Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-08-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder (Steers 42, Heifers 80, Bulls 51)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $339.28/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −37.28 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$339.28

18 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,829

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$50

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1

$4.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.15

vs VA average

−30.53 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	528	341.00	1,800	10thin
Medium and Large 3	580	338.00	1,960	1thin
Medium and Large 1	549	337.00	1,850	7thin

One grade step is worth $4.00/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 sale18 hd

339.28

—

VA average5 barns · 360 hd

338.13

+1.15

National average160 barns · 10,603 hd

369.81

−30.53

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−37.28

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

27 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	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,161	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	364.89/cwt	355.00–369.00	1,905	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	549	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,850	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,100	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,500	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,800	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	454	367.11/cwt	350.00–368.00	1,667	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	552	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,125	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	580	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,960	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	623	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,056	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	748	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,424	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	647	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,290	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,205	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	505	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,717	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,410	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	1,840	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,558	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,448	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,050	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	644	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,099	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	367.59/cwt	356.00–370.00	1,687	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	421.97/cwt	421.00–423.00	1,616	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,631	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	453	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	1,907	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	348	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	1,528	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	1,882	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	598	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,105	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 30, 2025

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

Receipts 173Last week 394Year ago 180

State Graded Feeder (Steers 42, Heifers 80, Bulls 51)

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	328	430.00	430.00
3	400–450	437	421.00	421.00
11	500–550	522	355.00–369.00	364.89
4	650–700	665	325.00	325.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	340.00	340.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	383	421.00–423.00	421.97
1	450–500	490	384.00	384.00
2	550–600	598	352.00	352.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	459	356.00–370.00	367.59
7	500–550	549	337.00	337.00
5	600–650	644	326.00	326.00
3	700–750	745	296.00	296.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	375	400.00	400.00
20	450–500	454	350.00–368.00	367.11
10	500–550	528	341.00	341.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	380	381.00	381.00
5	450–500	455	342.50	342.50
1	550–600	580	338.00	338.00
2	600–650	623	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	348	439.00	439.00
2	450–500	488	420.00	420.00
13	500–550	544	386.00	386.00
9	600–650	647	354.00	354.00
4	700–750	748	324.00	324.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	435.00	435.00
2	450–500	453	421.00	421.00
5	550–600	552	385.00	385.00

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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