Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-03-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 76, Heifers 178, Bulls 164)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $307.89/cwt on 37 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −68.67 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$307.89

37 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,666

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$162

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

$30.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+26.80

vs VA average

−6.69 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	530	315.00	1,670	6thin
Medium and Large 1	548	314.00	1,721	23
Medium and Large 3	529	285.00	1,508	8thin

One grade step is worth $30.00/cwt here — about $162 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 sale37 hd

307.89

—

VA average8 barns · 348 hd

281.09

+26.80

National average174 barns · 12,680 hd

314.58

−6.69

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−68.67

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

43 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 2	300–350	330	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,353	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,645	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	354	404.41/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,432	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,807	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,724	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,592	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	496	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,672	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,584	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,602	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,815	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	454	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,703	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	548	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,852	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,538	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	442	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,525	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,809	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,826	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,904	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,929	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	451	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,691	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	612	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,750	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,914	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	677	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,811	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	581	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,795	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	336	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,378	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	498	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,718	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	355	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,207	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	568	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,704	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	349	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,260	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,596	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	377.92/cwt	350.00–381.00	1,561	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	432	365.16/cwt	356.00–367.50	1,577	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,670	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,314	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	442	322.62/cwt	295.00–325.00	1,426	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,596	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	629	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,321	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,544	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,721	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,296	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	647	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,766	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	338.59/cwt	325.00–339.00	1,541	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	529	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,508	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,699	2

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 22, 2025

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

Receipts 418Last week 617Year ago 225

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 76, Heifers 178, Bulls 164)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	410.00	410.00
7	450–500	454	375.00	375.00
4	550–600	560	340.00	340.00
1	600–650	605	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	378	407.00	407.00
1	400–450	440	360.00	360.00
19	450–500	451	375.00	375.00
11	500–550	532	340.00	340.00
1	550–600	560	326.00	326.00
2	600–650	638	300.00	300.00
2	700–750	708	272.50	272.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	445	360.00	360.00
3	500–550	548	338.00	338.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	354	400.00–405.00	404.41
25	400–450	420	379.00	379.00
26	450–500	496	337.00	337.00
1	500–550	535	307.50	307.50
18	550–600	571	302.00	302.00
13	650–700	657	275.00	275.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	336	410.00	410.00
1	350–400	370	355.00	355.00
10	400–450	413	350.00–381.00	377.92
11	450–500	498	345.00	345.00
1	500–550	520	307.00	307.00
6	550–600	581	309.00	309.00
3	650–700	677	267.50	267.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	432	356.00–367.50	365.16
3	550–600	568	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	349	361.00	361.00
18	400–450	442	345.00	345.00
1	450–500	475	325.00	325.00
6	500–550	530	315.00	315.00
5	600–650	612	286.00	286.00
1	750–800	760	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	355	340.00	340.00
12	400–450	442	295.00–325.00	322.62
8	500–550	529	285.00	285.00
4	600–650	629	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	363	357.00	357.00
36	450–500	455	325.00–339.00	338.59
23	500–550	548	314.00	314.00
13	600–650	647	273.00	273.00
2	750–800	755	225.00	225.00

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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