Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-10-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-25

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $331.81/cwt on 57 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −44.75 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$331.81

57 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,833

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$75

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

$16.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.52

vs VA average

−59.01 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	548	336.00	1,841	11thin
Medium and Large 1	554	334.20	1,851	35
Medium and Large 3	552	320.00	1,766	11thin

One grade step is worth $16.00/cwt here — about $75 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 sale57 hd

331.81

—

VA average10 barns · 615 hd

342.33

−10.52

National average186 barns · 24,193 hd

390.82

−59.01

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−44.75

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

42 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 3	500–550	525	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,798	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,661	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	675	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,931	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	449	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,540	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	552	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,766	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	362	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,307	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,962	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,840	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	1,699	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,902	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,306	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	492	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,919	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,670	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	409.19/cwt	392.50–411.00	1,833	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,039	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,028	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,300	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,474	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,699	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,868	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	354.87/cwt	345.00–357.00	1,618	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,003	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	342.07/cwt	331.00–344.00	1,231	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,074	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	553	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,963	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,233	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	491	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	1,944	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,895	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	359	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	1,379	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,980	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,841	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,064	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	1,429	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,441	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	373.42/cwt	340.00–390.00	1,389	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	358.58/cwt	352.50–359.00	1,596	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,728	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	648	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,138	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	449	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	1,859	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	674	296.45/cwt	260.00–309.00	1,998	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	519	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,557	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	453	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,631	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 Oct 25, 2025

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

Receipts 381Last week 292Year ago 425

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	455	365.00	365.00
3	500–550	525	342.50	342.50
1	650–700	675	286.00	286.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	380.00	380.00
20	400–450	448	392.50–411.00	409.19
11	550–600	551	370.00	370.00
9	600–650	624	325.00	325.00
2	700–750	728	316.00	316.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	372	340.00–390.00	373.42
11	400–450	449	414.00	414.00
8	550–600	553	355.00	355.00
2	600–650	648	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	362	361.00	361.00
12	400–450	449	343.00	343.00
11	550–600	552	320.00	320.00
4	650–700	674	260.00–309.00	296.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	360	331.00–344.00	342.07
17	450–500	456	345.00–357.00	354.87
3	500–550	530	315.00	315.00
32	550–600	556	336.00	336.00
16	600–650	626	320.00	320.00
3	700–750	738	281.00	281.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	357.50	357.50
4	350–400	373	383.00	383.00
14	400–450	445	352.50–359.00	358.58
11	500–550	548	336.00	336.00
9	600–650	633	326.00	326.00
2	700–750	720	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	353	370.00	370.00
9	400–450	427	398.00	398.00
3	450–500	492	390.00	390.00
23	500–550	503	390.00	390.00
17	550–600	575	320.00	320.00
8	650–700	656	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	359	384.00	384.00
7	400–450	428	397.00	397.00
6	450–500	491	396.00	396.00
4	550–600	583	325.00	325.00
2	650–700	660	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	335.00	335.00
3	450–500	453	360.00	360.00
4	500–550	519	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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