Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-04-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (steers 62, Heifers 111, Bulls 60)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $304.12/cwt on 37 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −72.44 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$304.12

37 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,630

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$203

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

$21.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.82

vs VA average

−12.43 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	534	310.31	1,657	13thin
Medium and Large 1	540	301.83	1,630	22
Medium and Large 3	503	289.00	1,454	2thin

One grade step is worth $21.31/cwt here — about $203 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 sale37 hd

304.12

—

VA average10 barns · 448 hd

304.94

−0.82

National average178 barns · 10,561 hd

316.55

−12.43

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−72.44

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

35 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	650–700	680	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,768	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	1,392	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,538	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,866	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	494	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,694	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,720	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	357.45/cwt	353.00–358.00	1,651	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,883	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	453	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,726	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,891	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,904	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,937	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	1,542	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	617	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,974	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,898	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,623	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	452	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	1,686	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,569	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,318	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,806	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	1,533	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,253	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	313.72/cwt	312.00–314.00	1,980	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	534	310.31/cwt	302.00–311.00	1,657	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,492	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	301.83/cwt	298.00–302.00	1,630	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	503	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,454	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,811	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,511	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,539	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,724	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	343	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	1,471	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	498	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,818	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,523	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	617	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,771	3

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 12, 2025

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

Receipts 233Last week 425Year ago 312

State Graded Feeder Cattle (steers 62, Heifers 111, Bulls 60)

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	333	418.00	418.00
7	400–450	426	361.00	361.00
12	450–500	494	343.00	343.00
8	550–600	583	320.00	320.00
3	650–700	680	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	343	429.00	429.00
5	400–450	430	358.00	358.00
4	450–500	498	365.00	365.00
2	550–600	575	315.00	315.00
1	600–650	610	282.00	282.00
1	650–700	695	248.00	248.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	372	412.00	412.00
9	450–500	462	353.00–358.00	357.45
10	500–550	529	356.00	356.00
1	550–600	560	340.00	340.00
7	600–650	631	312.00–314.00	313.72
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	368	419.00	419.00
5	450–500	453	381.00	381.00
5	500–550	538	360.00	360.00
1	550–600	550	345.00	345.00
3	600–650	617	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	452	373.00	373.00
1	500–550	545	347.00	347.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	353	355.00	355.00
13	450–500	467	336.00	336.00
22	500–550	540	298.00–302.00	301.83
16	600–650	625	289.00	289.00
1	700–750	715	227.00	227.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	366	360.00	360.00
11	400–450	435	343.00	343.00
13	500–550	534	302.00–311.00	310.31
3	600–650	617	287.00	287.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	465	325.00	325.00
2	500–550	503	289.00	289.00

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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