Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-09-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 76, Heifers 168, Bulls 144)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $222.38/cwt on 53 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −154.18 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$222.38

53 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,190

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$36

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

$4.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.04

vs VA average

−16.23 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	542	225.17	1,220	13thin
Medium and Large 3	511	225.00	1,150	5thin
Medium and Large 1	536	220.97	1,185	35

One grade step is worth $4.20/cwt here — about $36 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 sale53 hd

222.38

—

VA average8 barns · 653 hd

229.42

−7.04

National average182 barns · 14,937 hd

238.61

−16.23

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−154.18

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

38 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,084	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	630	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,342	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	542	225.17/cwt	215.00–226.00	1,220	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	449	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,024	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	634	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,528	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	554	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,391	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	230.78/cwt	224.00–232.00	1,082	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,035	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,499	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	466	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,277	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	220.02/cwt	215.00–225.00	1,690	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,232	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	211.50/cwt	211.50–211.50	1,339	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	216.25/cwt	216.25–216.25	1,395	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,101	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,377	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	497	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,208	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,340	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	221.40/cwt	219.00–222.00	1,450	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	278.50/cwt	278.50–278.50	1,167	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	291.29/cwt	262.50–295.00	973	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,322	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	658	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,553	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	528	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,299	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,185	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	861	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,203	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	933	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,441	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	511	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,150	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	920	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,083	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,332	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	496	238.86/cwt	226.00–241.00	1,185	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	205.50/cwt	205.50–205.50	1,496	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,178	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,103	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	441	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,120	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 Sep 14, 2024

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

Receipts 388Last week 298Year ago 405

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 76, Heifers 168, Bulls 144)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	355	242.50	242.50
28	400–450	448	231.00	231.00
2	450–500	495	219.00	219.00
31	500–550	534	222.00	222.00
4	550–600	553	213.00	213.00
13	600–650	633	211.50	211.50
2	700–750	728	205.50	205.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	449	228.00	228.00
1	450–500	465	233.00	233.00
5	500–550	511	225.00	225.00
2	600–650	630	213.00	213.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	363	253.50	253.50
13	450–500	469	224.00–232.00	230.78
13	500–550	542	215.00–226.00	225.17
7	600–650	645	216.25	216.25
1	700–750	710	203.00	203.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	466	274.00	274.00
7	550–600	554	251.00	251.00
5	600–650	634	241.00	241.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	286.00	286.00
2	450–500	463	266.00	266.00
10	550–600	553	249.00	249.00
6	600–650	638	235.00	235.00
2	750–800	768	215.00–225.00	220.02
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	528	246.00	246.00
3	650–700	658	236.00	236.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	334	262.50–295.00	291.29
14	400–450	419	278.50	278.50
21	450–500	497	243.00	243.00
17	550–600	580	231.00	231.00
1	600–650	615	215.00	215.00
15	650–700	655	219.00–222.00	221.40
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	289.00	289.00
10	400–450	422	285.00	285.00
14	450–500	496	226.00–241.00	238.86
7	550–600	574	232.00	232.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	441	254.00	254.00
1	500–550	525	210.00	210.00

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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