Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-09-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 86, Heifers 102, Bulls 110)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $235.29/cwt on 28 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −141.27 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$235.29

28 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,267

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$102

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

$14.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.50

vs VA average

−5.40 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	536	237.50	1,273	8thin
Medium and Large 1	540	235.00	1,269	19thin
Medium and Large 3	525	223.00	1,171	1thin

One grade step is worth $14.50/cwt here — about $102 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 sale28 hd

235.29

—

VA average8 barns · 385 hd

230.79

+4.50

National average148 barns · 7,025 hd

240.69

−5.40

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−141.27

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

40 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	650–700	657	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,498	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,162	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	438	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,051	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	498	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,245	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,308	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	344	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	994	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	449	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,275	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	246.20/cwt	235.00–252.00	1,514	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,629	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,504	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,581	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,436	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	454	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,130	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	755	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	544	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,442	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	458	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,099	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	536	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,273	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,338	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,269	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,344	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	878	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,285	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	660	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,234	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	994	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	223.86/cwt	223.00–224.00	1,489	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	947	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	338	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	750	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	438	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	964	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,373	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,147	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	502	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,190	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,350	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,374	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,171	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,288	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	348	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,030	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	281.49/cwt	272.50–283.00	1,163	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	232.56/cwt	232.00–234.00	1,353	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	217.09/cwt	207.00–218.00	1,363	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	983	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 Sep 7, 2024

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

Receipts 298Last week 180Year ago 408

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 86, Heifers 102, Bulls 110)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	348	296.00	296.00
5	400–450	424	274.00	274.00
6	450–500	488	264.00	264.00
3	550–600	577	234.00	234.00
3	650–700	657	228.00	228.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	438	240.00	240.00
3	500–550	545	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	344	289.00	289.00
7	400–450	413	272.50–283.00	281.49
15	450–500	498	250.00	250.00
3	500–550	502	237.00	237.00
7	550–600	582	232.00–234.00	232.56
7	650–700	665	223.00–224.00	223.86
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	270.00	270.00
10	400–450	449	284.00	284.00
6	500–550	544	265.00	265.00
3	600–650	615	235.00–252.00	246.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	454	283.00	283.00
1	500–550	540	266.00	266.00
25	550–600	553	272.00	272.00
15	600–650	635	249.00	249.00
2	700–750	705	231.00	231.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	458	240.00	240.00
1	500–550	535	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	236.00	236.00
4	350–400	371	268.00	268.00
7	450–500	454	249.00	249.00
8	500–550	536	237.50	237.50
1	600–650	640	210.00	210.00
1	650–700	670	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	363	261.00	261.00
2	400–450	445	221.00	221.00
17	450–500	468	245.00	245.00
19	500–550	540	235.00	235.00
12	600–650	628	207.00–218.00	217.09
4	700–750	738	186.00	186.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	338	222.00	222.00
3	400–450	438	220.00	220.00
1	500–550	525	223.00	223.00
1	650–700	660	187.00	187.00

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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