Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-09-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 85, Heifers 120, Bulls 97)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $228.81/cwt on 36 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −147.75 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$228.81

36 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,245

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$36

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$6.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.83

vs VA average

−8.20 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	229.97	1,246	27
Medium and Large 2	544	226.00	1,229	7thin
Medium and Large 3	575	223.00	1,282	2thin

One grade step is worth $6.97/cwt here — about −$36 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale36 hd

228.81

—

VA average9 barns · 538 hd

227.98

+0.83

National average181 barns · 11,482 hd

237.01

−8.20

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−147.75

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

41 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	350–400	370	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,045	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,358	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	274.53/cwt	272.50–275.00	1,164	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	208.19/cwt	208.00–209.00	1,326	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,304	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	502	239.45/cwt	212.50–241.00	1,202	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	256.17/cwt	232.50–259.00	1,199	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,235	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	547	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,324	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,304	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	617	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,462	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,656	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	547	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,362	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,051	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	278.68/cwt	262.50–284.00	1,084	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	600	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,248	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,529	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,282	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,486	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	635	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,397	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,598	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	229.97/cwt	215.00–230.50	1,246	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,322	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,120	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,404	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	762	194.67/cwt	190.00–197.00	1,483	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	544	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,229	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	458	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,099	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	436	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,046	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,380	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	983	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	447	245.78/cwt	242.00–246.00	1,099	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	254.28/cwt	238.00–260.00	966	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,461	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,375	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	569	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,331	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	358	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,049	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	493	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,168	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,170	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	590	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,313	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,190	9

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 21, 2024

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

Receipts 302Last week 388Year ago 189

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 85, Heifers 120, Bulls 97)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	282.50	282.50
5	400–450	424	272.50–275.00	274.53
19	500–550	502	212.50–241.00	239.45
10	550–600	567	230.00	230.00
5	600–650	637	208.00–209.00	208.19
2	650–700	653	208.00	208.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	458	240.00	240.00
2	550–600	590	222.50	222.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	358	293.00	293.00
9	400–450	428	278.00	278.00
5	450–500	493	237.00	237.00
1	500–550	520	225.00	225.00
4	550–600	569	234.00	234.00
2	650–700	655	223.00	223.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	365	288.00	288.00
9	450–500	468	232.50–259.00	256.17
12	500–550	547	242.00	242.00
1	550–600	550	237.00	237.00
5	600–650	617	237.00	237.00
1	700–750	710	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	389	262.50–284.00	278.68
2	450–500	473	261.00	261.00
24	500–550	547	249.00	249.00
1	550–600	565	234.00	234.00
10	600–650	632	242.00	242.00
5	700–750	717	231.00	231.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	635	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	436	240.00	240.00
2	550–600	575	223.00	223.00
1	600–650	600	208.00	208.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	380	238.00–260.00	254.28
11	450–500	457	245.00	245.00
27	500–550	542	215.00–230.50	229.97
12	600–650	628	219.00	219.00
3	700–750	743	200.00	200.00
1	750–800	780	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	378	260.00	260.00
17	400–450	447	242.00–246.00	245.78
7	500–550	544	226.00	226.00
5	600–650	630	219.00	219.00
3	750–800	762	190.00–197.00	194.67

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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