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Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-04-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-27

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Apr 27

● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186

← Apr 20Apr 27May 4 →

Receipts

272 head

▼ 106 vs last sale 378▲ 46 vs year ago 226 · +20.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 63, Heifers 122, Bulls 87)

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 $240.74/cwt on 34 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −126.38 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.

Average price

$240.74

34 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,292

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$14

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

$11.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.85

vs VA average

−29.45 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	534	245.00	1,308	14thin
Medium and Large 1	534	239.00	1,276	15thin
Medium and Large 3	553	234.00	1,294	5thin

One grade step is worth $11.00/cwt here — about $14 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 sale34 hd

240.74

—

VA average8 barns · 492 hd

247.58

−6.85

National average178 barns · 11,596 hd

270.19

−29.45

This barn, trailing median32 sales

367.12

−126.38

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

37 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	368	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,299	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,346	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	450	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,382	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	453	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,445	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	459	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,455	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	295.50/cwt	295.50–295.50	1,581	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	537	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,450	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	558	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,635	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	624	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,722	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	644	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,700	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	718	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,630	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	730	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,664	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	360	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,001	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	367	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,009	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	371	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,028	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	430	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,084	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	451	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,195	17
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	452	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,184	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	462	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,201	16
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	534	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,308	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	534	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,276	15
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	553	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,294	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	236.58/cwt	226.00–242.00	1,455	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	652	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,545	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	740	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,450	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,513	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	342	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,183	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,379	7
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	433	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,429	11
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	442	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,282	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	494	289.49/cwt	289.00–291.00	1,430	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	495	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,490	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	518	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,487	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,568	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	276.98/cwt	272.00–278.00	1,590	12
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	620	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,631	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	638	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,518	6

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 27, 2024

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

Receipts 272Last week 378Year ago 226

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 63, Heifers 122, Bulls 87)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	419	329.00	329.00
8	450–500	494	289.00–291.00	289.49
12	550–600	574	272.00–278.00	276.98
6	600–650	638	238.00	238.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	342	346.00	346.00
11	400–450	433	330.00	330.00
4	450–500	495	301.00	301.00
3	550–600	560	280.00	280.00
2	600–650	620	263.00	263.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	442	290.00	290.00
2	500–550	518	287.00	287.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	345.00	345.00
6	450–500	459	317.00	317.00
12	500–550	535	295.50	295.50
4	600–650	644	264.00	264.00
2	700–750	718	227.00	227.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	368	353.00	353.00
9	450–500	453	319.00	319.00
8	550–600	558	293.00	293.00
7	600–650	624	276.00	276.00
1	700–750	730	228.00	228.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	450	307.00	307.00
3	500–550	537	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	371	277.00	277.00
1	400–450	430	252.00	252.00
17	450–500	451	265.00	265.00
14	500–550	534	245.00	245.00
5	650–700	652	237.00	237.00
2	700–750	740	196.00	196.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	360	278.00	278.00
16	450–500	462	260.00	260.00
15	500–550	534	239.00	239.00
3	600–650	615	226.00–242.00	236.58
1	750–800	780	194.00	194.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	367	275.00	275.00
9	450–500	452	262.00	262.00
5	550–600	553	234.00	234.00

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.