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Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-05-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-18

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, May 18

● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186

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Receipts

250 head

▼ 91 vs last sale 341▼ 46 vs year ago 296 · −15.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 66, Heifers 119, Bulls 65)

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 $256.03/cwt on 39 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −111.09 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.

Average price

$256.03

39 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,378

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$29

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$10.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.08

vs VA average

−13.97 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	260.00	1,391	22
Medium and Large 3	538	252.50	1,358	6thin
Medium and Large 2	545	250.00	1,363	11thin

One grade step is worth $10.00/cwt here — about $29 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 sale39 hd

256.03

—

VA average8 barns · 451 hd

248.94

+7.08

National average167 barns · 11,471 hd

270.00

−13.97

This barn, trailing median32 sales

367.12

−111.09

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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,229	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,284	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	460	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,495	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	460	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,449	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,468	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	544	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,632	17
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	568	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,698	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	648	275.75/cwt	275.75–275.75	1,787	17
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	740	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,776	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,763	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	385	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,078	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,084	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	395	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,138	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	446	278.50/cwt	278.50–278.50	1,242	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	457	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	1,213	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	458	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,246	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	490	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,254	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,391	22
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	538	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,358	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	545	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,363	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,566	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	639	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,527	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	660	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,439	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	718	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,616	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	729	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,560	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	330	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,129	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	345	327.49/cwt	327.00–329.00	1,130	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	421	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,360	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	314.50/cwt	314.50–314.50	1,324	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	427	324.50/cwt	324.50–324.50	1,386	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	497	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,421	9
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	505	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,545	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	582	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,630	10
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	585	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,673	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	590	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,676	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,691	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	675	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,715	1

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 18, 2024

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

Receipts 250Last week 341Year ago 296

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 66, Heifers 119, Bulls 65)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	345	327.00–329.00	327.49
4	400–450	421	314.50	314.50
9	450–500	497	286.00	286.00
10	550–600	582	280.00	280.00
4	650–700	658	257.00	257.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	342.00	342.00
6	400–450	427	324.50	324.50
3	500–550	505	306.00	306.00
2	550–600	585	286.00	286.00
1	650–700	675	254.00	254.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	421	323.00	323.00
1	550–600	590	284.00	284.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	378	325.00	325.00
9	450–500	463	317.00	317.00
17	500–550	544	300.00	300.00
17	600–650	648	275.75	275.75
1	750–800	770	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	380	338.00	338.00
6	450–500	460	325.00	325.00
5	550–600	568	299.00	299.00
1	700–750	740	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	460	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	278.00	278.00
16	450–500	457	265.50	265.50
22	500–550	535	260.00	260.00
8	600–650	634	247.00	247.00
4	700–750	729	214.00	214.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	395	288.00	288.00
14	400–450	446	278.50	278.50
1	450–500	490	256.00	256.00
11	500–550	545	250.00	250.00
8	600–650	639	239.00	239.00
2	700–750	718	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	280.00	280.00
5	450–500	458	272.00	272.00
6	500–550	538	252.50	252.50
1	650–700	660	218.00	218.00

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.