Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-08-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 49, Heifers 106, Bulls 96)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $235.22/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −141.34 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$235.22

18 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,288

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$24

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

$7.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.04

vs VA average

−23.24 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	236.00	1,281	11thin
Medium and Large 2	549	236.00	1,296	5thin
Medium and Large 3	570	229.00	1,305	2thin

One grade step is worth $7.00/cwt here — about −$24 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 sale18 hd

235.22

—

VA average8 barns · 393 hd

242.27

−7.04

National average139 barns · 7,218 hd

258.46

−23.24

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−141.34

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

38 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 2	450–500	481	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,332	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,116	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,507	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,114	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,589	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	296.50/cwt	296.50–296.50	1,242	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	271.59/cwt	245.00–274.00	1,372	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,109	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,586	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,307	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,022	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,455	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,017	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,613	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	443	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,356	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,447	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,630	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,461	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,281	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	549	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,296	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,295	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,651	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	353	277.22/cwt	260.00–278.50	979	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	250.50/cwt	250.50–250.50	1,115	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,722	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	454	250.21/cwt	234.50–252.50	1,136	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,264	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	520	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,196	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,445	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,206	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	454	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,062	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	665	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,523	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	468	246.95/cwt	245.00–249.00	1,156	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,305	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	593	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,488	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,112	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,321	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,175	2

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 Aug 3, 2024

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

Receipts 251Last week 350Year ago 264

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 49, Heifers 106, Bulls 96)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	333	334.00	334.00
6	400–450	405	312.00	312.00
6	450–500	481	277.00	277.00
1	500–550	520	249.00	249.00
5	550–600	593	251.00	251.00
4	600–650	645	256.00	256.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	345	323.00	323.00
1	350–400	360	310.00	310.00
11	400–450	419	296.50	296.50
13	500–550	505	245.00–274.00	271.59
5	550–600	575	262.00	262.00
9	650–700	665	239.00	239.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	470	250.00	250.00
1	500–550	535	247.00	247.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	390	262.00	262.00
8	400–450	445	250.50	250.50
1	450–500	470	236.00	236.00
11	500–550	543	236.00	236.00
11	600–650	641	227.00	227.00
1	700–750	705	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	353	260.00–278.50	277.22
16	450–500	454	234.50–252.50	250.21
5	500–550	549	236.00	236.00
3	600–650	620	233.00	233.00
1	700–750	715	228.00	228.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	454	234.00	234.00
2	550–600	570	229.00	229.00
1	650–700	665	229.00	229.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	300	339.00	339.00
2	400–450	415	315.00	315.00
9	500–550	537	272.00	272.00
6	650–700	653	247.00	247.00
2	700–750	739	233.00	233.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	360	335.00	335.00
4	400–450	443	306.00	306.00
5	500–550	540	268.00	268.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	468	245.00–249.00	246.95
1	500–550	520	230.00	230.00

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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