Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-02-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 91, Heifers 158, Bulls 128)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $255.37/cwt on 35 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −121.19 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$255.37

35 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,398

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$151

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

$5.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.39

vs VA average

−43.49 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	549	257.50	1,414	6thin
Medium and Large 1	549	255.02	1,400	28
Medium and Large 3	500	252.50	1,263	1thin

One grade step is worth $5.00/cwt here — about $151 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.

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 sale35 hd

255.37

—

VA average8 barns · 604 hd

264.76

−9.39

National average192 barns · 21,303 hd

298.86

−43.49

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−121.19

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

41 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	500–550	503	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,539	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	346	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,384	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,557	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,627	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,379	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,558	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	627	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,756	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,616	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,651	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,722	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	443	346.16/cwt	334.00–349.00	1,533	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,385	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,822	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	1,377	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,803	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	729	219.45/cwt	210.00–224.00	1,600	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,624	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	467	260.50/cwt	260.50–260.50	1,217	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,184	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	500	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,263	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	485	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,213	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,527	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,687	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	361	314.45/cwt	275.00–321.00	1,135	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,250	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,654	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	312.43/cwt	275.00–315.00	1,125	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,408	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	680	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,394	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,212	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	441	280.50/cwt	280.50–280.50	1,237	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	657	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,603	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,331	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	659	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,588	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	549	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	1,403	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,599	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	348	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,392	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	431	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,218	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	543	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,358	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	497	322.01/cwt	310.00–324.00	1,600	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	549	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,414	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 Feb 8, 2025

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

Receipts 397Last week 369Year ago 648

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 91, Heifers 158, Bulls 128)

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	346	400.00	400.00
19	400–450	418	330.00	330.00
24	450–500	493	316.00	316.00
2	500–550	503	306.00	306.00
18	550–600	581	280.00	280.00
9	650–700	657	237.00	237.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	348	400.00	400.00
6	400–450	430	327.50	327.50
14	450–500	497	310.00–324.00	322.01
8	550–600	563	284.00	284.00
7	650–700	659	241.00	241.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	431	282.50	282.50
5	500–550	543	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	399.00	399.00
5	400–450	443	334.00–349.00	346.16
19	500–550	543	304.00	304.00
7	600–650	627	280.00	280.00
1	700–750	700	246.00	246.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	390.00	390.00
10	450–500	467	346.00	346.00
23	500–550	546	309.00	309.00
1	550–600	580	280.00	280.00
11	600–650	635	284.00	284.00
2	750–800	753	242.00	242.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	361	275.00–321.00	314.45
10	400–450	441	280.50	280.50
2	450–500	468	259.00	259.00
6	500–550	549	257.50	257.50
3	650–700	657	244.00	244.00
3	700–750	729	210.00–224.00	219.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	467	260.50	260.50
1	500–550	500	252.50	252.50
2	650–700	680	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	360	275.00–315.00	312.43
21	400–450	445	281.00	281.00
3	450–500	457	259.00	259.00
27	500–550	549	255.50	255.50
1	550–600	550	242.00	242.00
14	600–650	626	244.00	244.00
10	700–750	719	230.00	230.00

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.