Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-03-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 96, Heifers 206, Bulls 278)

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $300.21/cwt on 73 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −103.27 against this barn's trailing median of $403.48.

Average price

$300.21

73 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,647

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$165

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

$43.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.39

vs VA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	528	317.56	1,678	34
Medium and Large 1	572	289.23	1,654	28
Medium and Large 3	551	274.55	1,512	11thin

One grade step is worth $43.01/cwt here — about $165 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

27 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $439.94, low $342.50, median $403.48 across 27 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 sale73 hd

300.21

—

VA average8 barns · 337 hd

294.82

+5.39

This barn, trailing median27 sales

403.48

−103.27

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

44 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	206.76/cwt	190.00–210.00	1,532	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,291	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	432	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,512	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	553	292.93/cwt	260.00–295.00	1,620	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	1,791	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,846	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	358	318.36/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,140	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	357	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,289	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	1,498	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,695	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,777	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	1,603	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	293.50/cwt	293.50–293.50	1,878	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	550	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,386	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,677	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,896	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	498	342.88/cwt	339.00–343.00	1,708	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	289.23/cwt	240.00–291.00	1,654	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,719	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	393.49/cwt	361.00–395.00	1,645	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	339	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,441	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,438	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	1,681	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,372	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	442	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,406	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	285.39/cwt	263.00–289.00	1,527	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	502	340.25/cwt	326.00–341.00	1,708	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	663	247.00/cwt	243.00–248.00	1,638	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,711	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	500	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,550	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	359	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,239	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	442	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,498	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	556	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,507	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	571	280.90/cwt	267.50–282.00	1,604	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,508	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	287.43/cwt	271.00–289.00	1,569	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	648	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,426	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	755	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,453	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	738	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,572	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	341	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,483	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,709	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	256.35/cwt	247.00–259.00	1,633	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	549	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,806	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,778	13

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 8, 2025

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

Receipts 580Last week 636Year ago 181

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 96, Heifers 206, Bulls 278)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	359	345.00	345.00
1	400–450	445	290.00	290.00
23	450–500	457	330.00	330.00
34	500–550	546	271.00–289.00	287.43
18	600–650	637	247.00–259.00	256.35
6	700–750	741	190.00–210.00	206.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	357	361.00	361.00
26	400–450	442	339.00	339.00
17	550–600	553	260.00–295.00	292.93
9	600–650	645	265.00	265.00
2	700–750	738	213.00	213.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	358	300.00–325.00	318.36
11	400–450	442	318.00	318.00
7	500–550	535	263.00–289.00	285.39
2	600–650	648	220.00	220.00
1	750–800	755	192.50	192.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	432	350.00	350.00
5	550–600	550	252.00	252.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	378	424.00	424.00
13	450–500	450	398.00	398.00
6	550–600	550	323.00	323.00
7	600–650	640	293.50	293.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	360	416.00	416.00
13	450–500	456	390.00	390.00
25	500–550	549	329.00	329.00
1	550–600	565	300.00	300.00
1	600–650	645	260.00	260.00
6	650–700	656	289.00	289.00
2	700–750	710	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	339	425.00	425.00
24	400–450	418	361.00–395.00	393.49
32	450–500	498	339.00–343.00	342.88
28	550–600	572	240.00–291.00	289.23
1	600–650	625	230.00	230.00
27	650–700	655	262.50	262.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	341	435.00	435.00
1	350–400	380	361.00	361.00
28	400–450	417	403.00	403.00
21	500–550	502	326.00–341.00	340.25
13	550–600	571	267.50–282.00	280.90
10	650–700	663	243.00–248.00	247.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	455	376.00	376.00
1	500–550	500	310.00	310.00
10	550–600	556	271.00	271.00

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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