Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2024-03-02

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-03-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-02

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Mar 2

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186

← Feb 24Mar 2Mar 9 →

Receipts

179 head

▼ 226 vs last sale 405▼ 73 vs year ago 252 · −29.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 42, Heifers 79, Bulls 58)

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $244.57/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −122.55 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.

Average price

$244.57

17 head · 525 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,285

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$105

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$11.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.04

vs VA average

−24.31 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	529	245.52	1,299	7thin
Medium and Large 2	524	245.00	1,284	9thin
Medium and Large 3	510	234.00	1,193	1thin

One grade step is worth $11.52/cwt here — about $105 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale17 hd

244.57

—

VA average2 barns · 98 hd

246.61

−2.04

National average181 barns · 16,149 hd

268.88

−24.31

This barn, trailing median32 sales

367.12

−122.55

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $415.03, low $326.28, median $367.12 across 32 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

35 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	331	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,145	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	357	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,175	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	422	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,350	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	444	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,376	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	543	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,575	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	545	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,417	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	623	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,433	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	645	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,554	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,406	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	345	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	825	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	355	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	923	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	360	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	983	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	435	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,044	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	446	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,142	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	459	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,170	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	510	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,193	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	524	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,284	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	245.52/cwt	230.00–248.00	1,299	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	610	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,299	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	627	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,448	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	650	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,482	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	745	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,416	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	332	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,149	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	355	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,189	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,319	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	308.24/cwt	291.00–317.00	1,310	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	482	265.58/cwt	248.00–269.00	1,280	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,312	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	495	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,040	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	508	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,168	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	555	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,110	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	568	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,369	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	586	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,406	8
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	650	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,463	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	656	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,496	4

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 Mar 2, 2024

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

Receipts 179Last week 405Year ago 252

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 42, Heifers 79, Bulls 58)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	335.00	335.00
4	400–450	416	317.00	317.00
4	450–500	486	270.00	270.00
2	500–550	508	230.00	230.00
8	550–600	586	240.00	240.00
4	650–700	656	228.00	228.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	332	346.00	346.00
3	400–450	425	291.00–317.00	308.24
6	450–500	482	248.00–269.00	265.58
6	550–600	568	241.00	241.00
5	650–700	650	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	210.00	210.00
2	550–600	555	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	360	273.00	273.00
8	450–500	459	255.00	255.00
7	500–550	529	230.00–248.00	245.52
1	600–650	610	213.00	213.00
6	650–700	650	228.00	228.00
3	700–750	745	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	355	260.00	260.00
12	400–450	446	256.00	256.00
9	500–550	524	245.00	245.00
3	600–650	627	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	345	239.00	239.00
4	400–450	435	240.00	240.00
1	500–550	510	234.00	234.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	357	329.00	329.00
8	400–450	444	310.00	310.00
10	500–550	543	290.00	290.00
4	600–650	645	241.00	241.00
1	650–700	660	213.00	213.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	331	346.00	346.00
5	400–450	422	320.00	320.00
2	500–550	545	260.00	260.00
2	600–650	623	230.00	230.00

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.