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Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-06-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-15

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Jun 15

● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186

← Jun 8Jun 15Jun 22 →

Receipts

325 head

▲ 55 vs last sale 270▼ 1 vs year ago 326 · −0.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 64, Heifers 158, 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 $260.96/cwt on 55 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −106.16 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.

Average price

$260.96

55 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,423

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$71

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

$17.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.70

vs VA average

−4.41 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	267.75	1,449	29
Medium and Large 3	549	261.00	1,433	8thin
Medium and Large 2	551	250.00	1,378	18thin

One grade step is worth $17.75/cwt here — about $71 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale55 hd

260.96

—

VA average9 barns · 533 hd

261.66

−0.70

National average154 barns · 8,969 hd

265.37

−4.41

This barn, trailing median32 sales

367.12

−106.16

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

36 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	335	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,256	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	365	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,354	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	454	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,407	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	455	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,442	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	460	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,311	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	525	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,391	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	552	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,568	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	554	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,573	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	615	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,648	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	644	270.50/cwt	270.50–270.50	1,742	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,750	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	351	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	934	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	257.67/cwt	240.00–264.00	940	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	372	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	993	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	446	271.50/cwt	271.50–271.50	1,211	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	457	284.50/cwt	284.50–284.50	1,300	21
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	460	250.56/cwt	250.00–264.00	1,153	26
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	541	267.75/cwt	267.75–267.75	1,449	29
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	549	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,433	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	551	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,378	18
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	642	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,284	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	647	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,229	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	730	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,175	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	758	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,334	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	350	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	1,309	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	367	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,358	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	412	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	948	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	419	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,320	11
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,299	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	494	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,334	11
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	504	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,416	25
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	563	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,498	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	265.85/cwt	249.00–268.00	1,515	9
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	590	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,416	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	653	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,574	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,546	2

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 Jun 15, 2024

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

Receipts 325Last week 270Year ago 326

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 64, Heifers 158, Bulls 103)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	350	374.00	374.00
8	400–450	426	305.00	305.00
25	500–550	504	281.00	281.00
9	550–600	570	249.00–268.00	265.85
2	650–700	658	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	367	370.00	370.00
11	400–450	419	315.00	315.00
11	450–500	494	270.00	270.00
2	550–600	563	266.00	266.00
2	650–700	653	241.00	241.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	412	230.00	230.00
1	550–600	590	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	375.00	375.00
9	450–500	454	310.00	310.00
16	550–600	552	284.00	284.00
7	600–650	644	270.50	270.50
4	700–750	726	241.00	241.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	371.00	371.00
9	450–500	455	317.00	317.00
8	550–600	554	284.00	284.00
2	600–650	615	268.00	268.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	285.00	285.00
1	500–550	525	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	365	240.00–264.00	257.67
21	450–500	457	284.50	284.50
29	500–550	541	267.75	267.75
12	600–650	642	200.00	200.00
2	750–800	758	176.00	176.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	351	266.00	266.00
26	450–500	460	250.00–264.00	250.56
18	550–600	551	250.00	250.00
5	600–650	647	190.00	190.00
1	700–750	730	161.00	161.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	372	267.00	267.00
7	400–450	446	271.50	271.50
8	500–550	549	261.00	261.00

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.