Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2024-06-01

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Jun 1
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
198 head
▼ 52 vs last sale 250▼ 227 vs year ago 425 · −53.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 75, Heifers 52, Bulls 71)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $299.74/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −132.38 against this barn's trailing median of $432.12.
Average price
$299.74
23 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,631
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$70
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$14.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.76
vs VA average
−5.40 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2544309.001,6817thin
Medium and Large 3520306.001,5911thin
Medium and Large 1546295.001,61115thin
One grade step is worth $14.00/cwt here — about $70 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 sale23 hd
299.74
—
VA average5 barns · 233 hd
311.50
−11.76
National average125 barns · 5,668 hd
305.14
−5.40
This barn, trailing median29 sales
432.12
−132.38
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

29 sales
504438371304median 432.1203/0704/2506/2008/1510/31
Steers 500–600 lb: high $490.48, low $318.17, median $432.12 across 29 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2333327.48/cwt305.00–351.001,0914
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1340327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,1142
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2425314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,3351
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3460323.00/cwt323.00–323.001,4864
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2464324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,5038
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1471315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,4848
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3520306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,5911
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2544309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,6817
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1546295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,61115
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1644279.25/cwt279.25–279.251,79816
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2661289.50/cwt289.50–289.501,9144
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,8313
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1740242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,7911
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1780230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7941
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3325281.00/cwt281.00–281.009131
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2361302.20/cwt295.00–304.001,0915
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1369286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,0554
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3380280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,0641
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2438297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,3038
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1440278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,2238
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3461287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,3235
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1541261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,4128
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3555263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,4601
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2561269.50/cwt269.50–269.501,5125
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2620248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,5381
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1628245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,5392
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1735212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,5623
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1346349.00/cwt349.00–349.001,2084
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2358352.00/cwt352.00–352.001,2602
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1414316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,3087
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3471319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,5026
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2474316.28/cwt312.50–317.001,4996
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1496301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,4938
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1512289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,4803
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2520298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,5501
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3560294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,6463
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2565288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,6275
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1589277.83/cwt271.00–278.501,63611
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2658268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,7634
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1670254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,70211

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.