Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2024-03-09

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Mar 9
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
181 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 179▼ 306 vs year ago 487 · −62.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 26, Heifers 94, Bulls 61)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $238.96/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −128.16 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.
Average price
$238.96
25 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,322
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$125
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$13.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.53
vs VA average
−32.95 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2551243.001,3398thin
Medium and Large 1565240.001,35612thin
Medium and Large 3528230.001,2145thin
One grade step is worth $13.00/cwt here — about $125 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 sale25 hd
238.96
—
VA average8 barns · 471 hd
247.49
−8.53
National average176 barns · 15,352 hd
271.91
−32.95
This barn, trailing median32 sales
367.12
−128.16
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
429390351312median 367.1203/0705/0207/1109/1210/31
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

36 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2326339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,1054
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1383330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,2642
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3425250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0631
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2441298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,3147
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1455298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,3563
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1500287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,4381
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2540280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,5122
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3540260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4042
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2638256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,6332
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1680248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,6861
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2355267.50/cwt267.50–267.5095011
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1361267.50/cwt267.50–267.509664
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3368251.11/cwt240.00–263.009242
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2447262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,1718
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3461247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,1418
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1462248.79/cwt237.50–250.001,14911
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3528230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2145
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2551243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,3398
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,35612
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1635217.21/cwt216.00–217.501,3795
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2641224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,4367
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3675209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,4111
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2743207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,5382
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1762204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,5543
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1350330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,1551
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2357333.00/cwt333.00–333.001,1893
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1409300.22/cwt260.00–310.001,2285
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2413309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,2767
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3430229.07/cwt215.00–242.509852
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2479264.28/cwt252.50–268.001,2664
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1489262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,2844
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3523260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,3604
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2575238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,3694
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1578242.68/cwt220.00–246.001,4038
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2665213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,4161
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1688214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,4722

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.