Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-07-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 94, Heifers 149, Bulls 107)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $239.58/cwt on 55 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −136.98 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$239.58

55 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,320

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$12

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

$9.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.03

vs VA average

−25.05 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	543	242.90	1,319	23
Medium and Large 1	553	238.17	1,317	25
Medium and Large 3	569	233.71	1,331	7thin

One grade step is worth $9.19/cwt here — about −$12 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 sale55 hd

239.58

—

VA average6 barns · 346 hd

243.62

−4.03

National average157 barns · 8,958 hd

264.63

−25.05

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−136.98

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

43 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	500–550	535	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,431	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	354	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,143	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,228	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,656	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,533	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	499	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,302	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	245.96/cwt	245.00–246.00	1,586	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,529	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,034	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	746	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,783	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,148	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	238.17/cwt	230.00–239.75	1,317	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,379	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	542	243.75/cwt	243.75–243.75	1,321	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	233.25/cwt	233.25–233.25	1,488	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	343	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,115	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,244	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,064	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,352	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	632	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,593	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,580	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,299	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,746	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	457	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,344	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,496	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	410	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,025	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	553	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,565	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	318	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	819	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	295.50/cwt	295.50–295.50	1,114	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	243.09/cwt	220.00–245.00	1,113	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	292.50/cwt	285.00–294.00	1,231	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	223.57/cwt	210.00–227.00	1,051	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	506	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,376	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	576	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	1,351	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,551	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,050	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,562	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	409	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,115	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	539	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,304	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	548	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,260	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	723	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,554	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	615	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,399	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,214	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 27, 2024

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

Receipts 350Last week 223Year ago 183

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 94, Heifers 149, Bulls 107)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	354	323.00	323.00
7	400–450	428	287.00	287.00
17	450–500	499	261.00	261.00
1	500–550	535	267.50	267.50
12	550–600	574	267.00	267.00
9	650–700	652	254.00	254.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	300.00	300.00
6	400–450	421	285.00–294.00	292.50
8	500–550	506	272.00	272.00
8	550–600	583	266.00	266.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	409	272.50	272.50
9	500–550	548	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	322.50	322.50
1	350–400	395	315.00	315.00
10	450–500	474	291.00	291.00
1	500–550	525	257.50	257.50
9	550–600	556	275.00	275.00
26	600–650	645	245.00–246.00	245.96
6	700–750	746	239.00	239.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	343	325.00	325.00
3	450–500	457	294.00	294.00
14	550–600	553	283.00	283.00
6	600–650	632	252.00	252.00
1	700–750	720	242.50	242.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	250.00	250.00
4	500–550	539	242.00	242.00
2	700–750	723	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	265.00	265.00
18	450–500	463	248.00	248.00
25	550–600	553	230.00–239.75	238.17
16	600–650	638	233.25	233.25
3	700–750	728	217.00	217.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	377	295.50	295.50
14	450–500	458	220.00–245.00	243.09
21	500–550	542	243.75	243.75
2	550–600	555	234.00	234.00
3	600–650	645	232.00	232.00
2	700–750	720	217.00	217.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	318	257.50	257.50
5	450–500	470	210.00–227.00	223.57
1	500–550	530	229.00	229.00
6	550–600	576	234.50	234.50
2	600–650	615	227.50	227.50

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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