Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-09-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 89, Heifers 137, Bulls 130)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $342.66/cwt on 46 head. That ranks 2 of 28 comparable sales and sits −33.90 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$342.66

46 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,872

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$141

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

$20.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.92

vs VA average

−25.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	346.79	1,907	33
Medium and Large 2	533	337.49	1,799	7thin
Medium and Large 3	542	326.00	1,767	6thin

One grade step is worth $20.79/cwt here — about $141 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale46 hd

342.66

—

VA average8 barns · 565 hd

348.58

−5.92

National average171 barns · 13,169 hd

368.34

−25.68

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−33.90

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,298	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,326	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	499	421.48/cwt	380.00–427.00	2,103	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,245	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	450.07/cwt	440.00–455.00	1,895	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,148	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	347	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	1,709	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	327	490.40/cwt	472.50–497.50	1,604	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	657	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,181	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	1,524	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	1,832	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	557	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,089	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	2,016	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,755	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	337.49/cwt	322.50–340.00	1,799	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,890	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,155	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	753	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,523	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,327	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,059	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,680	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,917	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	322.98/cwt	317.50–323.50	2,019	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,118	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	466.00/cwt	466.00–466.00	2,060	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,468	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,678	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	1,393	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,911	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	542	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,767	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	550	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,925	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	441	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,654	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	458.00/cwt	458.00–458.00	2,139	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	655	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,883	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,670	19
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	665	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,334	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,826	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	448	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,781	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	457	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,545	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	464.56/cwt	410.00–469.00	1,965	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,042	14

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 Sep 13, 2025

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

Receipts 356Last week 437Year ago 388

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 89, Heifers 137, Bulls 130)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	442	466.00	466.00
1	450–500	490	390.00	390.00
2	500–550	508	372.00	372.00
22	550–600	556	381.00	381.00
14	600–650	640	359.00	359.00
1	650–700	680	342.00	342.00
8	700–750	726	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	372	492.50	492.50
1	400–450	400	420.00	420.00
6	450–500	467	458.00	458.00
2	500–550	513	393.00	393.00
3	650–700	650	358.00	358.00
3	750–800	753	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	441	375.00	375.00
2	550–600	550	350.00	350.00
2	650–700	665	351.00	351.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	347	492.50	492.50
9	400–450	421	440.00–455.00	450.07
17	450–500	499	380.00–427.00	421.48
11	550–600	583	385.00	385.00
7	650–700	651	330.00	330.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	327	472.50–497.50	490.40
14	400–450	423	410.00–469.00	464.56
14	450–500	492	415.00	415.00
5	550–600	557	375.00	375.00
3	650–700	657	332.00	332.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	448	397.50	397.50
1	500–550	545	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	368	414.00	414.00
19	450–500	450	371.00	371.00
7	500–550	533	322.50–340.00	337.49
1	650–700	695	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	358	389.00	389.00
14	450–500	461	364.00	364.00
2	500–550	535	328.00	328.00
31	550–600	551	348.00	348.00
11	600–650	625	317.50–323.50	322.98
2	700–750	710	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	457	338.00	338.00
6	500–550	542	326.00	326.00
1	650–700	655	287.50	287.50

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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