Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2024-03-23

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Mar 23
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
225 head
▼ 318 vs last sale 543▼ 171 vs year ago 396 · −43.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 40, Heifers 104, Bulls 81)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $254.25/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −112.87 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.
Average price
$254.25
20 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,375
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$124
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$9.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.14
vs VA average
−22.97 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2547257.501,40910thin
Medium and Large 1539251.751,3578thin
Medium and Large 3518248.001,2852thin
One grade step is worth $9.50/cwt here — about $124 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale20 hd
254.25
—
VA average10 barns · 630 hd
252.11
+2.14
National average179 barns · 15,589 hd
277.22
−22.97
This barn, trailing median32 sales
367.12
−112.87
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

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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1350337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,1811
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2395342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,3531
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3450315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,4183
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2451320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4435
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1463310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,4353
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2515306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,5761
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3520275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,4301
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1578284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,6422
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3620259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,6061
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2648263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,7042
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1657256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,6823
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2723238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,7212
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1750228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,7101
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2320290.00/cwt290.00–290.009281
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3359299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,0737
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2360304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,09411
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1410267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,0951
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3440263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,1577
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2456271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,23626
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1471268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,2624
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3518248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,2852
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1539251.75/cwt251.75–251.751,3578
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2547257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,40910
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3605235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4221
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2630243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,5313
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1655238.50/cwt238.50–238.501,5624
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1743205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,5234
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1755190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,4351
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2770197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,5171
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2350335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,1733
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1353333.00/cwt333.00–333.001,1752
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2423320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,3547
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1429307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,3177
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3455302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,3763
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1488288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,40512
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2492301.16/cwt286.00–303.001,4829
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3510269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,3721
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1530262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,3891
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2573276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,5815
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1580269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,5605
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2639268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,7134
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1646254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,6416

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.