Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-11-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 78, Heifers 137, Bulls 136)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $320.98/cwt on 29 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −55.58 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$320.98

29 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,741

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$480

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

$78.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.79

vs VA average

−53.91 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	563	330.50	1,861	5thin
Medium and Large 1	537	328.50	1,764	21
Medium and Large 3	547	252.50	1,381	3thin

One grade step is worth $78.00/cwt here — about $480 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale29 hd

320.98

—

VA average7 barns · 481 hd

317.19

+3.79

National average184 barns · 21,753 hd

374.89

−53.91

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−55.58

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

39 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	300–350	345	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,285	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,379	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	504	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,714	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,765	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,708	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,962	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,752	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	285.55/cwt	247.50–291.00	1,636	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	296.50/cwt	296.50–296.50	1,883	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,896	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,615	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,263	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	374.59/cwt	372.50–375.00	1,397	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	405	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,326	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,404	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,118	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,268	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,397	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	437	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,398	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	463	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,528	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	547	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,381	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,509	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	323.25/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,797	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	328.50/cwt	328.50–328.50	1,764	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	322	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,159	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,653	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	414	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,387	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	258.28/cwt	256.00–259.00	1,873	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,667	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,872	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,808	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,880	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	330.50/cwt	330.50–330.50	1,861	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,189	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,172	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	449	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,576	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	299.50/cwt	299.50–299.50	1,935	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,840	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	356.01/cwt	350.00–367.50	1,367	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 Nov 1, 2025

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

Receipts 351Last week 381Year ago 347

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 78, Heifers 137, Bulls 136)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	345	372.50	372.50
7	400–450	414	333.00	333.00
14	500–550	504	340.00	340.00
16	550–600	577	296.00	296.00
15	650–700	656	269.00	269.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	385.00	385.00
1	350–400	390	325.00	325.00
6	400–450	414	335.00	335.00
8	450–500	492	356.00	356.00
8	550–600	573	247.50–291.00	285.55
3	600–650	643	257.00	257.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	327.50	327.50
3	500–550	540	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	384	350.00–367.50	356.01
2	400–450	448	372.00	372.00
2	450–500	460	400.00	400.00
12	550–600	556	315.00–325.00	323.25
11	600–650	639	307.00	307.00
4	700–750	743	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	377.50	377.50
7	450–500	470	400.00	400.00
4	500–550	548	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	437	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	322	360.00	360.00
13	450–500	455	355.00	355.00
5	550–600	563	330.50	330.50
6	600–650	635	296.50	296.50
1	700–750	705	269.00	269.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	373	372.50–375.00	374.59
5	450–500	463	330.00	330.00
3	500–550	547	252.50	252.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	355.00	355.00
1	350–400	355	330.00	330.00
8	400–450	449	351.00	351.00
2	450–500	460	328.00	328.00
21	500–550	537	328.50	328.50
22	600–650	646	299.50	299.50
1	650–700	650	288.00	288.00
4	700–750	725	256.00–259.00	258.28

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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