Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-12-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 11, Heifers 61, Bulls 45)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $254.29/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −122.27 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$254.29

13 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,355

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$107

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

$21.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.31

vs VA average

−30.66 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	533	261.00	1,391	3thin
Medium and Large 1	532	257.53	1,370	7thin
Medium and Large 3	535	240.00	1,284	3thin

One grade step is worth $21.00/cwt here — about $107 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 sale13 hd

254.29

—

VA average7 barns · 305 hd

249.97

+4.31

National average180 barns · 17,940 hd

284.95

−30.66

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−122.27

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

30 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 3	450–500	450	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,346	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,837	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,465	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,347	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,159	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	591	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,673	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	443	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,170	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	405	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,272	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,618	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,229	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	436	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,434	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,667	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	257.53/cwt	242.50–260.00	1,370	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,513	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,260	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,457	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,391	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	364	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,034	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,463	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	690	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,346	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	388	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,055	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	264.69/cwt	264.00–265.00	1,125	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,284	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,018	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,473	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,752	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,221	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,699	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,463	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,330	4

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 21, 2024

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

Receipts 117Last week 339Year ago 171

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 11, Heifers 61, Bulls 45)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	450	299.00	299.00
1	500–550	530	278.00	278.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	342	339.00	339.00
5	400–450	425	317.00	317.00
4	450–500	485	302.00	302.00
6	550–600	591	283.00	283.00
2	650–700	673	273.00	273.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	355	344.00	344.00
4	400–450	413	322.00	322.00
3	450–500	475	308.00	308.00
2	550–600	578	294.00	294.00
1	600–650	620	282.50	282.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	364	284.00	284.00
6	400–450	443	264.00	264.00
3	500–550	533	261.00	261.00
2	600–650	628	232.00	232.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	279.00	279.00
12	450–500	472	267.00	267.00
7	500–550	532	242.50–260.00	257.53
7	650–700	658	230.00	230.00
1	750–800	770	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	388	272.00	272.00
3	400–450	425	264.00–265.00	264.69
3	500–550	535	240.00	240.00
1	650–700	690	195.00	195.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	314.00	314.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	372.50	372.50
2	550–600	550	303.00	303.00
3	600–650	632	256.00	256.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	436	329.00	329.00

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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