Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-09-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Springlake Weaned/Vaccinated Sale

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 72, Heifers 91)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $363.50/cwt on 80 head. That ranks 8 of 28 comparable sales and sits −13.06 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$363.50

80 head · 585 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,126

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+13.73

vs VA average

−4.84 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	585	363.50	2,126	80

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale80 hd

363.50

—

VA average9 barns · 630 hd

349.77

+13.73

National average171 barns · 13,169 hd

368.34

−4.84

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−13.06

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

9 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	655	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,489	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	560	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,212	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	825	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,743	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	930	314.50/cwt	314.50–314.50	2,925	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	585	363.50/cwt	363.50–363.50	2,126	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	455	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,679	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	820	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,386	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	740	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,146	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	915	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	2,507	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

Fri Sep 12, 2025

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

Receipts 163Last week 437Year ago 325

Springlake Weaned/Vaccinated Sale

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 72, Heifers 91)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	550–600	560	395.00	395.00
35	650–700	655	380.00	380.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	800–850	825	332.50	332.50
7	900–950	930	314.50	314.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	455	369.00	369.00
80	550–600	585	363.50	363.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	740	290.00	290.00
2	800–850	820	291.00	291.00
1	900–950	915	274.00	274.00

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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