Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-11-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 59, Heifers 96, Bulls 96)

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $349.81/cwt on 47 head. That ranks 2 of 27 comparable sales and sits −53.68 against this barn's trailing median of $403.48.

Average price

$349.81

47 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,878

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$348

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$71.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.92

vs VA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	532	359.04	1,908	24
Medium and Large 2	542	351.26	1,905	19thin
Medium and Large 3	543	287.50	1,560	4thin

One grade step is worth $71.54/cwt here — about $348 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

27 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $439.94, low $342.50, median $403.48 across 27 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 sale47 hd

349.81

—

VA average8 barns · 223 hd

345.89

+3.92

This barn, trailing median27 sales

403.48

−53.68

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 2	400–450	412	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,549	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	560	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,400	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,041	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	1,835	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,259	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	256.16/cwt	232.50–262.00	1,693	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,016	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	271.26/cwt	266.00–272.00	2,002	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,993	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,027	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,436	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,781	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	375.68/cwt	345.00–380.00	1,615	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	332.44/cwt	328.00–333.00	1,908	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,740	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	634	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,680	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	506	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,898	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,914	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,809	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,228	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	387.35/cwt	370.00–396.00	1,243	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	1,416	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,859	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,640	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,782	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,315	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	730	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,551	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,875	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,686	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	444	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,399	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	343	317.89/cwt	307.50–320.00	1,090	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	652	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,695	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	462	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,432	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	436	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	1,696	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	537	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,611	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,080	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,016	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,015	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	443	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,506	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	541	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,380	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,209	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	615	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,461	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,869	2

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 15, 2025

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

Receipts 251Last week 280Year ago 325

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 59, Heifers 96, Bulls 96)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	392.50	392.50
3	400–450	412	376.00	376.00
1	450–500	495	360.00	360.00
8	500–550	500	375.00	375.00
11	550–600	573	334.00	334.00
4	600–650	634	265.00	265.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	443	340.00	340.00
3	500–550	537	300.00	300.00
1	550–600	560	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	321	370.00–396.00	387.35
8	400–450	430	345.00–380.00	375.68
15	500–550	506	375.00	375.00
9	550–600	574	328.00–333.00	332.44
11	650–700	658	282.50	282.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	327	385.00	385.00
13	450–500	467	393.00	393.00
10	500–550	532	381.00	381.00
1	550–600	580	347.50	347.50
4	600–650	633	322.50	322.50
8	700–750	738	266.00–272.00	271.26
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	399.00	399.00
5	400–450	436	389.00	389.00
2	550–600	573	363.00	363.00
3	600–650	640	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	362.50	362.50
2	550–600	575	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	327.50	327.50
14	450–500	453	317.00	317.00
13	500–550	538	331.00	331.00
1	550–600	580	300.00	300.00
5	650–700	661	232.50–262.00	256.16
4	700–750	738	270.00	270.00
1	750–800	790	229.00	229.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	343	307.50–320.00	317.89
6	400–450	444	315.00	315.00
4	500–550	524	313.00	313.00
3	650–700	652	260.00	260.00
1	750–800	775	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	375	322.50	322.50
3	450–500	462	310.00	310.00
5	500–550	541	255.00	255.00
1	600–650	615	237.50	237.50
1	700–750	730	212.50	212.50

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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