Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2024-06-08

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Jun 8
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
270 head
▲ 72 vs last sale 198▼ 219 vs year ago 489 · −44.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 72, Heifers 110, Bulls 88)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $275.40/cwt on 40 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −91.72 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.
Average price
$275.40
40 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,477
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$183
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$39.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.92
vs VA average
+2.37 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2536279.001,49510thin
Medium and Large 1535278.001,48727
Medium and Large 3547240.001,3133thin
One grade step is worth $39.00/cwt here — about $183 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 sale40 hd
275.40
—
VA average8 barns · 777 hd
261.48
+13.92
National average170 barns · 13,742 hd
273.03
+2.37
This barn, trailing median32 sales
367.12
−91.72
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

34 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1380320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,2161
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1457298.96/cwt280.00–304.001,3665
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2466326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,5198
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2522302.99/cwt291.00–305.001,5827
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1562289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,62419
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1645269.50/cwt269.50–269.501,73817
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2675269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,8161
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1743229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,7018
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1365282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,0291
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2370291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,0776
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3420268.69/cwt265.00–270.001,1284
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2460293.50/cwt293.50–293.501,35017
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1461289.50/cwt289.50–289.501,33513
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1535278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,48727
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2536279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,49510
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3547240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3133
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3615220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3531
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2630236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,4875
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1634245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,5538
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1715196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,4011
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1326338.00/cwt338.00–338.001,1026
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2338332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,1224
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1412307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,2655
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3420309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,2982
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2439232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,0186
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2455292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,3291
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1483297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,4352
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1503300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5096
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2507301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,5266
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3550290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,5952
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2558285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,5904
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1572280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,60211
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1659255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,68012
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2680235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5981

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.