Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-07-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 58, Heifers 106, Bulls 59)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $244.41/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −132.15 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$244.41

33 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,323

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$16

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

$1.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.42

vs VA average

−13.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	547	245.00	1,340	12thin
Medium and Large 1	535	244.36	1,308	14thin
Medium and Large 3	544	243.50	1,325	7thin

One grade step is worth $1.50/cwt here — about $16 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 sale33 hd

244.41

—

VA average8 barns · 416 hd

244.83

−0.42

National average156 barns · 7,883 hd

257.80

−13.39

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−132.15

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	400–450	430	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,286	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,565	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,005	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,111	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	278.87/cwt	274.00–280.00	1,336	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	593	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,518	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,111	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,534	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,430	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,679	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,176	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,298	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,557	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	547	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,340	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,444	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	254.49/cwt	253.00–256.00	1,578	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,308	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,575	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	290.42/cwt	266.00–293.00	1,562	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	284.62/cwt	269.00–290.00	1,042	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,204	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	728	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,594	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,216	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	955	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	509	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,435	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	544	243.50/cwt	243.50–243.50	1,325	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,400	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	583	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,370	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,632	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,296	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,053	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	255.07/cwt	242.00–257.00	1,224	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,224	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	488	261.51/cwt	259.00–264.00	1,276	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,388	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	242.63/cwt	225.00–262.00	905	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	605	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,379	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 Jul 20, 2024

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

Receipts 223Last week 498Year ago 401

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 58, Heifers 106, Bulls 59)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	300.00	300.00
2	350–400	363	306.00	306.00
3	400–450	430	299.00	299.00
5	450–500	479	274.00–280.00	278.87
6	550–600	593	256.00	256.00
4	650–700	655	239.00	239.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	308.00	308.00
5	400–450	425	305.00	305.00
8	500–550	509	282.00	282.00
2	600–650	620	253.00–256.00	254.49
1	650–700	680	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	488	259.00–264.00	261.51
2	550–600	583	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	322.00	322.00
2	450–500	475	301.00	301.00
3	550–600	552	282.00	282.00
1	600–650	630	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	373	326.00	326.00
7	450–500	465	301.00	301.00
10	500–550	538	266.00–293.00	290.42
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	445	275.00	275.00
1	550–600	555	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	366	269.00–290.00	284.62
2	400–450	423	249.00	249.00
14	450–500	472	255.00	255.00
12	500–550	547	245.00	245.00
2	650–700	670	229.00	229.00
1	750–800	770	218.00	218.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	463	254.00	254.00
13	500–550	534	245.00	245.00
1	550–600	550	236.00	236.00
3	600–650	628	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	225.00–262.00	242.63
8	450–500	480	242.00–257.00	255.07
7	500–550	544	243.50	243.50
1	600–650	605	228.00	228.00
2	700–750	728	219.00	219.00

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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