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Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Fri, Sep 13
● Final7 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
← Sep 7Sep 13Sep 14 →
Receipts
325 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 298▼ 83 vs year ago 408 · −20.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Springlake W/V sale

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 231, Heifers 94)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

All cattle are Home Raised

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $281.00/cwt on 91 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −167.62 against this barn's trailing median of $448.62.
Average price
$281.00
91 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,517
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+12.46
vs VA average
+12.80 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2540281.001,51791
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

28 sales
507462417372median 448.6212/2003/1405/0206/2708/15
Steers 500–600 lb: high $492.88, low $386.23, median $448.62 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 sale91 hd
281.00
—
VA average9 barns · 647 hd
268.54
+12.46
National average178 barns · 13,815 hd
268.20
+12.80
This barn, trailing median28 sales
448.62
−167.62
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

7 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550540281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,51791
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650645261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,68370
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added700–750740243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,79851
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added800–850845221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,86719
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550540233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,25849
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650640224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,43429
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added700–750740210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,55416

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.
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