Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-12-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 61, Heifers 134, Bulls 144)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $243.14/cwt on 43 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −133.42 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$243.14

43 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,330

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$35

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

$2.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.23

vs VA average

−37.16 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	243.47	1,334	38
Medium and Large 2	540	240.64	1,299	5thin

One grade step is worth $2.83/cwt here — about $35 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 sale43 hd

243.14

—

VA average7 barns · 541 hd

249.37

−6.23

National average188 barns · 25,726 hd

280.30

−37.16

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−133.42

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

34 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	353	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,239	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,627	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,421	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	286.91/cwt	285.00–287.00	1,403	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	260.29/cwt	260.00–267.00	1,502	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	488	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,376	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,717	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,455	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	240.64/cwt	235.00–242.00	1,299	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,231	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	456	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,459	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,617	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	917	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,022	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	357	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,285	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	542	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,572	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,042	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	448	256.00/cwt	230.00–260.00	1,147	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	999	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	610	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,281	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,550	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	346.91/cwt	327.00–351.00	1,291	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,434	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,376	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	578	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,387	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	496	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,438	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,254	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	243.47/cwt	225.00–244.50	1,334	38
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	561	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,515	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,264	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,620	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	406	328.48/cwt	295.00–332.00	1,334	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	453	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,200	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	363	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	969	7

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 14, 2024

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

Receipts 339Last week 332Year ago 171

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 61, Heifers 134, Bulls 144)

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	353	351.00	351.00
13	400–450	428	332.00	332.00
20	450–500	489	285.00–287.00	286.91
24	550–600	577	260.00–267.00	260.29
10	650–700	656	248.00	248.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	488	282.00	282.00
2	550–600	578	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	360	351.00	351.00
11	400–450	406	295.00–332.00	328.48
13	450–500	496	290.00	290.00
5	550–600	561	270.00	270.00
1	650–700	675	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	357	360.00	360.00
7	450–500	459	317.00	317.00
14	500–550	544	285.00	285.00
6	650–700	658	261.00	261.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	262.00	262.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	372	327.00–351.00	346.91
9	450–500	456	320.00	320.00
5	500–550	542	290.00	290.00
1	650–700	660	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	363	287.00	287.00
15	400–450	448	230.00–260.00	256.00
5	500–550	540	235.00–242.00	240.64
5	650–700	670	214.00	214.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	342	292.00	292.00
1	350–400	350	262.00	262.00
1	400–450	435	235.00	235.00
19	450–500	461	272.00	272.00
38	500–550	548	225.00–244.50	243.47
17	600–650	640	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	363	267.00	267.00
2	450–500	453	265.00	265.00
1	600–650	610	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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