Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-10-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 66, Heifers 156, Bulls 173)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $305.16/cwt on 63 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −71.40 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$305.16

63 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,686

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$88

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

$29.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.30

vs VA average

−63.75 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	538	322.50	1,735	16thin
Medium and Large 1	557	300.00	1,671	42
Medium and Large 3	562	293.00	1,647	5thin

One grade step is worth $29.50/cwt here — about $88 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 sale63 hd

305.16

—

VA average8 barns · 542 hd

316.46

−11.30

National average182 barns · 13,299 hd

368.91

−63.75

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−71.40

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

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 1	450–500	470	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,716	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,093	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	356	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,344	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	394.19/cwt	365.00–397.00	1,663	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	647	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,135	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,886	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	748	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,870	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	744	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,232	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,671	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,115	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	275.23/cwt	260.00–278.00	1,745	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	382.86/cwt	370.00–386.00	1,853	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,139	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	648	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,074	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	352.65/cwt	330.00–355.00	2,042	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,173	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,300	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,072	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,217	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,716	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,658	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,715	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,056	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,297	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,735	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	661	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,148	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,519	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	562	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,647	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,985	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,494	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,953	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	457	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,485	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	614	290.35/cwt	272.50–294.00	1,783	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	960	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	732	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,940	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,640	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	494	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,862	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,496	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	559	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,957	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	648	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,669	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,744	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	400	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,360	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	625	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,875	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 Oct 4, 2025

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

Receipts 395Last week 185Year ago 266

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 66, Heifers 156, Bulls 173)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	356	377.50	377.50
12	400–450	422	365.00–397.00	394.19
1	450–500	470	365.00	365.00
21	500–550	503	375.00	375.00
22	550–600	579	330.00–355.00	352.65
13	600–650	647	330.00	330.00
3	650–700	675	310.00	310.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	360	415.00	415.00
11	400–450	429	400.00	400.00
8	450–500	494	377.00	377.00
6	550–600	559	350.00	350.00
1	600–650	615	317.50	317.50
4	650–700	661	325.00	325.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	457	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	330.00	330.00
7	350–400	358	340.00	340.00
1	400–450	400	325.00	325.00
15	450–500	467	355.00	355.00
42	550–600	557	300.00	300.00
13	600–650	634	260.00–278.00	275.23
2	700–750	748	250.00	250.00
2	750–800	785	272.50	272.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	345	340.00	340.00
12	450–500	462	355.00	355.00
16	500–550	538	322.50	322.50
6	600–650	614	272.50–294.00	290.35
3	700–750	732	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	300.00	300.00
3	450–500	475	315.00	315.00
5	550–600	562	293.00	293.00
3	600–650	648	257.50	257.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	484	370.00–386.00	382.86
18	550–600	551	376.00	376.00
8	600–650	641	330.00	330.00
5	700–750	744	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	357.50	357.50
3	450–500	455	377.00	377.00
4	500–550	528	376.00	376.00
3	600–650	648	320.00	320.00
1	700–750	735	312.50	312.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	340.00	340.00
1	500–550	545	320.00	320.00
1	600–650	625	300.00	300.00

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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