Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-08-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 56, Heifers 113, Bulls 81)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $241.14/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −135.42 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$241.14

21 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,304

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$104

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

$21.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.28

vs VA average

−10.80 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	527	245.00	1,291	6thin
Medium and Large 1	547	240.71	1,317	14thin
Medium and Large 3	530	224.00	1,187	1thin

One grade step is worth $21.00/cwt here — about $104 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale21 hd

241.14

—

VA average8 barns · 289 hd

251.43

−10.28

National average159 barns · 7,784 hd

251.94

−10.80

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−135.42

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

39 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	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,238	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,080	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,208	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	252.55/cwt	230.00–255.00	1,429	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	228.16/cwt	201.00–231.00	1,490	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	501	268.42/cwt	254.00–271.00	1,345	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,509	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,633	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	505	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,293	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	635	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,397	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,291	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	647	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,475	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	539	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,504	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,350	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	248.52/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,558	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	903	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,187	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	412	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,030	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,581	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	408	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,285	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	354	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,168	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	264.22/cwt	253.00–267.00	1,263	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,588	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	942	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	341	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	870	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,271	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	459	252.02/cwt	244.00–254.00	1,157	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,221	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	495	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,168	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,275	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,501	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,158	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,613	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,058	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	592	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,486	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,113	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,579	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,324	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,449	22

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 17, 2024

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

Receipts 250Last week 251Year ago 303

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 56, Heifers 113, Bulls 81)

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	365	331.00	331.00
1	400–450	430	288.00	288.00
1	450–500	450	240.00	240.00
20	500–550	501	254.00–271.00	268.42
10	550–600	566	230.00–255.00	252.55
11	650–700	653	201.00–231.00	228.16
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	315	336.00	336.00
4	400–450	435	293.00	293.00
5	450–500	478	253.00–267.00	264.22
3	550–600	592	251.00	251.00
1	600–650	635	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	250.00	250.00
1	450–500	495	236.00	236.00
1	550–600	555	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	450	300.00	300.00
15	550–600	557	271.00	271.00
13	600–650	627	230.00–250.00	248.52
1	700–750	710	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	256.00	256.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	354	330.00	330.00
2	400–450	408	315.00	315.00
5	500–550	539	279.00	279.00
1	600–650	625	253.00	253.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	370	244.00	244.00
3	400–450	412	250.00	250.00
1	500–550	530	224.00	224.00
1	600–650	635	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	341	255.00	255.00
10	450–500	459	244.00–254.00	252.02
6	500–550	527	245.00	245.00
3	600–650	647	228.00	228.00
1	700–750	730	221.00	221.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	368	256.00	256.00
12	450–500	467	248.00	248.00
12	500–550	545	243.00	243.00
2	550–600	560	227.00	227.00
22	600–650	641	226.00	226.00
1	650–700	670	224.00	224.00
11	700–750	731	216.00	216.00

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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