Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-09-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 45, Heifers 72, Bulls 68)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $326.16/cwt on 26 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −50.40 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$326.16

26 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,784

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$32

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

$3.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.72

vs VA average

−39.70 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	328.00	1,768	13thin
Medium and Large 2	555	324.31	1,800	13thin

One grade step is worth $3.69/cwt here — about −$32 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale26 hd

326.16

—

VA average8 barns · 443 hd

328.87

−2.72

National average172 barns · 11,458 hd

365.85

−39.70

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−50.40

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

37 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	600–650	600	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,650	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,355	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,999	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,608	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	376.43/cwt	360.00–381.00	1,845	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,920	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,029	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,130	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,387	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,882	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	338.54/cwt	325.00–340.00	2,173	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,768	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,561	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,016	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	1,805	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	672	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,902	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,340	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,858	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	352.31/cwt	340.00–369.00	1,857	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	407	369.98/cwt	342.50–375.00	1,506	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,316	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,463	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	347.94/cwt	337.50–350.00	2,008	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	653	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,168	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	739	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,165	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,494	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	324.31/cwt	305.00–326.00	1,800	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	355	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,172	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,844	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	322.94/cwt	295.00–330.00	1,825	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,230	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,433	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	519	332.11/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,724	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,725	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,530	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	630	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,733	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	780	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,814	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

Sat Sep 27, 2025

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

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State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 45, Heifers 72, Bulls 68)

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	343	395.00	395.00
7	400–450	426	377.50	377.50
9	450–500	490	360.00–381.00	376.43
9	550–600	573	335.00	335.00
1	600–650	600	275.00	275.00
2	650–700	680	294.00	294.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	390.00	390.00
7	400–450	407	342.50–375.00	369.98
7	500–550	519	325.00–335.00	332.11
5	550–600	565	295.00–330.00	322.94
1	600–650	625	295.00	295.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	575	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	365.00	365.00
4	450–500	459	340.00	340.00
13	500–550	539	328.00	328.00
5	600–650	632	294.00	294.00
1	700–750	730	278.00	278.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	363	362.50	362.50
1	400–450	410	300.00	300.00
5	450–500	450	340.00	340.00
13	550–600	555	305.00–326.00	324.31
6	650–700	672	283.00	283.00
1	700–750	720	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	330.00	330.00
2	450–500	455	315.00	315.00
1	750–800	780	232.50	232.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	400.00	400.00
2	450–500	458	394.00	394.00
7	500–550	527	340.00–369.00	352.31
10	600–650	642	325.00–340.00	338.54
2	750–800	750	284.00	284.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	392.00	392.00
6	550–600	577	337.50–350.00	347.94
5	650–700	653	332.00	332.00
4	700–750	739	293.00	293.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	360.00	360.00
1	600–650	630	275.00	275.00

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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