Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-08-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 34, Heifers 77, Bulls 69)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $230.19/cwt on 32 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −146.37 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$230.19

32 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,246

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$10

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

$9.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.19

vs VA average

−11.69 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	539	234.00	1,261	12thin
Medium and Large 1	539	228.63	1,232	16thin
Medium and Large 3	556	225.00	1,251	4thin

One grade step is worth $9.00/cwt here — about $10 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 sale32 hd

230.19

—

VA average6 barns · 353 hd

234.38

−4.19

National average160 barns · 7,566 hd

241.88

−11.69

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−146.37

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

31 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	600–650	628	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,432	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,259	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,399	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	494	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,314	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	503	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,293	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	520	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,222	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,412	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,414	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,559	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,288	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,435	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	1,717	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,520	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,465	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,349	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	932	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,428	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	539	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,261	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	556	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,251	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,001	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	228.63/cwt	223.00–229.00	1,232	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,313	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,008	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	883	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	450	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,062	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	447	234.33/cwt	224.00–236.00	1,047	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	635	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,372	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,448	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	439	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,054	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,395	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,227	4

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 31, 2024

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

Receipts 180Last week 302Year ago 179

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 34, Heifers 77, Bulls 69)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	434	290.00	290.00
15	450–500	494	266.00	266.00
9	550–600	571	245.00	245.00
3	600–650	628	228.00	228.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	345	290.00	290.00
4	400–450	423	290.00	290.00
5	500–550	503	257.00	257.00
6	550–600	567	246.00	246.00
1	600–650	635	228.00	228.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	439	240.00	240.00
1	500–550	520	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	303.00	303.00
2	500–550	535	264.00	264.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	480	299.00	299.00
8	550–600	561	271.00	271.00
13	600–650	631	247.00	247.00
3	700–750	732	234.50	234.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	243.00	243.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	382	244.00	244.00
14	400–450	447	224.00–236.00	234.33
16	500–550	539	223.00–229.00	228.63
1	600–650	625	210.00	210.00
6	650–700	650	217.50	217.50
4	700–750	740	198.00	198.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	242.00	242.00
5	400–450	429	235.00	235.00
12	500–550	539	234.00	234.00
1	650–700	680	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	450	236.00	236.00
4	550–600	556	225.00	225.00
2	600–650	635	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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