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Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-04-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-06

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Apr 6

● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186

← Mar 30Apr 6Apr 13 →

Receipts

456 head

▲ 135 vs last sale 321▲ 250 vs year ago 206 · +121.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 113, Heifers 182, Bulls 161)

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 $241.84/cwt on 49 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −125.28 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.

Average price

$241.84

49 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,306

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$112

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

$9.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.62

vs VA average

−28.75 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	542	244.00	1,322	23
Medium and Large 1	542	241.00	1,306	22
Medium and Large 3	517	234.05	1,210	4thin

One grade step is worth $9.95/cwt here — about $112 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale49 hd

241.84

—

VA average9 barns · 488 hd

248.46

−6.62

National average179 barns · 13,329 hd

270.59

−28.75

This barn, trailing median32 sales

367.12

−125.28

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

39 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	345	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,197	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	365	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,168	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	368	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,233	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,399	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	464	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,415	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	472	276.29/cwt	250.00–290.00	1,304	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	539	289.50/cwt	289.50–289.50	1,560	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	539	283.50/cwt	283.50–283.50	1,528	27
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,484	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	646	261.50/cwt	261.50–261.50	1,689	17
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	678	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,797	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,674	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	790	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,691	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	330	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	802	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	357	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	932	13
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	365	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	913	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	383	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	988	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	434	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,141	32
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,124	22
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	446	236.38/cwt	225.00–242.00	1,054	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	517	234.05/cwt	230.00–238.00	1,210	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	542	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,322	23
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	542	241.00/cwt	231.00–242.00	1,306	22
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	637	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	1,494	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	638	239.75/cwt	239.75–239.75	1,530	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,562	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	341	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,176	17
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	343	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,170	6
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,221	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	316.73/cwt	304.00–318.00	1,330	22
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,248	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	471	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,356	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	491	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,448	8
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	500	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,375	14
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	539	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,477	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,522	11
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	588	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,576	7
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	650	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,560	6
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	652	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,584	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 Apr 6, 2024

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

Receipts 456Last week 321Year ago 206

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 113, Heifers 182, Bulls 161)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	343	341.00	341.00
1	350–400	395	309.00	309.00
9	400–450	426	293.00	293.00
14	500–550	500	275.00	275.00
11	550–600	568	268.00	268.00
6	650–700	650	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	341	345.00	345.00
22	400–450	420	304.00–318.00	316.73
8	450–500	491	295.00	295.00
7	550–600	588	268.00	268.00
5	650–700	652	243.00	243.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	471	288.00	288.00
7	500–550	539	274.00	274.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	383	258.00	258.00
22	400–450	434	259.00	259.00
22	500–550	542	231.00–242.00	241.00
9	600–650	637	234.50	234.50
1	700–750	710	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	243.00	243.00
13	350–400	357	261.00	261.00
32	400–450	434	263.00	263.00
23	500–550	542	244.00	244.00
4	600–650	638	239.75	239.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	365	250.00	250.00
9	400–450	446	225.00–242.00	236.38
4	500–550	517	230.00–238.00	234.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	368	335.00	335.00
14	450–500	464	305.00	305.00
27	500–550	539	283.50	283.50
17	600–650	646	261.50	261.50
2	700–750	728	230.00	230.00
1	750–800	790	214.00	214.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	345	347.00	347.00
1	350–400	365	320.00	320.00
12	400–450	440	318.00	318.00
5	500–550	539	289.50	289.50
1	550–600	560	265.00	265.00
2	650–700	678	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	472	250.00–290.00	276.29

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.