Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-03-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 231, Hiefers 309, Bulls 148)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $306.01/cwt on 95 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −70.55 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$306.01

95 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,663

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$253

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

$46.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.14

vs VA average

−15.73 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	539	312.00	1,682	21
Medium and Large 1	543	308.00	1,672	50
Medium and Large 1-2	550	301.00	1,656	21
Medium and Large 3	537	266.00	1,428	3thin

One grade step is worth $46.00/cwt here — about $253 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

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 sale95 hd

306.01

—

VA average7 barns · 468 hd

291.87

+14.14

National average178 barns · 15,613 hd

321.74

−15.73

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−70.55

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

50 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 1Value Added	750–800	755	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,774	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	381	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	1,558	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,200	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,588	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	328.48/cwt	319.00–329.00	1,498	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,223	16
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,562	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	355	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,420	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	640	353.50/cwt	353.50–353.50	2,262	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,430	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	460	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,467	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	840	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,058	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	457	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,700	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	551	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,154	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	462	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,825	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,874	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,667	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	950	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,176	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	745	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,064	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,805	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	1,391	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,814	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,572	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	498	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,768	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,742	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	664	292.26/cwt	269.00–297.00	1,941	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	562	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,686	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	453	332.90/cwt	320.00–334.50	1,508	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	537	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,428	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	400	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,400	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	356.88/cwt	355.00–357.00	1,756	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,672	50
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	329	410.79/cwt	390.00–416.00	1,351	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	539	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,682	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	354	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,274	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,532	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,852	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	358	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,199	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	624	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,622	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	365	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,281	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,211	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	550	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,656	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	645	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,832	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,652	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	615	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,470	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	353.50/cwt	353.50–353.50	1,905	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	748	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,102	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,725	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,474	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	845	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,028	7

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 29, 2025

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

Receipts 688Last week 418Year ago 321

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 231, Hiefers 309, Bulls 148)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	351.00	351.00
12	450–500	460	319.00	319.00
6	750–800	755	235.00	235.00
7	800–850	845	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	343	353.00	353.00
40	450–500	456	319.00–329.00	328.48
50	500–550	543	308.00	308.00
21	600–650	633	261.00	261.00
3	700–750	725	219.00	219.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	354	360.00	360.00
28	450–500	453	320.00–334.50	332.90
21	500–550	539	312.00	312.00
13	600–650	624	260.00	260.00
1	750–800	750	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	358	335.00	335.00
14	450–500	455	324.00	324.00
3	500–550	537	266.00	266.00
1	600–650	615	239.00	239.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	550–600	550	301.00	301.00
19	600–650	645	284.00	284.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	381	409.00	409.00
11	450–500	457	372.00	372.00
13	500–550	525	357.00	357.00
2	600–650	618	356.00	356.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	343	417.00	417.00
38	450–500	453	368.00	368.00
57	500–550	539	353.50	353.50
16	600–650	635	350.00	350.00
4	700–750	748	281.00	281.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	400.00	400.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	462	395.00	395.00
14	550–600	551	391.00	391.00
31	600–650	640	353.50	353.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	700–750	745	277.00	277.00
4	800–850	840	245.00	245.00
1	950–1000	950	229.00	229.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	409.00	409.00
14	400–450	418	376.00	376.00
16	450–500	498	355.00	355.00
15	550–600	573	315.00	315.00
16	600–650	648	280.00	280.00
1	650–700	670	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	329	390.00–416.00	410.79
16	400–450	413	371.00	371.00
16	450–500	492	355.00–357.00	356.88
13	550–600	575	322.00	322.00
6	650–700	664	269.00–297.00	292.26
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	350.00	350.00
3	550–600	562	300.00	300.00

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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