Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-07-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 37, Heifers 88, Bulls 69)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $329.65/cwt on 29 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −46.91 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$329.65

29 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,833

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$240

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

$30.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.41

vs VA average

−10.53 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	564	335.00	1,889	8thin
Medium and Large 1	555	331.50	1,839	18thin
Medium and Large 3	542	304.27	1,649	3thin

One grade step is worth $30.73/cwt here — about $240 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 sale29 hd

329.65

—

VA average5 barns · 300 hd

329.24

+0.41

National average146 barns · 6,788 hd

340.18

−10.53

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−46.91

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

34 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	351	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	1,443	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	304.40/cwt	295.00–307.50	1,994	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	1,693	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,907	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	351.98/cwt	340.00–353.00	1,686	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,189	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,675	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,786	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,859	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	414.50/cwt	414.50–414.50	1,451	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,737	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	363.37/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,377	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,601	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	773	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,184	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,889	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,958	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,071	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,331	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	564	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,889	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	437	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,486	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	1,808	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,872	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	292.35/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,851	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,332	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	999	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	650	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,788	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	353	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	1,317	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,698	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	550	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,650	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	542	304.27/cwt	285.00–314.00	1,649	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,634	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	316.98/cwt	315.00–317.50	1,918	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,651	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	640	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,632	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 Jul 26, 2025

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

Receipts 194Last week 290Year ago 350

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 37, Heifers 88, Bulls 69)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	351	411.00	411.00
5	400–450	414	409.00	409.00
12	450–500	479	340.00–353.00	351.98
11	550–600	578	330.00	330.00
4	650–700	655	295.00–307.50	304.40
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	350	414.50	414.50
5	400–450	419	390.00	390.00
3	450–500	477	356.00	356.00
5	600–650	605	315.00–317.50	316.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	550	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	464	385.00	385.00
5	550–600	553	354.00	354.00
4	600–650	639	342.50	342.50
1	750–800	785	297.00	297.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	460	393.00	393.00
3	500–550	510	367.00	367.00
1	650–700	690	338.00	338.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	355.00	355.00
1	650–700	650	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	379	360.00–365.00	363.37
10	450–500	459	365.00	365.00
3	500–550	528	329.00	329.00
15	550–600	560	332.00	332.00
10	600–650	634	298.00	298.00
1	750–800	760	272.50	272.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	353	373.00	373.00
5	400–450	434	369.00	369.00
8	550–600	564	335.00	335.00
2	600–650	633	285.00–300.00	292.35
2	750–800	773	282.50	282.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	307.50	307.50
3	400–450	437	340.00	340.00
3	500–550	542	285.00–314.00	304.27
1	600–650	640	255.00	255.00

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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