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Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-05-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-04

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, May 4

● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186

← Apr 27May 4May 11 →

Receipts

333 head

▲ 61 vs last sale 272▼ 223 vs year ago 556 · −40.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 77, Heifers 153, Bulls 103)

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 $247.21/cwt on 49 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −119.91 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.

Average price

$247.21

49 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,347

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$72

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$9.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.23

vs VA average

−21.17 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	249.50	1,367	25
Medium and Large 2	542	246.00	1,333	19thin
Medium and Large 3	539	240.37	1,296	5thin

One grade step is worth $9.13/cwt here — about $72 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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

247.21

—

VA average8 barns · 455 hd

248.44

−1.23

National average173 barns · 11,009 hd

268.38

−21.17

This barn, trailing median32 sales

367.12

−119.91

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

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	315	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,032	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,258	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	410	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,263	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	444	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,328	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	446	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,396	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	472	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,487	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	528	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,558	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,566	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	540	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,431	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	590	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,658	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	633	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,652	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	643	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,762	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	650	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,755	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	768	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,812	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	358	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,006	18
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	361	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,007	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,067	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,144	31
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	442	252.73/cwt	245.00–254.00	1,117	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	452	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,148	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,164	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	539	240.37/cwt	234.00–244.50	1,296	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	542	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,333	19
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	548	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	1,367	25
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	615	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,494	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,541	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	685	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,439	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	343	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,139	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,296	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,369	10
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	431	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,358	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	486	294.74/cwt	282.50–296.00	1,432	10
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	489	276.68/cwt	262.50–287.50	1,353	14
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	515	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,403	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	545	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,450	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	564	263.08/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,484	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	570	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,602	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,555	16
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,592	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	658	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,658	3

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 May 4, 2024

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

Receipts 333Last week 272Year ago 556

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 77, Heifers 153, Bulls 103)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	322.50	322.50
4	400–450	444	299.00	299.00
11	500–550	540	290.00	290.00
10	600–650	643	274.00	274.00
2	750–800	768	236.00	236.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	327.50	327.50
1	400–450	410	308.00	308.00
12	450–500	472	315.00	315.00
6	500–550	528	295.00	295.00
1	550–600	590	281.00	281.00
1	650–700	650	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	446	313.00	313.00
1	500–550	540	265.00	265.00
2	600–650	633	261.00	261.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	270.00	270.00
10	450–500	452	254.00	254.00
25	500–550	548	249.50	249.50
9	600–650	629	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	361	279.00	279.00
7	400–450	442	245.00–254.00	252.73
5	500–550	539	234.00–244.50	240.37
1	650–700	685	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	358	281.00	281.00
31	400–450	440	260.00	260.00
1	450–500	485	240.00	240.00
19	500–550	542	246.00	246.00
2	600–650	615	243.00	243.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	418	310.00	310.00
14	450–500	489	262.50–287.50	276.68
1	500–550	545	266.00	266.00
16	550–600	576	270.00	270.00
4	650–700	655	243.00	243.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	343	332.00	332.00
10	400–450	420	326.00	326.00
10	450–500	486	282.50–296.00	294.74
1	500–550	515	272.50	272.50
2	550–600	570	281.00	281.00
3	650–700	658	252.00	252.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	431	315.00	315.00
3	550–600	564	250.00–270.00	263.08

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.