Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-10-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 77, Heifers 111, Bulls 78)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $219.46/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −157.10 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$219.46

24 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,194

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$131

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

$26.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.16

vs VA average

−27.32 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	226.50	1,243	8thin
Medium and Large 2	533	225.50	1,202	10thin
Medium and Large 3	556	200.00	1,112	6thin

One grade step is worth $26.50/cwt here — about $131 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 sale24 hd

219.46

—

VA average9 barns · 338 hd

226.62

−7.16

National average172 barns · 12,740 hd

246.78

−27.32

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−157.10

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

36 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	300–350	340	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	996	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,414	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,178	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,483	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	256.54/cwt	252.50–257.00	1,252	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	265.42/cwt	230.00–274.00	1,128	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	349	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	995	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,388	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	548	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,260	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,335	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,466	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	654	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,537	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	595	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,380	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,671	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,080	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,286	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,543	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	256.50/cwt	256.50–256.50	1,400	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	825	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	1,202	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,012	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	638	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,384	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,038	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	615	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,415	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	556	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,112	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	549	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	1,243	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,417	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	449	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,042	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	814	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	723	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,453	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,428	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,249	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	334	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	902	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	914	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	635	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,159	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	483	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,029	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 Oct 5, 2024

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

Receipts 266Last week 302Year ago 389

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 77, Heifers 111, Bulls 78)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	340	293.00	293.00
9	400–450	412	286.00	286.00
10	450–500	488	252.50–257.00	256.54
7	550–600	582	243.00	243.00
9	650–700	677	219.00	219.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	334	270.00	270.00
5	400–450	425	230.00–274.00	265.42
3	450–500	488	256.00	256.00
1	600–650	600	238.00	238.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	349	285.00	285.00
1	450–500	475	281.00	281.00
6	550–600	555	250.00	250.00
1	600–650	640	229.00	229.00
4	650–700	654	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	250.00	250.00
4	500–550	548	230.00	230.00
1	600–650	615	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	365	296.00	296.00
7	450–500	466	276.00	276.00
14	500–550	546	256.50	256.50
1	550–600	595	232.00	232.00
12	650–700	654	236.00	236.00
1	750–800	770	217.00	217.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	345	239.00	239.00
12	400–450	440	230.00	230.00
10	500–550	533	225.50	225.50
14	600–650	638	217.00	217.00
3	700–750	723	201.00	201.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	220.00	220.00
2	450–500	483	213.00	213.00
6	550–600	556	200.00	200.00
1	600–650	635	182.50	182.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	384	238.00	238.00
15	400–450	449	232.00	232.00
8	500–550	549	226.50	226.50
11	650–700	653	217.00	217.00

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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