Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-03-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 122, Heifers 303, Bulls 192)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $282.65/cwt on 82 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −93.90 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$282.65

82 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,514

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$107

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

$12.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.42

vs VA average

−32.31 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	533	290.30	1,547	29
Medium and Large 1	539	278.53	1,502	47
Medium and Large 3	518	278.00	1,440	6thin

One grade step is worth $12.30/cwt here — about $107 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 sale82 hd

282.65

—

VA average10 barns · 929 hd

286.08

−3.42

National average179 barns · 17,787 hd

314.96

−32.31

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−93.90

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	350–400	350	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,391	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,571	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,668	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	1,402	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	279.63/cwt	260.00–281.00	1,591	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	498	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,688	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,867	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,779	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	518	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,440	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,619	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,860	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	449	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,666	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	534	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,736	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	372.98/cwt	350.00–373.50	1,690	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,504	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	758	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,660	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,805	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,525	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,095	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	458	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,301	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	290.30/cwt	270.00–291.00	1,547	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	441	300.72/cwt	285.00–302.00	1,326	40
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	468	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,671	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,519	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,317	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,636	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	579	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,563	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,715	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	364	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,274	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	251.52/cwt	243.00–252.00	1,592	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	343	415.78/cwt	350.00–419.00	1,426	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	366	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,244	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	571	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,622	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	386.33/cwt	372.50–387.00	1,619	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,426	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	347	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,128	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,640	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	447	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,565	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 Mar 15, 2025

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

Receipts 617Last week 580Year ago 543

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 122, Heifers 303, Bulls 192)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	337	416.00	416.00
1	350–400	350	397.50	397.50
30	400–450	426	385.00	385.00
29	450–500	498	339.00	339.00
1	500–550	515	305.00	305.00
15	550–600	569	260.00–281.00	279.63
7	650–700	654	255.00	255.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	447	350.00	350.00
4	550–600	579	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	300–350	343	350.00–419.00	415.78
21	400–450	419	372.50–387.00	386.33
14	500–550	500	343.00	343.00
6	550–600	571	284.00	284.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	372	410.00	410.00
46	450–500	453	350.00–373.50	372.98
25	500–550	539	330.00	330.00
4	600–650	640	282.00	282.00
2	750–800	753	248.00	248.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	375	405.00	405.00
7	400–450	449	371.00	371.00
5	500–550	534	325.00	325.00
2	600–650	618	301.00	301.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	468	357.00	357.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	366	340.00	340.00
6	450–500	458	284.00	284.00
6	500–550	518	278.00	278.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	347	325.00	325.00
53	400–450	448	294.00	294.00
46	500–550	539	279.00	279.00
1	550–600	555	257.00	257.00
18	600–650	635	255.00	255.00
7	700–750	724	226.00	226.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	339.00	339.00
14	350–400	364	350.00	350.00
40	400–450	441	285.00–302.00	300.72
29	500–550	533	270.00–291.00	290.30
18	600–650	633	243.00–252.00	251.52
2	750–800	758	219.00	219.00

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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