Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2024-09-13

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Fri, Sep 13
● Final7 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
325 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 298▼ 83 vs year ago 408 · −20.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Springlake W/V sale

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 231, Heifers 94)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

All cattle are Home Raised

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $281.00/cwt on 91 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −151.12 against this barn's trailing median of $432.12.
Average price
$281.00
91 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,517
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+12.46
vs VA average
+12.80 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2540281.001,51791
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale91 hd
281.00
—
VA average9 barns · 647 hd
268.54
+12.46
National average178 barns · 13,815 hd
268.20
+12.80
This barn, trailing median29 sales
432.12
−151.12
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

29 sales
504438371304median 432.1203/0704/2506/2008/1510/31
Steers 500–600 lb: high $490.48, low $318.17, median $432.12 across 29 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

7 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added540281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,51791
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added645261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,68370
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added740243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,79851
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added845221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,86719
Feeder Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added540233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,25849
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added640224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,43429
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added740210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,55416

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.