Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-09-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 92, Heifer 174, Bulls 169)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $330.97/cwt on 60 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −45.59 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$330.97

60 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,793

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$158

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$30.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.19

vs VA average

−28.69 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	547	336.08	1,839	12thin
Medium and Large 1	539	333.79	1,799	41
Medium and Large 3	550	305.71	1,681	7thin

One grade step is worth $30.37/cwt here — about $158 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 sale60 hd

330.97

—

VA average9 barns · 615 hd

343.17

−12.19

National average170 barns · 10,929 hd

359.66

−28.69

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−45.59

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

43 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 3	500–550	547	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,778	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,750	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	344.51/cwt	337.50–345.00	2,208	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	425.15/cwt	425.00–427.50	1,824	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	499	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,871	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,185	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,430	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,283	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,985	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,161	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,856	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,798	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	2,182	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,533	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,913	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,925	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,213	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	333.79/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,799	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,930	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,296	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	636	287.54/cwt	275.00–291.00	1,829	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,882	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,186	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	443	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,816	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	637	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,134	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	551	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,135	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,859	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	464	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,624	17
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,591	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	494	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,853	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,622	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,785	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,323	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	358	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,826	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	549	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,702	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,406	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	364	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,784	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	354	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,328	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	449	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,549	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	700	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,715	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	520	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,028	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,554	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	303	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	909	3

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 20, 2025

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

Receipts 435Last week 356Year ago 302

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 92, Heifer 174, Bulls 169)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	449	345.00	345.00
3	500–550	547	325.00	325.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	350	500.00	500.00
17	400–450	429	425.00–427.50	425.15
22	450–500	499	375.00	375.00
31	550–600	575	380.00	380.00
15	600–650	641	337.50–345.00	344.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	580.00	580.00
4	350–400	364	490.00	490.00
10	400–450	420	425.00	425.00
8	450–500	494	375.00	375.00
3	550–600	590	375.00	375.00
1	600–650	620	352.50	352.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	485.00	485.00
7	450–500	454	425.00	425.00
12	550–600	551	396.00	396.00
24	600–650	643	357.00	357.00
1	650–700	670	322.50	322.50
9	700–750	720	337.50	337.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	358	510.00	510.00
2	400–450	443	410.00	410.00
7	550–600	551	387.50	387.50
7	600–650	637	335.00	335.00
2	700–750	745	323.00	323.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	430	370.00	370.00
1	500–550	520	390.00	390.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	342	375.00	375.00
15	400–450	438	350.00	350.00
41	500–550	539	310.00–335.00	333.79
19	600–650	642	280.00	280.00
4	700–750	735	270.00	270.00
2	750–800	755	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	354	375.00	375.00
17	450–500	464	350.00	350.00
1	500–550	515	315.00	315.00
11	550–600	550	338.00	338.00
9	600–650	636	275.00–291.00	287.54
2	750–800	750	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	303	300.00	300.00
2	400–450	420	315.00	315.00
6	500–550	549	310.00	310.00
1	550–600	555	280.00	280.00
1	700–750	700	245.00	245.00

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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