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Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-08-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-31

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Aug 31

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186

← Aug 24Aug 31Sep 7 →

Receipts

180 head

▼ 122 vs last sale 302▲ 1 vs year ago 179 · +0.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 34, Heifers 77, Bulls 69)

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 $230.19/cwt on 32 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −136.93 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.

Average price

$230.19

32 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,246

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$10

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$9.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.19

vs VA average

−11.69 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	539	234.00	1,261	12thin
Medium and Large 1	539	228.63	1,232	16thin
Medium and Large 3	556	225.00	1,251	4thin

One grade step is worth $9.00/cwt here — about $10 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 sale32 hd

230.19

—

VA average6 barns · 353 hd

234.38

−4.19

National average160 barns · 7,566 hd

241.88

−11.69

This barn, trailing median32 sales

367.12

−136.93

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

31 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,288	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,435	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	535	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,412	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	555	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,349	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,520	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,559	13
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	732	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	1,717	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	365	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	883	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	382	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	932	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	429	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,008	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	447	234.33/cwt	224.00–236.00	1,047	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	450	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,062	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	539	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,261	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	539	228.63/cwt	223.00–229.00	1,232	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	556	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,251	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,313	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	635	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,372	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	650	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,414	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	680	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,428	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,465	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	345	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,001	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,227	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,259	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	439	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,054	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	494	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,314	15
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	503	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,293	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	520	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,222	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	567	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,395	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,399	9
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,432	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	635	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,448	1

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 Aug 31, 2024

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

Receipts 180Last week 302Year ago 179

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 34, Heifers 77, Bulls 69)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	434	290.00	290.00
15	450–500	494	266.00	266.00
9	550–600	571	245.00	245.00
3	600–650	628	228.00	228.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	345	290.00	290.00
4	400–450	423	290.00	290.00
5	500–550	503	257.00	257.00
6	550–600	567	246.00	246.00
1	600–650	635	228.00	228.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	439	240.00	240.00
1	500–550	520	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	303.00	303.00
2	500–550	535	264.00	264.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	480	299.00	299.00
8	550–600	561	271.00	271.00
13	600–650	631	247.00	247.00
3	700–750	732	234.50	234.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	243.00	243.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	382	244.00	244.00
14	400–450	447	224.00–236.00	234.33
16	500–550	539	223.00–229.00	228.63
1	600–650	625	210.00	210.00
6	650–700	650	217.50	217.50
4	700–750	740	198.00	198.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	242.00	242.00
5	400–450	429	235.00	235.00
12	500–550	539	234.00	234.00
1	650–700	680	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	450	236.00	236.00
4	550–600	556	225.00	225.00
2	600–650	635	216.00	216.00

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.