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Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-02-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-24

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Feb 24

● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186

← Feb 17Feb 24Mar 2 →

Receipts

405 head

▲ 41 vs last sale 364▲ 72 vs year ago 333 · +21.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 69, Heifers 144, Bulls 192)

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $266.83/cwt on 143 head.

Average price

$266.83

143 head · 499 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,332

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$177

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

$37.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.18

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	471	286.73	1,349	56
Medium and Large 1	523	254.48	1,330	79
Medium and Large 3	470	249.38	1,172	8thin

One grade step is worth $37.36/cwt here — about $177 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale143 hd

266.83

—

VA average6 barns · 703 hd

266.65

+0.18

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

42 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	360	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,217	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	368	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,244	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	460	296.60/cwt	290.00–301.25	1,364	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	461	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,282	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	495	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,386	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	530	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,391	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	545	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,439	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	553	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,521	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	555	266.23/cwt	260.00–268.00	1,478	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	641	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,558	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	641	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,545	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	725	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,646	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	735	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,415	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	747	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,651	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	335	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	863	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	345	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	883	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	357	253.26/cwt	237.50–256.00	904	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	434	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,068	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	439	234.74/cwt	232.50–235.00	1,031	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	445	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,012	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	460	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,113	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	531	248.01/cwt	220.00–249.50	1,317	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	538	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,237	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	546	244.15/cwt	226.00–247.00	1,333	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	610	206.50/cwt	205.00–208.00	1,260	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	634	215.88/cwt	214.00–216.00	1,369	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	660	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,360	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	720	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,397	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	736	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,406	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	342	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,218	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	350	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,173	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	416	306.19/cwt	280.00–308.00	1,274	16
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	429	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,317	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	432	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,102	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	489	247.52/cwt	246.00–265.00	1,210	23
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	490	272.16/cwt	257.50–273.00	1,334	18
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	533	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,279	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	558	238.77/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,332	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	576	230.29/cwt	230.00–237.50	1,326	25
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	640	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,472	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	665	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,470	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	666	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,525	5

This sale against other markets

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 Feb 24, 2024

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

Receipts 405Last week 364Year ago 333

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 69, Heifers 144, Bulls 192)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	531	220.00–249.50	248.01
20	—	460	242.00	242.00
2	—	610	205.00–208.00	206.50
2	—	720	194.00	194.00
7	—	357	237.50–256.00	253.26
1	—	445	227.50	227.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	206.00	206.00
2	—	335	257.50	257.50
5	—	538	230.00	230.00
10	—	434	246.00	246.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	634	214.00–216.00	215.88
19	—	439	232.50–235.00	234.74
22	—	546	226.00–247.00	244.15
3	—	345	256.00	256.00
8	—	736	191.00	191.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	262.50	262.50
1	—	735	192.50	192.50
5	—	461	278.00	278.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	280.00	280.00
5	—	641	241.00	241.00
6	—	747	221.00	221.00
9	—	555	260.00–268.00	266.23
1	—	360	338.00	338.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	460	290.00–301.25	296.60
3	—	725	227.00	227.00
1	—	545	264.00	264.00
4	—	641	243.00	243.00
6	—	553	275.00	275.00
4	—	368	338.00	338.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	666	229.00	229.00
8	—	558	230.00–240.00	238.77
9	—	342	356.00	356.00
16	—	416	280.00–308.00	306.19
18	—	490	257.50–273.00	272.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	221.00	221.00
8	—	350	335.00	335.00
9	—	429	307.00	307.00
13	—	640	230.00	230.00
23	—	489	246.00–265.00	247.52
25	—	576	230.00–237.50	230.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	533	240.00	240.00
5	—	432	255.00	255.00

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.