Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-03-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 142, Heifers 263, Bulls 231)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $263.97/cwt on 87 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −112.59 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$263.97

87 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,437

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$41

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

$7.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.21

vs VA average

−43.04 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	544	270.50	1,472	14thin
Medium and Large 3	537	266.00	1,428	3thin
Medium and Large 1	545	262.57	1,431	70

One grade step is worth $7.93/cwt here — about $41 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 sale87 hd

263.97

—

VA average7 barns · 526 hd

271.18

−7.21

National average189 barns · 18,586 hd

307.01

−43.04

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−112.59

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,772	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,632	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,347	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	263.20/cwt	247.50–264.00	1,729	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,687	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	363.71/cwt	330.00–366.00	1,506	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	290.08/cwt	260.00–291.00	1,671	33
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	349	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	1,305	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,588	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,605	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,794	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,688	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	449	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,612	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,733	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,639	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,769	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,791	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,297	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,321	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	544	270.50/cwt	270.50–270.50	1,472	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	359	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,170	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,361	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,291	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	443	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,462	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,436	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,274	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,550	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,341	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	248.50/cwt	248.50–248.50	1,571	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	317.01/cwt	300.00–318.00	1,151	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	564	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,166	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	367	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,141	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	537	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,428	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	439	303.66/cwt	300.00–304.00	1,333	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,420	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	636	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,526	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	338	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,257	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	552	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,573	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	439	315.44/cwt	280.00–320.00	1,385	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	342.49/cwt	300.00–346.00	1,678	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	411	354.71/cwt	300.00–362.00	1,458	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	652	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,721	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 Mar 1, 2025

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

Receipts 636Last week 274Year ago 179

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 142, Heifers 263, Bulls 231)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	345	376.00	376.00
22	400–450	449	359.00	359.00
1	450–500	475	345.00	345.00
2	500–550	535	300.00	300.00
24	550–600	559	310.00	310.00
17	600–650	633	280.00	280.00
1	650–700	660	268.00	268.00
7	700–750	731	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	349	374.00	374.00
7	400–450	435	365.00	365.00
5	500–550	521	324.00	324.00
2	650–700	650	276.00	276.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	443	330.00	330.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	362	372.00	372.00
31	400–450	414	330.00–366.00	363.71
30	450–500	489	345.00	345.00
1	500–550	510	320.00	320.00
33	550–600	576	260.00–291.00	290.08
21	650–700	657	247.50–264.00	263.20
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	338	372.00	372.00
18	400–450	411	300.00–362.00	354.71
13	450–500	490	300.00–346.00	342.49
6	550–600	564	384.00	384.00
3	650–700	652	264.00	264.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	439	280.00–320.00	315.44
3	550–600	552	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	363	300.00–318.00	317.01
1	400–450	415	307.00	307.00
44	450–500	454	291.00	291.00
66	500–550	544	264.00	264.00
4	550–600	561	239.00	239.00
18	600–650	632	248.50	248.50
1	750–800	775	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	359	326.00	326.00
1	400–450	445	290.00	290.00
36	450–500	450	302.50	302.50
14	500–550	544	270.50	270.50
5	600–650	636	240.00	240.00
1	700–750	710	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	367	311.00	311.00
11	400–450	439	300.00–304.00	303.66
3	500–550	537	266.00	266.00

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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