Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-11-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 57, Heifers 136, Bulls 132)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $217.79/cwt on 37 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −158.77 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$217.79

37 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,178

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$23

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

$5.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.83

vs VA average

−47.31 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	535	218.45	1,169	16thin
Medium and Large 1	547	218.00	1,192	18thin
Medium and Large 3	538	213.00	1,146	3thin

One grade step is worth $5.45/cwt here — about $23 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 sale37 hd

217.79

—

VA average9 barns · 646 hd

225.61

−7.83

National average194 barns · 23,548 hd

265.10

−47.31

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−158.77

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	339	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	997	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,334	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	221.50/cwt	221.50–221.50	1,444	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	283.59/cwt	277.00–284.00	1,205	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	262.59/cwt	230.00–265.00	1,321	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,240	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,548	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,134	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,529	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,518	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,121	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	278.12/cwt	262.00–290.00	1,288	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,539	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,335	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,568	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,687	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,332	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,560	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	227.94/cwt	219.00–229.00	1,035	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,325	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	356	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	879	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	652	204.40/cwt	202.00–205.00	1,333	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	449	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	992	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	218.45/cwt	210.00–219.00	1,169	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	635	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,283	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	806	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	538	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,146	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,394	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	547	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,192	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,348	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,385	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	484	261.47/cwt	260.00–262.00	1,266	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,334	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	343	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	995	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	884	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,007	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 Nov 16, 2024

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

Receipts 325Last week 270Year ago 221

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 57, Heifers 136, Bulls 132)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	339	294.00	294.00
16	400–450	425	277.00–284.00	283.59
22	500–550	503	230.00–265.00	262.59
13	550–600	575	232.00	232.00
13	650–700	652	221.50	221.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	343	290.00	290.00
4	400–450	438	283.00	283.00
7	450–500	484	260.00–262.00	261.47
2	550–600	575	232.00	232.00
4	650–700	650	213.00	213.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	464	287.00	287.00
1	500–550	545	245.00	245.00
15	550–600	551	281.00	281.00
9	600–650	642	243.00	243.00
1	700–750	700	224.00	224.00
3	750–800	753	224.00	224.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	287.00	287.00
7	450–500	463	262.00–290.00	278.12
2	500–550	548	279.00	279.00
4	600–650	630	241.00	241.00
1	650–700	675	228.00	228.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	267.00	267.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	370	239.00	239.00
20	450–500	454	219.00–229.00	227.94
18	500–550	547	218.00	218.00
22	600–650	643	206.00	206.00
10	700–750	715	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	356	247.00	247.00
13	400–450	449	221.00	221.00
16	500–550	535	210.00–219.00	218.45
5	650–700	652	202.00–205.00	204.40
2	750–800	770	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	212.00	212.00
1	450–500	475	212.00	212.00
3	500–550	538	213.00	213.00
1	600–650	635	202.00	202.00

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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