Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-10-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 123, Heifers 180, Bulls 122)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $226.55/cwt on 37 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −150.00 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$226.55

37 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,226

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$8

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

$1.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.50

vs VA average

−33.08 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	227.00	1,224	26
Medium and Large 2	546	225.50	1,231	11thin

One grade step is worth $1.50/cwt here — about −$8 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 sale37 hd

226.55

—

VA average10 barns · 651 hd

228.05

−1.50

National average195 barns · 25,856 hd

259.63

−33.08

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−150.00

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	263.82/cwt	258.00–264.00	1,472	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	951	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,134	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	744	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,748	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,596	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	367	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,083	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,029	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,652	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	733	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,554	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	660	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,439	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,631	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,318	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	590	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,322	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,434	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,537	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	238.53/cwt	235.00–239.00	1,376	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	341	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	968	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,474	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,215	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,369	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,043	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	502	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,275	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	491	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,228	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	354	284.50/cwt	284.50–284.50	1,007	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,173	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	212.41/cwt	193.00–222.00	1,370	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	987	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	748	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,418	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,012	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	409	276.66/cwt	260.00–282.50	1,132	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	351	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	853	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	553	232.39/cwt	230.00–233.00	1,285	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	746	199.50/cwt	199.50–199.50	1,488	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	910	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	354	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	867	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	227.00/cwt	200.00–229.25	1,224	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	444	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,243	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	223.42/cwt	200.00–224.75	1,403	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	665	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,264	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	546	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	1,231	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	451	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,078	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	454	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,081	13

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 26, 2024

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

Receipts 425Last week 289Year ago 314

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 123, Heifers 180, Bulls 122)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	373	304.00	304.00
12	450–500	461	286.00	286.00
32	550–600	558	258.00–264.00	263.82
18	600–650	641	249.00	249.00
2	650–700	663	246.00	246.00
6	700–750	744	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	367	295.00	295.00
14	400–450	444	280.00	280.00
7	500–550	537	267.00	267.00
3	650–700	680	226.00	226.00
1	750–800	765	216.00	216.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	210.00	210.00
1	550–600	590	224.00	224.00
2	650–700	660	218.00	218.00
2	700–750	733	212.00	212.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	354	245.00	245.00
2	400–450	410	232.00	232.00
36	450–500	451	239.00	239.00
26	500–550	539	200.00–229.25	227.00
18	600–650	628	200.00–224.75	223.42
8	700–750	746	199.50	199.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	351	243.00	243.00
1	400–450	400	227.50	227.50
13	450–500	454	238.00	238.00
11	500–550	546	225.50	225.50
6	600–650	645	193.00–222.00	212.41
1	700–750	720	197.00	197.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	230.00	230.00
2	400–450	440	230.00	230.00
1	650–700	665	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	341	284.00	284.00
1	350–400	385	271.00	271.00
19	400–450	422	278.00	278.00
3	450–500	482	252.00	252.00
18	500–550	502	254.00	254.00
17	550–600	577	235.00–239.00	238.53
1	600–650	625	219.00	219.00
6	650–700	655	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	354	284.50	284.50
8	400–450	409	260.00–282.50	276.66
6	450–500	491	250.00	250.00
5	550–600	553	230.00–233.00	232.39
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	470	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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