Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-10-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 60, Heifers 105, Bulls 127)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $335.75/cwt on 28 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −40.81 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$335.75

28 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,856

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$188

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

$18.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.88

vs VA average

−62.11 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	554	340.22	1,885	16thin
Medium and Large 1	559	332.38	1,858	9thin
Medium and Large 3	527	322.00	1,697	3thin

One grade step is worth $18.22/cwt here — about $188 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 sale28 hd

335.75

—

VA average8 barns · 394 hd

332.87

+2.88

National average180 barns · 19,448 hd

397.86

−62.11

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−40.81

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

40 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	350–400	375	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	1,605	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	1,777	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	326.62/cwt	310.00–330.00	2,074	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	390.64/cwt	384.00–394.00	1,992	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,067	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,856	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	547	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,133	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,347	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,174	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,989	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,039	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,649	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	542	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,100	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	336	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	1,441	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	332.38/cwt	327.50–333.00	1,858	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,252	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,083	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,548	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	554	340.22/cwt	315.00–342.00	1,885	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	732	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,105	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	626	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,210	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	727	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,370	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,491	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	1,813	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	527	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,697	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	663	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,188	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	497	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,988	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	1,806	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	642	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,087	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	448	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,658	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	350	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,225	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	528	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,848	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	367	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	1,424	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	671	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,147	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,462	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	567	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,843	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,663	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	452	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,573	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	637	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,975	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	785	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,864	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 18, 2025

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

Receipts 292Last week 276Year ago 289

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 60, Heifers 105, Bulls 127)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	428.00	428.00
7	400–450	424	419.00	419.00
12	500–550	510	384.00–394.00	390.64
15	550–600	579	357.00	357.00
10	600–650	635	310.00–330.00	326.62
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	336	429.00	429.00
14	400–450	428	422.00	422.00
12	450–500	497	400.00	400.00
3	550–600	585	340.00	340.00
5	650–700	671	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	430	340.00	340.00
5	550–600	567	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	430.00	430.00
5	400–450	445	417.00	417.00
6	500–550	547	390.00	390.00
5	600–650	638	353.00	353.00
5	700–750	722	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	445.00	445.00
3	400–450	438	414.00	414.00
5	500–550	542	387.50	387.50
9	600–650	626	353.00	353.00
3	700–750	727	326.00	326.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	350.00	350.00
2	500–550	528	350.00	350.00
2	650–700	663	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	385.00	385.00
8	450–500	458	360.00	360.00
9	550–600	559	327.50–333.00	332.38
12	600–650	637	327.00	327.00
2	700–750	713	286.00	286.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	367	388.00	388.00
16	400–450	448	370.00	370.00
16	550–600	554	315.00–342.00	340.22
7	600–650	642	325.00	325.00
5	700–750	732	287.50	287.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	350	350.00	350.00
3	450–500	452	348.00	348.00
3	500–550	527	322.00	322.00
6	600–650	637	310.00	310.00
1	750–800	785	237.50	237.50

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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