Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-11-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 69, Heifers 104, Bulls 92)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $219.54/cwt on 26 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −157.02 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$219.54

26 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,192

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$2

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

$10.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.79

vs VA average

−47.51 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	525	226.00	1,187	4thin
Medium and Large 1	546	218.48	1,193	21
Medium and Large 3	550	216.00	1,188	1thin

One grade step is worth $10.00/cwt here — about −$2 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 sale26 hd

219.54

—

VA average8 barns · 505 hd

226.34

−6.79

National average196 barns · 21,141 hd

267.05

−47.51

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−157.02

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

38 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	667	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,541	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,226	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,478	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	299.40/cwt	292.00–302.00	979	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	499	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,357	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	251.28/cwt	239.00–252.00	1,465	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	997	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,325	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	350	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	812	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	650	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,430	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,619	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	553	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,631	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,718	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,616	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	218.48/cwt	208.00–219.00	1,193	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,591	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,709	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,380	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,060	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	670	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,387	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	921	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	747	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,509	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,614	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,797	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,324	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	449	238.50/cwt	238.50–238.50	1,071	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	503	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,358	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,252	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,187	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	909	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	641	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,333	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	550	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,188	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,498	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	454	237.14/cwt	228.00–239.00	1,077	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,060	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,309	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	563	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,306	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,445	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 Nov 23, 2024

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

Receipts 265Last week 325Year ago 221

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 69, Heifers 104, Bulls 92)

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	327	292.00–302.00	299.40
13	400–450	420	292.00	292.00
8	450–500	499	272.00	272.00
17	550–600	583	239.00–252.00	251.28
1	600–650	640	231.00	231.00
11	650–700	667	231.00	231.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	416	301.00	301.00
2	500–550	503	270.00	270.00
2	550–600	578	250.00	250.00
1	600–650	640	234.00	234.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	563	232.00	232.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	302.00	302.00
3	450–500	460	300.00	300.00
3	550–600	553	295.00	295.00
2	600–650	640	253.00	253.00
1	700–750	705	229.00	229.00
2	750–800	755	238.00	238.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	460	288.00	288.00
18	500–550	544	297.00	297.00
14	600–650	645	265.00	265.00
5	700–750	731	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	650	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	350	232.00	232.00
6	450–500	454	228.00–239.00	237.14
1	550–600	550	216.00	216.00
1	650–700	670	207.00	207.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	361	255.00	255.00
17	400–450	449	238.50	238.50
4	450–500	455	233.00	233.00
21	500–550	546	208.00–219.00	218.48
1	600–650	645	203.00	203.00
13	650–700	652	203.00	203.00
3	700–750	747	202.00	202.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	252.50	252.50
2	400–450	438	242.00	242.00
4	500–550	525	226.00	226.00
4	600–650	641	208.00	208.00
2	750–800	765	208.00	208.00

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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