Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2024-06-29

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Jun 29
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
545 head
▲ 185 vs last sale 360▲ 208 vs year ago 337 · +61.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 195, Heifers 225, Bulls 125)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $249.70/cwt on 74 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −117.42 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.
Average price
$249.70
74 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,361
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$180
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$18.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.96
vs VA average
−19.58 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547251.071,37246
Medium and Large 2544248.621,35326
Medium and Large 3513232.501,1932thin
One grade step is worth $18.57/cwt here — about $180 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale74 hd
249.70
—
VA average5 barns · 350 hd
251.66
−1.96
National average153 barns · 8,958 hd
269.28
−19.58
This barn, trailing median32 sales
367.12
−117.42
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

50 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2370335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,2403
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2457280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,2808
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1460288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,32520
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3470230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0817
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3545250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3632
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2547267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,46018
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1552269.04/cwt246.00–271.001,48526
Steers550–600Small 1Value Added580210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2183
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added600271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,62614
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3620228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,4143
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2627258.60/cwt236.00–264.001,6215
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1637258.63/cwt245.00–259.001,64738
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added663267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,77015
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2715236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,6871
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1729231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,6848
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2354276.84/cwt250.00–281.009808
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1357292.38/cwt279.00–296.501,0449
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3363225.00/cwt225.00–225.008175
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420231.00/cwt231.00–231.009702
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3423229.00/cwt229.00–229.009696
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1448259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,16021
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Value Added453255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,1553
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2456259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,18127
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3465215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,0001
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1477245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,1693
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3513232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,1932
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2544247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,34419
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Value Added545253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,3797
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1546251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,37043
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added555252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,3993
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1631231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,45821
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2644234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,5077
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3668214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,4302
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2Value Added685229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,5692
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1734218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,6005
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2768217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,6674
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2318326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,0374
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1340326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,1084
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2418300.10/cwt285.00–302.001,2549
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1422294.65/cwt281.00–297.001,24314
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3438242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,0605
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1488259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,2642
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2499270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3479
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1507284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,44012
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3530230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2193
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2569252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,4345
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1577261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,50617
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1610250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5251
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2653226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,4765
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1681238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,6215

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.