Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-10-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 54, Heifers 137, Bulls 98)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $218.92/cwt on 38 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −157.64 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$218.92

38 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,206

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$84

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

$10.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.75

vs VA average

−38.89 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	557	224.00	1,248	9thin
Medium and Large 1	550	218.22	1,201	23
Medium and Large 3	544	214.00	1,164	6thin

One grade step is worth $10.00/cwt here — about $84 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 sale38 hd

218.92

—

VA average9 barns · 680 hd

225.67

−6.75

National average191 barns · 21,361 hd

257.81

−38.89

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−157.64

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

43 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	650–700	660	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,459	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	886	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,357	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	937	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	943	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	504	258.45/cwt	252.00–259.00	1,303	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	269.18/cwt	252.00–275.50	1,117	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	439	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,198	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,055	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	638	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,461	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,583	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,393	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	546	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,398	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,715	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	610	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	994	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	650	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,333	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	446	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	954	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	269.35/cwt	252.50–278.00	1,032	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,210	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,527	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,218	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,192	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	447	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,024	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	235.08/cwt	224.00–238.00	858	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	213.12/cwt	198.00–215.00	1,370	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	678	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,159	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	544	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,164	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,030	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	339	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	719	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	200.30/cwt	197.50–201.00	1,484	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,451	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	547	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,198	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,327	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,392	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	262.83/cwt	227.00–268.00	1,096	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	228.79/cwt	206.00–231.00	991	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	557	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,248	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,237	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	878	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,293	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	237.70/cwt	228.00–239.00	1,357	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,129	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	663	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,425	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 19, 2024

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

Receipts 289Last week 376Year ago 428

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 54, Heifers 137, Bulls 98)

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	342	274.00	274.00
3	350–400	360	262.00	262.00
15	400–450	415	252.00–275.50	269.18
13	500–550	504	252.00–259.00	258.45
17	550–600	571	228.00–239.00	237.70
1	600–650	640	212.00	212.00
15	650–700	660	221.00	221.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	333	266.00	266.00
8	400–450	417	227.00–268.00	262.83
8	450–500	485	255.00	255.00
1	500–550	530	244.00	244.00
6	550–600	567	234.00	234.00
2	650–700	663	215.00	215.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	540	209.00	209.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	383	252.50–278.00	269.35
7	400–450	439	273.00	273.00
3	450–500	473	252.00	252.00
4	500–550	546	256.00	256.00
6	600–650	638	229.00	229.00
1	700–750	710	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	378	279.00	279.00
4	400–450	448	270.00	270.00
13	500–550	542	257.00	257.00
7	650–700	654	242.00	242.00
3	750–800	783	219.00	219.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	650	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	339	212.00	212.00
8	400–450	446	214.00	214.00
6	500–550	544	214.00	214.00
1	600–650	610	163.00	163.00
2	650–700	678	171.00	171.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	365	224.00–238.00	235.08
21	400–450	447	229.00	229.00
1	450–500	495	208.00	208.00
20	500–550	547	219.00	219.00
3	550–600	572	213.00	213.00
13	600–650	640	217.50	217.50
5	700–750	741	197.50–201.00	200.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	363	242.00	242.00
11	400–450	433	206.00–231.00	228.79
9	550–600	557	224.00	224.00
9	600–650	643	198.00–215.00	213.12
1	700–750	715	203.00	203.00

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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