Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-06-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 83, Heifers 127, Bulls 96)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $320.98/cwt on 41 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −55.58 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$320.98

41 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,731

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$16

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

$11.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.76

vs VA average

−19.94 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	519	330.00	1,713	5thin
Medium and Large 1	542	320.00	1,734	26
Medium and Large 2	542	319.00	1,729	10thin

One grade step is worth $11.00/cwt here — about −$16 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 sale41 hd

320.98

—

VA average8 barns · 429 hd

328.73

−7.76

National average161 barns · 10,769 hd

340.92

−19.94

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−55.58

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

36 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	358	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,414	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,064	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,617	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	594	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,972	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	497	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,794	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,159	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,010	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,621	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,734	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,703	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,047	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	334.36/cwt	321.00–335.00	2,100	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,031	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,124	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	383.23/cwt	375.00–386.00	1,372	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,112	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,589	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,126	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,931	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	459	388.14/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,782	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,238	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	409	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,616	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	491	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	1,831	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,969	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	351	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,404	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	542	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,729	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	359.50/cwt	359.50–359.50	1,661	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	351	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,395	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	566	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,913	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	495	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,856	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	510	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,849	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	519	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,713	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	427	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,537	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	350	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,330	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	563	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,802	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	477	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,670	3

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 14, 2025

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

Receipts 306Last week 344Year ago 325

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 83, Heifers 127, Bulls 96)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	358	395.00	395.00
7	400–450	440	367.50	367.50
10	450–500	497	361.00	361.00
8	550–600	594	332.00	332.00
5	600–650	641	322.00	322.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	351	397.50	397.50
7	400–450	409	395.00	395.00
18	450–500	491	373.00	373.00
6	550–600	566	338.00	338.00
1	600–650	645	327.50	327.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	477	350.00	350.00
2	550–600	563	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	459	371.00	371.00
21	550–600	564	363.00	363.00
21	600–650	628	321.00–335.00	334.36
6	700–750	738	292.50	292.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	407.50	407.50
8	450–500	459	375.00–390.00	388.14
5	500–550	515	375.00	375.00
1	650–700	675	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	375.00	375.00
1	500–550	510	362.50	362.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	358	375.00–386.00	383.23
18	450–500	454	357.00	357.00
26	500–550	542	320.00	320.00
6	600–650	638	315.00	315.00
1	650–700	655	310.00	310.00
1	700–750	715	297.00	297.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	375.00	375.00
9	350–400	351	400.00	400.00
25	450–500	462	359.50	359.50
10	500–550	542	319.00	319.00
1	600–650	625	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	350	380.00	380.00
6	400–450	427	360.00	360.00
5	500–550	519	330.00	330.00

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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