Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-05-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 128, Heifers 183, Bulls 101)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $319.08/cwt on 53 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −57.48 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$319.08

53 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,738

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$52

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$13.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.70

vs VA average

−10.26 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	544	328.00	1,784	8thin
Medium and Large 1	544	317.81	1,729	40
Medium and Large 3	550	315.00	1,733	5thin

One grade step is worth $13.00/cwt here — about $52 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale53 hd

319.08

—

VA average8 barns · 504 hd

320.79

−1.70

National average176 barns · 11,721 hd

329.34

−10.26

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−57.48

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

43 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 1-2	500–550	544	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,784	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,833	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,456	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	334.30/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,116	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,062	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	569	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,878	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	1,465	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	1,390	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	292.51/cwt	286.00–293.00	1,834	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	452	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,632	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	317.81/cwt	310.00–318.00	1,729	40
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,175	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,168	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	404.01/cwt	390.00–405.00	1,778	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,840	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,901	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,863	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	1,738	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,911	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	357	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,428	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,815	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	1,665	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	536	381.32/cwt	365.00–383.00	2,044	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,208	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	361	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	1,440	16
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,792	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	449	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	1,814	21
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	605	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,815	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,442	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	368.21/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,823	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,909	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	360	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,332	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,786	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,683	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,663	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	334	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,339	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	768	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,227	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	345.95/cwt	322.50–349.00	1,522	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	449	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,594	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	528	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,822	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	550	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,733	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	745	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,105	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	683	235.02/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,605	2

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 May 3, 2025

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

Receipts 412Last week 417Year ago 333

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 128, Heifers 183, Bulls 101)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	544	328.00	328.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	371	392.50	392.50
28	450–500	452	361.00	361.00
40	500–550	544	310.00–318.00	317.81
14	600–650	627	286.00–293.00	292.51
3	700–750	733	251.00	251.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	350.00	350.00
16	350–400	361	399.00	399.00
1	400–450	415	347.50	347.50
25	450–500	458	363.00	363.00
2	600–650	645	296.00	296.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	360	370.00	370.00
8	400–450	440	322.50–349.00	345.95
5	550–600	550	315.00	315.00
2	650–700	683	230.00–240.00	235.02
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	334	401.00	401.00
6	400–450	410	406.00	406.00
11	450–500	495	360.00–370.00	368.21
7	550–600	569	330.00	330.00
2	600–650	643	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	357	400.00	400.00
9	400–450	428	406.00	406.00
14	500–550	505	369.00	369.00
15	550–600	576	330.00	330.00
5	600–650	637	300.00	300.00
1	650–700	660	275.00	275.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	435	387.00	387.00
2	500–550	528	345.00	345.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	368	398.00	398.00
14	400–450	440	390.00–405.00	404.01
12	500–550	537	384.00	384.00
14	600–650	633	330.00–335.00	334.30
2	700–750	735	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	345	403.00	403.00
21	400–450	449	404.00	404.00
1	450–500	470	380.00	380.00
10	500–550	536	365.00–383.00	381.32
5	600–650	635	342.50	342.50
2	750–800	768	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	449	355.00	355.00
2	500–550	535	335.00	335.00
1	600–650	605	300.00	300.00
2	700–750	745	282.50	282.50

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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