Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2024-07-13

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Jul 13
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
498 head
▼ 47 vs last sale 545▲ 132 vs year ago 366 · +36.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 105, Heifers 234, Bulls 159)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $239.57/cwt on 90 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −127.55 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.
Average price
$239.57
90 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,304
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$56
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$6.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.31
vs VA average
−29.29 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547241.001,31852
Medium and Large 2541238.001,28833
Medium and Large 3537235.001,2625thin
One grade step is worth $6.00/cwt here — about $56 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 sale90 hd
239.57
—
VA average9 barns · 694 hd
252.88
−13.31
National average164 barns · 12,328 hd
268.86
−29.29
This barn, trailing median32 sales
367.12
−127.55
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

38 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1342247.66/cwt237.50–250.008475
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2353272.50/cwt272.50–272.509623
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2445289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,28610
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1455288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,31018
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3490260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,2741
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2546261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,4258
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1552260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,43533
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3558250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3952
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2630237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,4931
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1631244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,54013
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1723229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,6562
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2725235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,7041
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3337242.50/cwt242.50–242.508173
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1341268.00/cwt268.00–268.009146
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2346266.00/cwt266.00–266.0092022
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3451226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,0195
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2453247.71/cwt232.50–249.001,12226
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1464251.50/cwt251.50–251.501,16739
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3537235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,2625
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2541238.00/cwt228.00–239.001,28833
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1547241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,31852
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3620210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3021
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1632230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,45413
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2636231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,4696
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1730205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,4971
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1336255.00/cwt255.00–255.008579
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2345260.00/cwt260.00–260.0089710
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2421283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,19114
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1425285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,21114
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3463240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1112
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2495276.50/cwt276.50–276.501,36917
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1496277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,37433
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1510250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2751
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3525180.00/cwt180.00–180.009451
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2564247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,3934
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1569247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,40516
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1645220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4196
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2657222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,4595

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.