Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-02-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 79, Heifers 167, Bulls 123)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $279.43/cwt on 40 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −97.13 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$279.43

40 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,529

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$167

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

$40.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.48

vs VA average

−25.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	541	281.71	1,524	22
Medium and Large 1	554	281.09	1,557	16thin
Medium and Large 3	563	241.00	1,357	2thin

One grade step is worth $40.71/cwt here — about $167 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale40 hd

279.43

—

VA average6 barns · 487 hd

268.95

+10.48

National average182 barns · 24,858 hd

304.64

−25.21

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−97.13

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	338	379.79/cwt	357.50–395.00	1,284	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	297.21/cwt	277.00–299.50	1,706	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,724	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,648	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	388.73/cwt	332.50–392.00	1,617	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	458	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,534	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,608	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,747	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	563	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,357	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,644	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,827	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	549	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,713	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,693	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,540	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,406	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,648	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,723	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,580	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	624	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,466	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	713	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,626	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	441	280.84/cwt	267.50–287.50	1,239	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	541	281.71/cwt	250.00–284.75	1,524	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,425	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,720	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,573	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	336	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,092	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	342	389.00/cwt	350.00–398.50	1,330	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	294.50/cwt	294.50–294.50	1,670	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	453	306.00/cwt	270.00–310.50	1,386	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	369	324.57/cwt	300.00–329.00	1,198	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,326	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	338	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,017	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	385.31/cwt	332.00–391.00	1,599	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	264.50/cwt	264.50–264.50	1,719	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,613	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,672	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	334.38/cwt	300.00–339.00	1,622	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	517	296.06/cwt	293.00–302.50	1,531	3

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 Feb 1, 2025

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

Receipts 369Last week 491Year ago 581

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 79, Heifers 167, Bulls 123)

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	338	357.50–395.00	379.79
19	400–450	416	332.50–392.00	388.73
13	450–500	495	333.00	333.00
10	550–600	574	277.00–299.50	297.21
11	650–700	653	264.00	264.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	458	335.00	335.00
3	500–550	517	293.00–302.50	296.06
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	342	350.00–398.50	389.00
11	400–450	415	332.00–391.00	385.31
8	450–500	485	300.00–339.00	334.38
7	550–600	567	294.50	294.50
4	650–700	650	264.50	264.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	448	359.00	359.00
4	500–550	515	299.00	299.00
18	550–600	558	313.00	313.00
19	600–650	638	270.00	270.00
2	700–750	705	244.00	244.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	395	400.00	400.00
2	400–450	418	341.00	341.00
9	450–500	458	359.00	359.00
6	500–550	549	312.00	312.00
1	600–650	620	273.00	273.00
1	750–800	755	242.00	242.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	338	301.00	301.00
6	400–450	441	267.50–287.50	280.84
2	550–600	563	241.00	241.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	336	325.00	325.00
23	450–500	458	307.00	307.00
1	500–550	525	252.50	252.50
15	550–600	556	283.00	283.00
13	600–650	648	258.00	258.00
1	650–700	665	242.50	242.50
4	700–750	739	223.00	223.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	369	300.00–329.00	324.57
36	450–500	453	270.00–310.50	306.00
22	500–550	541	250.00–284.75	281.71
8	600–650	624	235.00	235.00
2	700–750	713	228.00	228.00

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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