Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-04-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 97, Heifers 164, Bulls 156)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $323.06/cwt on 35 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −53.50 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$323.06

35 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,741

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$56

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

$8.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.22

vs VA average

−6.89 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	542	329.00	1,783	9thin
Medium and Large 1	538	321.00	1,727	26

One grade step is worth $8.00/cwt here — about $56 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 sale35 hd

323.06

—

VA average8 barns · 388 hd

318.84

+4.22

National average175 barns · 11,256 hd

329.95

−6.89

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−53.50

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	350–400	355	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	1,459	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	348	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	1,476	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,871	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	392.28/cwt	392.00–397.00	1,671	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	494	357.84/cwt	357.00–358.00	1,768	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	322.30/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,840	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,727	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,671	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,562	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,965	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	363.49/cwt	350.00–364.00	1,963	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	379.00/cwt	361.00–380.00	1,380	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,573	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	303.26/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,874	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	1,497	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	437	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,569	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	237.30/cwt	236.00–240.00	1,697	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,033	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,391	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,789	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,486	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	364	422.09/cwt	406.00–429.00	1,536	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,770	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,893	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	1,755	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	645	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,580	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,723	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,591	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	501	360.50/cwt	360.50–360.50	1,806	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	478	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,740	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,665	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,466	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	319	352.15/cwt	322.50–362.50	1,123	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,843	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	542	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,783	9

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 26, 2025

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

Receipts 417Last week 297Year ago 272

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 97, Heifers 164, Bulls 156)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	348	424.00	424.00
3	350–400	355	411.00	411.00
17	400–450	426	392.00–397.00	392.28
19	450–500	494	357.00–358.00	357.84
28	550–600	571	300.00–325.00	322.30
8	650–700	661	283.00	283.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	364	406.00–429.00	422.09
12	400–450	424	414.00	414.00
19	500–550	501	360.50	360.50
8	550–600	577	328.00	328.00
1	600–650	640	288.00	288.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	478	364.00	364.00
2	550–600	555	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	364	361.00–380.00	379.00
3	400–450	445	334.00	334.00
51	450–500	450	347.00	347.00
26	500–550	538	321.00	321.00
1	650–700	685	244.00	244.00
3	700–750	715	236.00–240.00	237.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	365	381.00	381.00
13	400–450	437	359.00	359.00
9	500–550	542	329.00	329.00
1	750–800	755	237.00	237.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	319	322.50–362.50	352.15
9	400–450	425	345.00	345.00
2	600–650	645	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	353	424.00	424.00
27	400–450	448	395.00	395.00
26	500–550	540	350.00–364.00	363.49
6	600–650	636	309.00	309.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	425.00	425.00
9	400–450	434	397.00	397.00
4	500–550	528	385.00	385.00
3	600–650	618	300.00–310.00	303.26
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	430	370.00	370.00

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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