Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-05-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 65, Heifers 158, Bulls 90)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $333.72/cwt on 43 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −42.84 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$333.72

43 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,842

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$132

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

$20.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.15

vs VA average

−6.16 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	340.00	1,870	23
Medium and Large 2	560	330.00	1,848	13thin
Medium and Large 3	543	320.00	1,738	7thin

One grade step is worth $20.00/cwt here — about $132 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 sale43 hd

333.72

—

VA average7 barns · 336 hd

329.57

+4.15

National average164 barns · 12,891 hd

339.88

−6.16

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−42.84

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

37 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	370	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,508	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,086	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,925	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	1,635	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	501	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,839	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,959	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	1,835	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	348	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,436	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,930	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,541	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,867	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	447	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,453	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,411	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	391.12/cwt	387.50–392.50	1,647	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,139	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	1,830	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,870	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,061	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,346	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	613	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,038	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,848	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	450	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,451	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,908	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	359	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,391	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,221	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,456	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	738	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,771	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	765	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,760	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,733	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	498	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,818	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	456	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,482	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,582	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	360	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,251	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	345	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,070	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,488	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	543	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,738	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	628	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,711	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 17, 2025

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

Receipts 313Last week 411Year ago 250

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 65, Heifers 158, Bulls 90)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	407.50	407.50
12	400–450	415	394.00	394.00
19	500–550	501	367.00	367.00
6	550–600	579	332.50	332.50
3	650–700	673	310.00	310.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	348	412.50	412.50
11	400–450	421	387.50–392.50	391.12
5	450–500	498	365.00	365.00
2	600–650	613	332.50	332.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	350.00	350.00
1	550–600	555	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	345	390.00	390.00
7	450–500	461	398.00	398.00
22	500–550	546	377.50	377.50
3	550–600	572	342.50	342.50
5	600–650	629	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	395.00	395.00
6	400–450	440	416.00	416.00
11	500–550	545	350.00	350.00
1	700–750	705	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	364	387.50	387.50
19	400–450	447	325.00	325.00
23	550–600	550	340.00	340.00
16	600–650	638	302.50	302.50
2	750–800	778	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	359	387.50	387.50
13	450–500	456	325.00	325.00
13	550–600	560	330.00	330.00
2	600–650	630	275.00	275.00
2	700–750	738	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	310.00	310.00
6	350–400	360	347.50	347.50
13	450–500	450	322.50	322.50
7	500–550	543	320.00	320.00
2	600–650	628	272.50	272.50
1	750–800	765	230.00	230.00

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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