Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-08-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 67, Heifers 155, Bulls 110)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $345.94/cwt on 53 head. That ranks 3 of 28 comparable sales and sits −30.62 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$345.94

53 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,890

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$50

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

$19.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.48

vs VA average

−1.56 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	540	348.00	1,879	15thin
Medium and Large 1	548	347.02	1,902	34
Medium and Large 3	556	329.00	1,829	4thin

One grade step is worth $19.00/cwt here — about $50 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale53 hd

345.94

—

VA average7 barns · 230 hd

336.45

+9.48

National average149 barns · 6,369 hd

347.50

−1.56

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−30.62

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

35 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	375	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	1,568	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,744	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,038	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,017	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	423.45/cwt	392.50–426.00	1,766	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	365.52/cwt	354.00–368.00	1,795	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,010	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	347.02/cwt	330.00–347.50	1,902	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	1,848	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	346	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	1,415	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,220	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,542	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	529	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,926	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,013	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,394	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	349	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	1,459	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,182	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,088	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,879	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,768	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,028	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	367	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	1,519	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	374.44/cwt	362.50–375.00	1,704	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,046	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	507	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,845	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,598	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	449	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,702	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	556	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,829	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	446	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	1,757	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,893	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,879	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,647	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,564	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,966	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	369.89/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,701	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 Aug 2, 2025

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

Receipts 332Last week 194Year ago 251

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 67, Heifers 155, Bulls 110)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	418.00	418.00
14	400–450	417	392.50–426.00	423.45
17	450–500	491	354.00–368.00	365.52
1	500–550	545	320.00	320.00
12	550–600	583	346.00	346.00
5	650–700	651	313.00	313.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	349	418.00	418.00
8	400–450	421	420.00	420.00
2	450–500	460	360.00–380.00	369.89
7	500–550	507	364.00	364.00
1	600–650	605	325.00	325.00
2	650–700	660	310.00	310.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	460	340.00	340.00
2	500–550	540	348.00	348.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	346	409.00	409.00
24	450–500	455	362.50–375.00	374.44
34	500–550	548	330.00–347.50	347.02
14	600–650	640	314.00	314.00
10	750–800	755	289.00	289.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	367	414.00	414.00
17	400–450	449	379.00	379.00
15	500–550	540	348.00	348.00
7	600–650	635	317.00	317.00
1	700–750	720	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	460	358.00	358.00
4	550–600	556	329.00	329.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	469	394.00	394.00
14	550–600	554	366.00	366.00
14	600–650	636	349.00	349.00
2	700–750	730	328.00	328.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	376	410.00	410.00
9	400–450	446	394.00	394.00
4	500–550	529	364.00	364.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	415	385.00	385.00
2	550–600	555	341.00	341.00

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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