Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-01-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 109, Heifers 190, Bulls 192)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $266.40/cwt on 58 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −110.16 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$266.40

58 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,460

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$90

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$8.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.69

vs VA average

−38.02 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	267.81	1,471	42
Medium and Large 2	546	263.21	1,437	14thin
Medium and Large 3	533	259.00	1,380	2thin

One grade step is worth $8.81/cwt here — about $90 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale58 hd

266.40

—

VA average3 barns · 164 hd

272.08

−5.69

National average149 barns · 17,148 hd

304.42

−38.02

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−110.16

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

39 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	350–400	355	383.43/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,361	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	1,653	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	259.50/cwt	259.50–259.50	1,702	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	284.50/cwt	262.50–285.25	1,647	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	492	321.64/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,582	41
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	414	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	1,606	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,502	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,419	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	634	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,775	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,398	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	646	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,634	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,439	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,828	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	331.93/cwt	330.00–332.25	1,839	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	279.62/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,792	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	710	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,207	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	533	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,380	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	644	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,565	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	461	344.22/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,587	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	785	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,860	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	332.94/cwt	330.00–333.50	1,808	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	312.89/cwt	307.50–314.00	1,105	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	287.12/cwt	264.00–288.00	1,304	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,638	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	454	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,303	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,443	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,546	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	662	237.36/cwt	227.50–242.50	1,571	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	453	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,438	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	494	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,596	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,417	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,161	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,523	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	353	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,394	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	541	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,488	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	583	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,399	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,474	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,138	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	615	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,230	1

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 25, 2025

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

Receipts 491Last week 394Year ago 226

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 109, Heifers 190, Bulls 192)

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	355	350.00–390.00	383.43
19	400–450	426	388.00	388.00
41	450–500	492	300.00–330.00	321.64
31	550–600	579	262.50–285.25	284.50
22	650–700	656	259.50	259.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	353	395.00	395.00
7	400–450	414	388.00	388.00
15	450–500	494	323.00	323.00
7	500–550	541	275.00	275.00
3	650–700	662	227.50–242.50	237.36
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	453	317.50	317.50
2	550–600	583	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	390.00	390.00
13	450–500	461	335.00–345.00	344.22
6	500–550	543	330.00–333.50	332.94
8	600–650	634	280.00	280.00
1	750–800	785	237.00	237.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	390.00	390.00
7	400–450	445	347.50	347.50
21	550–600	554	330.00–332.25	331.93
26	600–650	641	275.00–280.00	279.62
10	700–750	740	247.00	247.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	353	307.50–314.00	312.89
29	450–500	454	264.00–288.00	287.12
40	500–550	548	269.00	269.00
2	550–600	573	244.00	244.00
26	600–650	644	243.00	243.00
1	650–700	680	224.00	224.00
9	700–750	728	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	365	318.00	318.00
17	450–500	454	287.00	287.00
13	500–550	545	264.00	264.00
1	550–600	560	253.00	253.00
9	600–650	646	253.00	253.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	455	250.00	250.00
2	500–550	533	259.00	259.00
1	600–650	615	200.00	200.00
1	700–750	710	170.00	170.00

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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