Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-06-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 23, Heifers 50, Bulls 58)

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $328.57/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −74.91 against this barn's trailing median of $403.48.

Average price

$328.57

7 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,838

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$267

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

$51.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.19

vs VA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	553	351.00	1,941	2thin
Medium and Large 1	568	349.00	1,982	2thin
Medium and Large 3	558	300.00	1,674	3thin

One grade step is worth $51.00/cwt here — about $267 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

27 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $439.94, low $342.50, median $403.48 across 27 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 sale7 hd

328.57

—

VA average6 barns · 68 hd

329.77

−1.19

This barn, trailing median27 sales

403.48

−74.91

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

29 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	550–600	568	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,982	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,038	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	1,457	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,560	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	499	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,811	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,042	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,701	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,057	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,370	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	374.85/cwt	372.50–376.00	1,777	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	553	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,941	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	354	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,328	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	324	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	1,267	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	1,597	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	1,320	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	491	363.46/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,785	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	446	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,528	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	444	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,536	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,173	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	541	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,699	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,025	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	463	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,588	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	1,320	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,277	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,540	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,419	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	558	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,674	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	1,756	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	529	365.37/cwt	364.00–366.00	1,933	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 28, 2025

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

Receipts 131Last week 313Year ago 545

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 23, Heifers 50, Bulls 58)

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	368	396.00	396.00
5	400–450	416	375.00	375.00
7	450–500	499	363.00	363.00
2	550–600	568	349.00	349.00
2	600–650	643	317.00	317.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	324	391.00	391.00
6	400–450	417	383.00	383.00
9	450–500	491	350.00–365.00	363.46
2	550–600	553	351.00	351.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	350.00	350.00
3	550–600	558	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	474	372.50–376.00	374.85
3	550–600	555	368.00	368.00
1	600–650	605	340.00	340.00
1	750–800	790	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	335	394.00	394.00
2	450–500	455	386.00	386.00
3	500–550	529	364.00–366.00	365.37
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	353	374.00	374.00
6	400–450	446	342.50	342.50
6	500–550	540	315.00	315.00
2	650–700	675	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	345.00	345.00
4	350–400	354	375.00	375.00
8	400–450	444	346.00	346.00
5	500–550	541	314.00	314.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	370	345.00	345.00
4	450–500	463	343.00	343.00

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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