Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2024-04-20

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Apr 20
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
378 head
▲ 66 vs last sale 312▼ 16 vs year ago 394 · −4.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 107, Heifers 150, Bulls 121)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $241.77/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −125.35 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.
Average price
$241.77
33 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,300
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$43
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$3.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.28
vs VA average
−22.75 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2546243.801,33110thin
Medium and Large 3528242.501,2805thin
Medium and Large 1536240.441,28818thin
One grade step is worth $3.36/cwt here — about $43 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale33 hd
241.77
—
VA average9 barns · 542 hd
241.49
+0.28
National average180 barns · 13,997 hd
264.52
−22.75
This barn, trailing median32 sales
367.12
−125.35
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

40 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2343348.00/cwt348.00–348.001,1943
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373348.00/cwt348.00–348.001,2983
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1456312.24/cwt300.00–313.001,42418
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2457314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,43515
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3520270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4041
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2530294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,5586
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1547281.70/cwt270.00–282.001,54138
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2610279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,7021
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1630265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,6707
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3641250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6032
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3729190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,3853
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2360261.00/cwt261.00–261.0094026
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1372261.00/cwt261.00–261.0097113
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3373255.00/cwt255.00–255.009512
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2437253.24/cwt243.00–255.501,10717
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3455247.86/cwt242.50–249.001,1286
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1458251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,15020
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2500242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,2101
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3528242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,2805
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1533241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,28516
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2551244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,3449
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1558236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,3172
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1639226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,4444
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3648219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,4194
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1660221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,4592
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2695223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,5501
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1725200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4502
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3730191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,3943
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2346341.00/cwt341.00–341.001,18010
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1360342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,2331
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1422315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,32916
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3434303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,3155
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2435315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,3709
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1494268.78/cwt265.00–269.001,32818
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2497285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,41611
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3518265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,3732
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2568274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,5566
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1579262.65/cwt262.00–268.001,5219
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2625251.74/cwt244.00–260.001,5732
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1660244.81/cwt240.00–246.001,6165

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.