Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2024-08-17

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Aug 17
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
250 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 251▼ 53 vs year ago 303 · −17.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 56, Heifers 113, Bulls 81)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $241.14/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −125.97 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.
Average price
$241.14
21 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,304
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$104
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$21.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.28
vs VA average
−10.80 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2527245.001,2916thin
Medium and Large 1547240.711,31714thin
Medium and Large 3530224.001,1871thin
One grade step is worth $21.00/cwt here — about $104 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 sale21 hd
241.14
—
VA average8 barns · 289 hd
251.43
−10.28
National average159 barns · 7,784 hd
251.94
−10.80
This barn, trailing median32 sales
367.12
−125.97
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

39 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2354330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,1685
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2408315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,2852
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1450300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3505
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3505256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,2931
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2539279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,5045
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1557271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,50915
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2625253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,5811
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1627248.52/cwt230.00–250.001,55813
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1710230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,6331
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2341255.00/cwt255.00–255.008706
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1368256.00/cwt256.00–256.009426
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3370244.00/cwt244.00–244.009038
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3412250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0303
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2459252.02/cwt244.00–254.001,15710
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1467248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,15812
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2527245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,2916
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3530224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,1871
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1545243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,32412
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1560227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,2712
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3635220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3971
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1641226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,44922
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2647228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,4753
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1670224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,5011
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2730221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,6131
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1731216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,57911
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2315336.00/cwt336.00–336.001,0582
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1365331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,2082
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1430288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,2381
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2435293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,2754
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3445250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1131
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1450240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0801
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2478264.22/cwt253.00–267.001,2635
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3495236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,1681
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1501268.42/cwt254.00–271.001,34520
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3555220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2211
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1566252.55/cwt230.00–255.001,42910
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2592251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,4863
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2635250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5881
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1653228.16/cwt201.00–231.001,49011

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.