Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-01-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 77, Heifers 187, Bulls 130)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $246.93/cwt on 67 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −129.63 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$246.93

67 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,342

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$101

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

$14.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.65

vs VA average

−57.10 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	536	254.00	1,361	20
Medium and Large 1	547	244.00	1,335	46
Medium and Large 3	525	240.00	1,260	1thin

One grade step is worth $14.00/cwt here — about $101 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

28 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $415.03, low $339.53, median $376.56 across 28 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale67 hd

246.93

—

VA average8 barns · 482 hd

259.57

−12.65

National average192 barns · 30,803 hd

304.03

−57.10

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−129.63

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

38 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,156	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,482	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,511	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,330	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,495	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	413	306.14/cwt	300.00–312.50	1,264	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,721	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,759	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	450	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,350	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	539	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,639	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,502	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	680	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,408	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	446	331.04/cwt	310.00–334.00	1,476	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,701	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,561	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,260	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,704	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,335	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	446	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,209	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,468	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	938	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,579	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,365	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	634	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,617	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	357	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	928	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	536	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,361	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,322	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	658	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,566	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,056	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	473	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,258	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,568	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	612	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,450	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,159	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,422	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	255.50/cwt	251.00–256.00	1,157	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	547	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,335	46
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,300	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	493	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,523	6

How this sale compares

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 Jan 18, 2025

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

Receipts 394Last week 117Year ago 91

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 77, Heifers 187, Bulls 130)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	345	335.00	335.00
17	400–450	417	319.00	319.00
29	500–550	505	296.00	296.00
12	550–600	579	256.00	256.00
15	650–700	657	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	413	300.00–312.50	306.14
3	550–600	565	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	350	331.00	331.00
13	400–450	421	314.00	314.00
6	450–500	493	309.00	309.00
5	550–600	562	253.00	253.00
5	650–700	658	238.00	238.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	338.00	338.00
5	450–500	455	330.00	330.00
7	550–600	554	307.00	307.00
13	600–650	642	268.00	268.00
6	700–750	715	246.00	246.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	450	300.00	300.00
7	500–550	539	304.00	304.00
1	650–700	680	207.00	207.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	350.00	350.00
8	400–450	446	310.00–334.00	331.04
13	550–600	555	307.00	307.00
6	600–650	634	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	377	280.00	280.00
21	400–450	446	271.00	271.00
20	500–550	536	254.00	254.00
9	600–650	612	237.00	237.00
1	700–750	740	211.00	211.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	250.00	250.00
3	450–500	473	266.00	266.00
1	500–550	525	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	357	260.00	260.00
30	450–500	453	251.00–256.00	255.50
46	500–550	547	244.00	244.00
19	600–650	641	229.00	229.00
5	700–750	745	212.00	212.00
1	750–800	780	201.00	201.00

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.

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