Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-02-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 76, Heifers 140, Bulls 58)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $267.24/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −109.32 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$267.24

33 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,475

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$322

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$34.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.38

vs VA average

−30.59 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	575	276.50	1,590	10thin
Medium and Large 2	540	265.76	1,435	5thin
Medium and Large 1	545	265.00	1,444	16thin
Medium and Large 3	523	242.48	1,268	2thin

One grade step is worth $34.02/cwt here — about $322 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 sale33 hd

267.24

—

VA average6 barns · 178 hd

264.85

+2.38

National average119 barns · 5,510 hd

297.83

−30.59

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−109.32

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

42 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	450–500	495	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,643	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,432	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,480	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	265.76/cwt	249.00–270.00	1,435	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,736	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	276.50/cwt	276.50–276.50	1,590	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	451	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,560	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	245.39/cwt	245.00–246.00	1,885	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,590	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	1,592	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,363	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,150	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,705	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	878	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,151	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,500	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	343	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	1,393	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,962	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	691	275.07/cwt	264.00–277.00	1,901	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,670	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	447	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,560	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,669	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,634	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,550	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,460	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	278.43/cwt	270.00–287.00	1,629	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,566	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,335	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,845	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,572	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	369	281.22/cwt	230.00–299.00	1,038	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	453	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,259	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	523	242.48/cwt	237.50–247.50	1,268	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	625	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,313	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,407	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,444	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	451	295.50/cwt	295.50–295.50	1,333	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,626	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	1,562	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,122	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	457	298.50/cwt	298.50–298.50	1,364	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,082	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	672	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,599	5

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 22, 2025

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

Receipts 274Last week 397Year ago 405

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 76, Heifers 140, Bulls 58)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	400.00	400.00
5	400–450	447	349.00	349.00
20	450–500	495	332.00	332.00
1	500–550	530	292.50	292.50
5	550–600	574	291.00	291.00
1	600–650	605	270.00	270.00
4	650–700	673	248.00	248.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	400.00	400.00
1	400–450	415	345.00	345.00
1	500–550	505	310.00	310.00
2	550–600	585	270.00–287.00	278.43
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	333	325.00	325.00
1	400–450	430	267.50	267.50
11	450–500	457	298.50	298.50
5	500–550	540	249.00–270.00	265.76
1	600–650	620	227.00	227.00
5	650–700	672	238.00	238.00
1	700–750	705	223.00	223.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	575	276.50	276.50
17	650–700	655	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	355	316.00	316.00
11	450–500	451	295.50	295.50
16	500–550	545	265.00	265.00
6	600–650	639	244.50	244.50
6	700–750	739	220.00	220.00
18	750–800	775	238.00	238.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	369	230.00–299.00	281.22
3	450–500	453	278.00	278.00
2	500–550	523	237.50–247.50	242.48
1	600–650	625	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	403.00	403.00
7	450–500	451	346.00	346.00
5	500–550	530	300.00	300.00
13	650–700	691	264.00–277.00	275.07
5	750–800	768	245.00–246.00	245.39
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	343	406.00	406.00
5	400–450	440	341.00	341.00
2	550–600	573	297.50	297.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	600–650	615	319.00	319.00
13	850–900	878	245.00	245.00

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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