Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-04-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 63, Heifers 146, Bulls 88)

*ADDITION OF 460-lb steers*

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $316.29/cwt on 45 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −60.27 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$316.29

45 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,698

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$91

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

$1.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.08

vs VA average

−4.89 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	542	317.00	1,718	13thin
Medium and Large 1	536	316.00	1,694	30
Medium and Large 3	515	316.00	1,627	2thin

One grade step is worth $1.00/cwt here — about $91 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale45 hd

316.29

—

VA average8 barns · 494 hd

316.21

+0.08

National average175 barns · 12,815 hd

321.18

−4.89

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−60.27

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	360	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,449	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,806	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,812	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,722	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	1,650	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	300.06/cwt	280.00–310.00	1,734	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	752	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,106	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,874	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,890	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,610	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,063	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	1,370	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,752	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,352	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,758	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,678	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,931	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	364.44/cwt	350.00–372.00	1,695	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	352	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,299	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,694	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,771	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,687	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,959	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	529	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,894	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	444	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,487	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,627	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	503	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,710	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,278	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	542	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,718	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	343.89/cwt	334.00–345.00	1,565	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	560	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,736	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,328	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,611	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	346	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,401	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	344	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,232	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	459	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,602	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	400	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,560	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,811	1

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 19, 2025

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

Receipts 297Last week 233Year ago 378

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 63, Heifers 146, Bulls 88)

*ADDITION OF 460-lb steers*

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	402.50	402.50
16	400–450	422	391.00	391.00
13	450–500	485	355.00	355.00
11	550–600	575	314.00	314.00
11	650–700	653	277.50	277.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	346	405.00	405.00
1	350–400	355	360.00	360.00
4	400–450	413	390.00	390.00
3	500–550	503	340.00	340.00
6	550–600	578	280.00–310.00	300.06
1	650–700	690	262.50	262.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	390.00	390.00
2	550–600	560	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	409.00	409.00
3	450–500	465	350.00–372.00	364.44
4	500–550	529	358.00	358.00
3	650–700	690	299.00	299.00
3	750–800	752	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	338	400.00	400.00
14	450–500	460	350.00	350.00
13	500–550	537	349.00	349.00
4	650–700	653	300.00	300.00
1	700–750	700	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	480	365.00	365.00
1	500–550	540	357.50	357.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	352	369.00	369.00
19	450–500	459	349.00	349.00
13	500–550	542	317.00	317.00
1	600–650	630	279.00	279.00
1	700–750	705	238.00	238.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	370	359.00	359.00
20	450–500	455	334.00–345.00	343.89
30	500–550	536	316.00	316.00
9	600–650	627	282.50	282.50
1	700–750	700	241.00	241.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	344	358.00	358.00
7	400–450	444	335.00	335.00
2	500–550	515	316.00	316.00

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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