Springlake Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

Moneta, Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock (Special Graded)

Sale of Saturday, March 16, 2024

543 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $266.30/cwt ≈ $1,193/hd at 448 lb · 33 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 bulls $303.79/cwt ≈ $1,294/hd at 426 lb · 32 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 bulls $278.50/cwt ≈ $1,392/hd at 500 lb · 26 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	543	228	470
Feeder cattle	543	228	470

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 124, Heifers 216, Bulls 203)

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	11	354.00	$354.00	$1,221	—
450	450	19	305.00	$305.00	$1,372	—
539	539	12	292.00	$292.00	$1,574	—
643	643	14	257.00	$257.00	$1,653	—
725	725	1	228.00	$228.00	$1,653	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
349	349	15	345.00	$345.00	$1,204	—
446	446	16	320.00	$320.00	$1,427	—
536	536	6	294.00	$294.00	$1,576	—
619	619	4	273.00	$273.00	$1,690	—
740	740	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,628	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
441	441	4	316.00	$316.00	$1,394	—
547	547	3	290.00	$290.00	$1,586	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	13	295.00	$295.00	$1,032	—
448	448	33	240.00–268.00	$266.30	$1,193	—
540	540	23	259.00	$259.00	$1,399	—
635	635	11	245.00	$245.00	$1,556	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–388	353	22	270.00–287.00	$285.30	$1,007	—
440–446	446	26	240.00–279.00	$277.52	$1,238	—
510–547	545	15	250.00–259.50	$258.91	$1,411	—
643	643	10	248.00	$248.00	$1,595	—
705	705	1	211.00	$211.00	$1,488	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
367–390	369	11	240.00–250.00	$249.04	$919	—
448	448	2	238.00	$238.00	$1,066	—
451	451	7	246.00	$246.00	$1,109	—
531	531	6	254.00	$254.00	$1,349	—
605	605	2	229.00	$229.00	$1,385	—
715	715	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,358	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
342	342	8	353.00	$353.00	$1,207	—
375	375	1	301.00	$301.00	$1,129	—
423–426	426	32	292.00–305.00	$303.79	$1,294	—
483	483	2	277.00	$277.00	$1,338	—
500	500	26	278.50	$278.50	$1,392	—
567	567	19	256.00	$256.00	$1,452	—
659	659	17	220.00	$220.00	$1,450	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
343	343	2	299.00	$299.00	$1,026	—
353	353	4	335.00	$335.00	$1,183	—
426	426	21	316.00	$316.00	$1,346	—
453–487	483	17	280.00–296.50	$294.68	$1,423	—
568	568	5	250.00	$250.00	$1,420	—
668	668	2	218.00	$218.00	$1,456	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
446	446	8	280.00	$280.00	$1,249	—
508	508	2	270.00	$270.00	$1,372	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.