Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-08-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 76, Heifers 131, Bulls 95)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $237.38/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −139.18 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$237.38

48 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,295

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$20

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1

$6.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.31

vs VA average

−7.03 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	541	241.50	1,307	14thin
Medium and Large 3	551	238.20	1,313	5thin
Medium and Large 1	547	235.25	1,287	29

One grade step is worth $6.25/cwt here — about $20 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 sale48 hd

237.38

—

VA average8 barns · 450 hd

242.70

−5.31

National average171 barns · 9,778 hd

244.41

−7.03

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−139.18

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	550–600	571	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,450	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	352	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,052	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	401	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,199	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,495	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	496	273.78/cwt	257.50–275.00	1,358	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	924	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	461	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,332	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,104	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	289.50/cwt	289.50–289.50	1,329	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,114	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,688	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	547	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,433	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,570	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	547	235.25/cwt	235.25–235.25	1,287	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	932	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	255.59/cwt	220.00–264.00	882	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,570	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,539	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,504	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,095	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,099	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	541	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	1,307	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,570	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	560	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,316	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	360	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	792	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,176	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	442	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	972	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,532	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,426	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	361	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	946	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	549	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,312	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	331	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	990	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,144	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	291.94/cwt	250.00–299.00	1,217	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,355	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	505	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,010	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,223	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 Aug 24, 2024

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

Receipts 302Last week 250Year ago 241

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 76, Heifers 131, Bulls 95)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	352	299.00	299.00
4	400–450	401	299.00	299.00
14	450–500	496	257.50–275.00	273.78
10	550–600	571	254.00	254.00
8	650–700	653	229.00	229.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	210.00	210.00
1	500–550	505	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	331	299.00	299.00
7	400–450	417	250.00–299.00	291.94
1	450–500	475	257.50	257.50
7	500–550	500	271.00	271.00
1	550–600	560	210.00	210.00
3	650–700	675	227.00	227.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	301.00	301.00
6	450–500	461	289.00	289.00
3	550–600	572	263.00	263.00
2	600–650	618	249.00	249.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	480	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	270.00	270.00
3	350–400	375	297.00	297.00
17	450–500	459	289.50	289.50
26	500–550	547	262.00	262.00
10	600–650	628	250.00	250.00
2	750–800	750	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	345	220.00–264.00	255.59
17	450–500	463	247.00	247.00
29	500–550	547	235.25	235.25
13	600–650	631	226.00	226.00
3	700–750	717	219.00	219.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	361	262.00	262.00
17	400–450	445	246.00	246.00
14	500–550	541	241.50	241.50
1	700–750	730	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	220.00	220.00
5	400–450	442	220.00	220.00
4	500–550	549	239.00	239.00
1	550–600	560	235.00	235.00

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.