Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-12-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 67, Heifers 151, Bulls 114)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $243.83/cwt on 46 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −132.73 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$243.83

46 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,339

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$75

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

$10.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.75

vs VA average

−39.49 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	537	247.00	1,326	5thin
Medium and Large 1	552	243.77	1,346	39
Medium and Large 3	528	237.00	1,251	2thin

One grade step is worth $10.00/cwt here — about $75 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 sale46 hd

243.83

—

VA average9 barns · 688 hd

241.08

+2.75

National average190 barns · 29,311 hd

283.32

−39.49

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−132.73

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	350–400	358	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,164	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,562	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,273	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,469	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	281.28/cwt	281.00–288.00	1,387	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,183	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	551	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,570	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	495	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,337	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	254.39/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,641	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,691	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,479	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,636	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,606	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,199	31
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	605	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,437	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,396	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,038	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	665	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,131	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,497	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,445	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,274	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,428	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	361	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	975	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	894	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,450	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,371	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	528	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,251	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,024	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	969	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,326	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,192	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,583	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	243.77/cwt	235.00–244.00	1,346	39
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	509	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,425	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,467	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,371	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	348	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,134	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 Dec 7, 2024

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

Receipts 332Last week 265Year ago 309

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 67, Heifers 151, Bulls 114)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	358	325.00	325.00
14	400–450	408	312.00	312.00
24	450–500	493	281.00–288.00	281.28
16	550–600	583	252.00	252.00
9	650–700	651	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	272.00	272.00
1	550–600	555	247.00	247.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	348	326.00	326.00
7	400–450	445	308.00	308.00
8	500–550	509	280.00	280.00
2	550–600	580	253.00	253.00
1	650–700	665	238.00	238.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	465	322.00	322.00
4	550–600	551	285.00	285.00
2	600–650	640	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	270.00	270.00
1	600–650	605	237.50	237.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	322.50	322.50
3	450–500	465	318.00	318.00
17	550–600	551	297.00	297.00
23	600–650	645	240.00–255.00	254.39
5	700–750	735	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	271.00	271.00
7	350–400	363	282.00	282.00
31	450–500	454	264.00	264.00
39	550–600	552	235.00–244.00	243.77
21	600–650	626	223.00	223.00
1	650–700	680	210.00	210.00
5	700–750	725	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	361	270.00	270.00
1	400–450	415	250.00	250.00
2	500–550	528	237.00	237.00
1	650–700	665	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	345	281.00	281.00
10	450–500	455	262.00	262.00
5	500–550	537	247.00	247.00
1	650–700	675	214.00	214.00

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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