Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2024-12-07

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Dec 7
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
332 head
▲ 67 vs last sale 265▲ 23 vs year ago 309 · +7.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 67, Heifers 151, Bulls 114)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $243.83/cwt on 46 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −123.29 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.
Average price
$243.83
46 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,339
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$75
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$10.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.75
vs VA average
−39.49 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2537247.001,3265thin
Medium and Large 1552243.771,34639
Medium and Large 3528237.001,2512thin
One grade step is worth $10.00/cwt here — about $75 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 sale46 hd
243.83
—
VA average9 barns · 688 hd
241.08
+2.75
National average190 barns · 29,311 hd
283.32
−39.49
This barn, trailing median32 sales
367.12
−123.29
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

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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1395322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,2741
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2465322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,4972
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,4793
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3495270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3371
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1551297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,63617
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2551285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,5704
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3605237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,4371
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2640251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,6062
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1645254.39/cwt240.00–255.001,64123
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1735230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,6915
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330271.00/cwt271.00–271.008941
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2345281.00/cwt281.00–281.009699
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3361270.00/cwt270.00–270.009755
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1363282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,0247
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3415250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0381
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1454264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,19931
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2455262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,19210
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3528237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,2512
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2537247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,3265
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1552243.77/cwt235.00–244.001,34639
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1626223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,39621
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3665170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1311
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2675214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,4451
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1680210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4281
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1725200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4505
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2348326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,1342
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1358325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,1648
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1408312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,27314
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3435272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,1831
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2445308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,3717
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1493281.28/cwt281.00–288.001,38724
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2509280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,4258
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3555247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,3711
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2580253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,4672
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1583252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,46916
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1651240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5629
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2665238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,5831

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.