Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-06-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 84, Heifers 152, Bulls 108)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $338.22/cwt on 54 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −38.34 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$338.22

54 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,836

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$79

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

$9.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.10

vs VA average

−0.02 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	543	343.00	1,862	19thin
Medium and Large 1	544	335.84	1,827	31
Medium and Large 3	534	334.00	1,784	4thin

One grade step is worth $9.00/cwt here — about $79 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 sale54 hd

338.22

—

VA average8 barns · 621 hd

325.12

+13.10

National average164 barns · 13,536 hd

338.24

−0.02

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−38.34

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

41 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 3	500–550	534	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,784	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	646	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,003	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	369	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	1,472	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	358	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	1,600	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	605	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,815	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	433	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	1,637	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,635	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,260	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	1,875	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	354	448.00/cwt	448.00–448.00	1,586	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	337.48/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,974	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,961	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	502	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,883	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	2,041	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	451	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,678	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,174	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,606	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,908	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,973	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	729	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,041	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,491	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	335.84/cwt	300.00–337.00	1,827	31
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,917	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	1,512	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	1,554	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,962	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	743	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,021	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,129	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,862	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,882	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	438.00/cwt	438.00–438.00	1,818	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,229	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,884	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	668	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,231	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,881	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	452	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	1,709	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	615	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,833	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,690	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	438	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,581	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,506	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	705	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,939	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 Jun 7, 2025

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

Receipts 344Last week 494Year ago 270

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 84, Heifers 152, Bulls 108)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	369	399.00	399.00
6	400–450	438	361.00	361.00
4	500–550	534	334.00	334.00
1	600–650	615	298.00	298.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	363	415.00	415.00
1	400–450	420	355.00	355.00
13	450–500	452	378.00	378.00
19	500–550	543	343.00	343.00
10	600–650	646	310.00	310.00
3	700–750	743	272.00	272.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	366	413.00	413.00
15	450–500	451	372.00	372.00
31	500–550	544	300.00–337.00	335.84
14	600–650	634	301.00	301.00
4	700–750	745	274.00	274.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	390.00	390.00
5	350–400	358	447.00	447.00
11	400–450	415	438.00	438.00
2	500–550	505	372.50	372.50
3	550–600	567	346.00	346.00
1	600–650	630	299.00	299.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	400.00	400.00
5	350–400	354	448.00	448.00
4	400–450	438	428.00	428.00
15	500–550	502	375.00	375.00
8	550–600	585	320.00–340.00	337.48
14	650–700	656	299.00	299.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	433	378.00	378.00
1	500–550	545	310.00	310.00
1	600–650	605	300.00	300.00
1	700–750	705	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	440.00	440.00
9	450–500	459	410.00	410.00
18	500–550	548	360.00	360.00
18	600–650	628	339.00	339.00
10	700–750	732	297.00	297.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	350	444.00	444.00
4	500–550	518	370.00	370.00
3	650–700	668	334.00	334.00
6	700–750	729	280.00	280.00

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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