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Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-12-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-21

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Dec 21

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186

← Dec 14Dec 21Jan 18 →

Receipts

117 head

▼ 222 vs last sale 339▼ 54 vs year ago 171 · −31.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 11, Heifers 61, Bulls 45)

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 $254.29/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −112.83 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.

Average price

$254.29

13 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,355

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$107

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

$21.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.31

vs VA average

−30.66 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	533	261.00	1,391	3thin
Medium and Large 1	532	257.53	1,370	7thin
Medium and Large 3	535	240.00	1,284	3thin

One grade step is worth $21.00/cwt here — about $107 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 sale13 hd

254.29

—

VA average7 barns · 305 hd

249.97

+4.31

National average180 barns · 17,940 hd

284.95

−30.66

This barn, trailing median32 sales

367.12

−112.83

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

30 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,229	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	405	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,272	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	436	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,434	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	550	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,667	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,618	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	364	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,034	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,018	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	388	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,055	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	425	264.69/cwt	264.00–265.00	1,125	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	443	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,170	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,260	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	257.53/cwt	242.50–260.00	1,370	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	533	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,391	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	535	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,284	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	628	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,457	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,513	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	690	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,346	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,463	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	342	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,159	6
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	355	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,221	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	413	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,330	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,347	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	450	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,346	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,463	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,465	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	530	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,473	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	578	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,699	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	591	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,673	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	620	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,752	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,837	2

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 Dec 21, 2024

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

Receipts 117Last week 339Year ago 171

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 11, Heifers 61, Bulls 45)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	450	299.00	299.00
1	500–550	530	278.00	278.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	342	339.00	339.00
5	400–450	425	317.00	317.00
4	450–500	485	302.00	302.00
6	550–600	591	283.00	283.00
2	650–700	673	273.00	273.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	355	344.00	344.00
4	400–450	413	322.00	322.00
3	450–500	475	308.00	308.00
2	550–600	578	294.00	294.00
1	600–650	620	282.50	282.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	364	284.00	284.00
6	400–450	443	264.00	264.00
3	500–550	533	261.00	261.00
2	600–650	628	232.00	232.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	279.00	279.00
12	450–500	472	267.00	267.00
7	500–550	532	242.50–260.00	257.53
7	650–700	658	230.00	230.00
1	750–800	770	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	388	272.00	272.00
3	400–450	425	264.00–265.00	264.69
3	500–550	535	240.00	240.00
1	650–700	690	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	314.00	314.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	372.50	372.50
2	550–600	550	303.00	303.00
3	600–650	632	256.00	256.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	436	329.00	329.00

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.