Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-08-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 134, Heifers 157, Bulls 103)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $344.51/cwt on 51 head. That ranks 2 of 28 comparable sales and sits −32.05 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$344.51

51 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,904

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$90

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

$16.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.35

vs VA average

−15.29 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	347.50	1,922	30
Medium and Large 2	552	345.77	1,907	13thin
Medium and Large 3	553	331.23	1,832	8thin

One grade step is worth $16.27/cwt here — about $90 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 sale51 hd

344.51

—

VA average7 barns · 342 hd

341.16

+3.35

National average158 barns · 7,895 hd

359.80

−15.29

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−32.05

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

39 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	300–350	308	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,401	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,244	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,854	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,030	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	496	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,885	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,490	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,444	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	1,489	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,570	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	453	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,685	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,929	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,172	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	408.82/cwt	385.00–410.00	1,876	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,076	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	451	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,691	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,254	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	639	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,093	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	354	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	1,462	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,202	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	329.50/cwt	329.50–329.50	2,119	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	353.27/cwt	340.00–354.00	2,222	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	553	331.23/cwt	319.00–333.00	1,832	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	620	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,829	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	454	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,850	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,922	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,113	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,775	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,564	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	550	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,966	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	448	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,747	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	588	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,040	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,145	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,868	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,658	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	461	408.58/cwt	395.00–411.00	1,884	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	353	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,297	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,729	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,055	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	494	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,833	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 23, 2025

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

Receipts 394Last week 295Year ago 302

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 134, Heifers 157, Bulls 103)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	308	455.00	455.00
8	400–450	419	442.50	442.50
20	450–500	496	380.00	380.00
14	550–600	575	353.00	353.00
5	650–700	660	340.00	340.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	455.00	455.00
7	400–450	415	450.00	450.00
7	450–500	494	371.00	371.00
2	550–600	588	347.00	347.00
3	650–700	650	330.00	330.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	454	407.50	407.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	364	409.00	409.00
1	400–450	435	342.50	342.50
19	450–500	451	375.00	375.00
30	550–600	553	347.50	347.50
16	600–650	643	329.50	329.50
4	700–750	715	308.00	308.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	354	413.00	413.00
12	450–500	453	372.00	372.00
1	500–550	510	325.00	325.00
12	550–600	555	347.50	347.50
7	600–650	639	327.50	327.50
1	700–750	745	302.50	302.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	353	367.50	367.50
4	450–500	460	340.00	340.00
8	550–600	553	319.00–333.00	331.23
1	600–650	620	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	390	455.00	455.00
22	450–500	459	385.00–410.00	408.82
42	500–550	542	383.00	383.00
1	550–600	575	367.50	367.50
19	600–650	629	340.00–354.00	353.27
2	700–750	745	328.00	328.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	380	455.00	455.00
13	450–500	461	395.00–411.00	408.58
12	500–550	538	382.00	382.00
2	600–650	610	356.00	356.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	448	390.00	390.00
1	550–600	550	357.50	357.50

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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