Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-08-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 98, Heifers 211, Bulls 180)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $339.15/cwt on 68 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −37.40 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$339.15

68 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,853

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$161

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$16.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.24

vs VA average

−11.42 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	340.64	1,872	38
Medium and Large 2	545	339.31	1,848	26
Medium and Large 3	528	324.00	1,711	4thin

One grade step is worth $16.64/cwt here — about $161 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 sale68 hd

339.15

—

VA average8 barns · 548 hd

339.39

−0.24

National average149 barns · 9,537 hd

350.57

−11.42

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−37.40

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

41 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	650–700	665	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,929	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	1,435	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	1,674	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,000	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	355.74/cwt	349.00–357.00	1,761	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	348.15/cwt	326.00–349.00	2,026	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,752	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,430	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,876	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,840	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,048	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,295	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,404	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	636	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,194	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,225	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	1,661	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	447	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,632	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,325	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	340.50/cwt	340.50–340.50	1,849	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	496	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,805	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,971	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,667	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,471	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	631	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,972	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,040	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	453	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,649	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	364.86/cwt	350.00–366.00	1,963	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,736	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,836	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,490	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	520	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,560	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	466	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,626	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	343	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	1,451	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	376	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,419	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,877	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	532	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,623	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	410	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,599	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	528	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,711	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	442	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,613	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	447	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,833	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,946	7

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 9, 2025

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

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State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 98, Heifers 211, Bulls 180)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	340	422.00	422.00
16	400–450	426	393.00	393.00
25	450–500	495	349.00–357.00	355.74
26	550–600	582	326.00–349.00	348.15
16	600–650	645	310.00	310.00
2	650–700	665	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	343	423.00	423.00
8	350–400	368	405.00	405.00
7	400–450	434	400.00	400.00
12	450–500	496	364.00	364.00
1	500–550	505	330.00	330.00
7	550–600	574	339.00	339.00
1	600–650	620	329.00	329.00
1	650–700	695	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	442	365.00	365.00
3	500–550	532	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	350–400	353	405.00	405.00
22	400–450	447	365.00	365.00
1	500–550	535	327.50	327.50
37	550–600	550	341.00	341.00
25	600–650	640	308.00	308.00
2	750–800	770	298.00	298.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	450–500	453	364.00	364.00
24	500–550	543	340.50	340.50
2	550–600	565	325.00	325.00
11	600–650	631	312.50	312.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	376	377.50	377.50
8	450–500	466	349.00	349.00
4	500–550	528	324.00	324.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	342	430.00	430.00
12	450–500	460	400.00	400.00
22	550–600	555	369.00	369.00
10	600–650	634	351.00	351.00
5	700–750	722	333.00	333.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	426.00	426.00
9	400–450	447	410.00	410.00
13	500–550	538	350.00–366.00	364.86
4	600–650	636	345.00	345.00
2	750–800	750	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	390.00	390.00
1	500–550	520	300.00	300.00

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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