Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-10-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 61, Heifers 159, Bulls 156)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $222.81/cwt on 53 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −153.75 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$222.81

53 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,208

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$38

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

$11.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.67

vs VA average

−29.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	535	226.91	1,214	20
Medium and Large 1	546	221.50	1,209	27
Medium and Large 3	547	215.00	1,176	6thin

One grade step is worth $11.91/cwt here — about $38 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

222.81

—

VA average10 barns · 593 hd

228.48

−5.67

National average183 barns · 16,319 hd

252.68

−29.87

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−153.75

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

37 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	315	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	756	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,270	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,071	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,523	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,316	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	265.01/cwt	259.00–274.00	1,163	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	662	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,556	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	453	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,178	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,263	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,269	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,607	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,375	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,131	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	432	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	920	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,321	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	547	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,176	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	802	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	732	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,471	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	763	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	667	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,321	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,481	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,404	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,491	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	454	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,056	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	358	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	716	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	497	262.76/cwt	240.00–266.00	1,306	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	221.50/cwt	221.50–221.50	1,209	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	348	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	974	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	226.91/cwt	215.00–227.50	1,214	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,414	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	857	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,206	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	1,079	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,520	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	448	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,075	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	573	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,175	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,374	1

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 12, 2024

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

Receipts 376Last week 266Year ago 255

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 61, Heifers 159, Bulls 156)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	240.00	240.00
2	350–400	368	291.00	291.00
29	400–450	439	259.00–274.00	265.01
1	500–550	545	233.00	233.00
24	550–600	572	230.00	230.00
13	650–700	662	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	348	280.00	280.00
11	400–450	423	285.00	285.00
8	450–500	497	240.00–266.00	262.76
1	550–600	595	231.00	231.00
8	650–700	655	232.00	232.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	448	240.00	240.00
6	550–600	573	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	250.00	250.00
6	450–500	463	274.00	274.00
9	500–550	523	252.50	252.50
3	650–700	662	235.00	235.00
1	700–750	705	228.00	228.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	453	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	290.00	290.00
7	450–500	473	267.00	267.00
4	500–550	548	251.00	251.00
14	600–650	641	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	358	200.00	200.00
3	400–450	432	213.00	213.00
6	500–550	547	215.00	215.00
3	650–700	667	198.00	198.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	337	238.00	238.00
18	450–500	462	233.50	233.50
27	500–550	546	221.50	221.50
20	600–650	631	222.50	222.50
4	700–750	731	204.00	204.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	363	236.00	236.00
17	450–500	454	232.50	232.50
20	500–550	535	215.00–227.50	226.91
3	600–650	640	221.00	221.00
3	700–750	732	201.00	201.00

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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