Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-04-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 145, Heifers 178, Bulls 102)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $295.61/cwt on 47 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −80.95 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$295.61

47 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,591

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$91

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

$4.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.18

vs VA average

−25.77 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	553	298.73	1,652	16thin
Medium and Large 3	528	294.00	1,552	6thin
Medium and Large 1	531	294.00	1,561	25

One grade step is worth $4.73/cwt here — about $91 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 sale47 hd

295.61

—

VA average9 barns · 595 hd

300.79

−5.18

National average178 barns · 12,751 hd

321.38

−25.77

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−80.95

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

39 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	300–350	326	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,307	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,890	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,471	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	496	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,642	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	316.16/cwt	316.00–318.00	1,818	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	522	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,657	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	451	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,703	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,978	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	359	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	1,447	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	333.50/cwt	333.50–333.50	1,517	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,095	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,691	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	1,627	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	351.42/cwt	332.50–352.50	1,887	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,994	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,642	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	644	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,700	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	361	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,256	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	326	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	1,314	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	349.70/cwt	330.00–351.00	1,892	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,935	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	553	298.73/cwt	281.00–300.00	1,652	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,650	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	446	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,472	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,565	25
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	615	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,814	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,819	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	434	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,476	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,682	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	408	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	1,567	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	528	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,552	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	356	315.97/cwt	290.00–322.50	1,125	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	448	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,371	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,776	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	334	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,353	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	715	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,484	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,730	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,288	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,561	25

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 Apr 5, 2025

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

Receipts 425Last week 688Year ago 456

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 145, Heifers 178, Bulls 102)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	326	401.00	401.00
11	400–450	424	347.00	347.00
12	450–500	496	331.00	331.00
12	550–600	575	316.00–318.00	316.16
7	600–650	643	294.00	294.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	434	340.00	340.00
3	500–550	522	317.50	317.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	334	405.00	405.00
10	400–450	408	384.00	384.00
7	450–500	486	346.00	346.00
4	550–600	573	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	451	377.50	377.50
3	500–550	535	340.00	340.00
1	600–650	615	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	359	403.00	403.00
25	450–500	455	344.00	344.00
31	500–550	541	330.00–351.00	349.70
7	600–650	640	309.00	309.00
2	700–750	730	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	326	403.00	403.00
17	400–450	435	374.00	374.00
18	500–550	537	332.50–352.50	351.42
3	600–650	625	319.00	319.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	327.00	327.00
10	350–400	361	348.00	348.00
26	450–500	455	333.50	333.50
16	550–600	553	281.00–300.00	298.73
5	600–650	644	264.00	264.00
1	700–750	735	230.00	230.00
1	750–800	755	217.50	217.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	370	348.00	348.00
37	400–450	446	330.00	330.00
25	500–550	531	294.00	294.00
5	650–700	653	265.00	265.00
2	700–750	708	233.00	233.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	356	290.00–322.50	315.97
11	400–450	448	306.00	306.00
6	500–550	528	294.00	294.00
1	700–750	715	207.50	207.50

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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