Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2024-10-05

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Oct 5
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
266 head
▼ 36 vs last sale 302▼ 123 vs year ago 389 · −31.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 77, Heifers 111, Bulls 78)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $219.46/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −147.66 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.
Average price
$219.46
24 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,194
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$131
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$26.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.16
vs VA average
−27.32 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549226.501,2438thin
Medium and Large 2533225.501,20210thin
Medium and Large 3556200.001,1126thin
One grade step is worth $26.50/cwt here — about $131 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale24 hd
219.46
—
VA average9 barns · 338 hd
226.62
−7.16
National average172 barns · 12,740 hd
246.78
−27.32
This barn, trailing median32 sales
367.12
−147.66
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

36 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2349285.00/cwt285.00–285.009955
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1365296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,0803
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3415250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0381
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1466276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,2867
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,3351
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1546256.50/cwt256.50–256.501,40014
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3548230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2604
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2555250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3886
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1595232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,3801
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3615230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4151
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2640229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,4661
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1654236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,54312
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2654235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5374
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1770217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,6711
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2345239.00/cwt239.00–239.008254
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3370220.00/cwt220.00–220.008141
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1384238.00/cwt238.00–238.009144
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2440230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,01212
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1449232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,04215
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3483213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,0292
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2533225.50/cwt225.50–225.501,20210
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1549226.50/cwt226.50–226.501,2438
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3556200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1126
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3635182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,1591
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2638217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,38414
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1653217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,41711
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2723201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,4533
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2334270.00/cwt270.00–270.009024
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1340293.00/cwt293.00–293.009963
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1412286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,1789
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425265.42/cwt230.00–274.001,1285
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1488256.54/cwt252.50–257.001,25210
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2488256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,2493
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1582243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,4147
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2600238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,4281
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1677219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,4839

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.