	275.00
2	700–750	720	239.00	239.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	443	255.00	255.00
4	500–550	546	236.00	236.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	355	320.00	320.00
5	400–450	422	280.00	280.00
12	450–500	497	270.00	270.00
6	550–600	570	260.00	260.00
2	650–700	658	226.00	226.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	341	319.00	319.00
4	400–450	439	298.00	298.00
1	450–500	475	250.00	250.00
18	500–550	505	272.00	272.00
20	550–600	570	256.00–266.00	265.48
6	650–700	654	215.00–222.00	219.67

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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