Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-07-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 84, Heifers 128, Bulls 78)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $332.27/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −44.29 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$332.27

30 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,802

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$63

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

$13.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.74

vs VA average

−6.47 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	536	338.00	1,812	11thin
Medium and Large 1	548	330.00	1,808	15thin
Medium and Large 3	538	325.00	1,749	4thin

One grade step is worth $13.00/cwt here — about $63 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 sale30 hd

332.27

—

VA average9 barns · 401 hd

335.01

−2.74

National average151 barns · 8,478 hd

338.74

−6.47

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−44.29

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 2	300–350	345	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,314	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	312.66/cwt	306.00–315.00	2,060	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	403	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,531	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,735	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	341.30/cwt	337.00–342.00	1,983	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	1,295	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,132	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,808	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	299.77/cwt	299.00–300.00	1,901	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,173	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	375.46/cwt	371.00–380.00	1,442	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	380.73/cwt	371.00–383.00	1,687	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,915	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	331.99/cwt	321.00–333.00	2,161	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	289.75/cwt	288.00–295.00	2,078	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	447	357.46/cwt	349.00–359.00	1,598	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,993	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	617	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,110	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	385.63/cwt	372.00–392.00	1,435	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	552	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,976	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	449	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,729	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	354	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	1,366	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,784	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	566	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,947	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	536	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,812	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	456	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,674	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,411	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	632	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,953	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,614	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,573	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,709	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	600	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,866	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	538	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,749	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	360	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,332	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	458	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,621	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	443	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,599	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 Jul 19, 2025

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

Receipts 290Last week 413Year ago 223

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 84, Heifers 128, Bulls 78)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	345	381.00	381.00
3	400–450	428	377.00	377.00
5	450–500	490	364.00	364.00
5	550–600	566	344.00	344.00
2	600–650	643	310.00	310.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	338	383.00	383.00
5	400–450	403	380.00	380.00
5	450–500	493	352.00	352.00
7	550–600	581	337.00–342.00	341.30
4	650–700	659	306.00–315.00	312.66
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	443	361.00	361.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	384	371.00–380.00	375.46
10	400–450	443	371.00–383.00	380.73
12	500–550	538	356.00	356.00
12	650–700	651	321.00–333.00	331.99
1	700–750	725	294.00	294.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	372	372.00–392.00	385.63
11	400–450	449	385.00	385.00
8	550–600	552	358.00	358.00
5	600–650	617	342.00	342.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	357.50	357.50
1	500–550	530	322.50	322.50
1	600–650	600	311.00	311.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	372.50	372.50
13	400–450	447	349.00–359.00	357.46
15	500–550	548	330.00	330.00
17	600–650	634	299.00–300.00	299.77
4	700–750	717	288.00–295.00	289.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	354	386.00	386.00
1	400–450	415	340.00	340.00
14	450–500	456	367.00	367.00
11	500–550	536	338.00	338.00
5	600–650	632	309.00	309.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	360	370.00	370.00
8	450–500	458	354.00	354.00
4	500–550	538	325.00	325.00

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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