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Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-11-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-09

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Nov 9

● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186

← Nov 2Nov 9Nov 16 →

Receipts

270 head

▼ 77 vs last sale 347▲ 13 vs year ago 257 · +5.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 37, Heifers 122, Bulls 111)

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 $215.82/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −151.30 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.

Average price

$215.82

20 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,179

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$13

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1

$0.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.75

vs VA average

−42.57 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	542	216.04	1,171	8thin
Medium and Large 1	549	215.67	1,184	12thin

One grade step is worth $0.37/cwt here — about −$13 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 sale20 hd

215.82

—

VA average9 barns · 523 hd

218.57

−2.75

National average194 barns · 18,518 hd

258.39

−42.57

This barn, trailing median32 sales

367.12

−151.30

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

37 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,165	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,210	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,330	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	553	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,543	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	600	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,254	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	632	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,536	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,467	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,559	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	708	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,621	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,554	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	330	217.00/cwt	215.00–218.00	716	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	339	242.79/cwt	230.00–246.00	823	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	932	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	447	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,068	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	233.72/cwt	221.00–235.00	1,063	22
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	542	216.04/cwt	209.00–217.00	1,171	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	548	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,189	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,160	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	637	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,758	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	642	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,342	12
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	653	212.59/cwt	211.00–213.00	1,388	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	737	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,489	12
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	739	204.50/cwt	204.50–204.50	1,511	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	345	299.20/cwt	280.00–304.00	1,032	5
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	354	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,066	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,197	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	278.70/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,190	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	450	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,166	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	473	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,211	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,254	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	500	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,280	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	505	256.91/cwt	230.00–259.00	1,297	15
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	530	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,193	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,375	11
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	588	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,405	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,441	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	659	210.88/cwt	209.00–211.00	1,390	17

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 Nov 9, 2024

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

Receipts 270Last week 347Year ago 257

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 37, Heifers 122, Bulls 111)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	354	301.00	301.00
8	400–450	427	270.00–280.00	278.70
2	450–500	490	256.00	256.00
15	500–550	505	230.00–259.00	256.91
11	550–600	568	242.00	242.00
17	650–700	659	209.00–211.00	210.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	345	280.00–304.00	299.20
3	400–450	420	285.00	285.00
1	450–500	450	259.00	259.00
3	500–550	500	256.00	256.00
5	550–600	588	239.00	239.00
1	650–700	655	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	473	256.00	256.00
2	500–550	530	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	440	275.00	275.00
7	600–650	632	243.00	243.00
2	700–750	708	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	295.00	295.00
2	450–500	475	280.00	280.00
11	550–600	553	279.00	279.00
1	600–650	635	231.00	231.00
3	650–700	658	237.00	237.00
2	700–750	723	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	600	209.00	209.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	339	230.00–246.00	242.79
12	400–450	447	239.00	239.00
8	500–550	542	209.00–217.00	216.04
5	650–700	653	211.00–213.00	212.59
3	700–750	739	204.50	204.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	330	215.00–218.00	217.00
3	600–650	637	276.00	276.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	370	252.00	252.00
22	450–500	455	221.00–235.00	233.72
10	500–550	548	217.00	217.00
2	550–600	555	209.00	209.00
12	600–650	642	209.00	209.00
12	700–750	737	202.00	202.00

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.