Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-11-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 30, Heifers 123, Bulls 142)

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $328.32/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −75.16 against this barn's trailing median of $403.48.

Average price

$328.32

25 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,865

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$185

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

$5.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.42

vs VA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	571	330.00	1,884	15thin
Medium and Large 2	574	326.00	1,871	8thin
Medium and Large 3	523	325.00	1,700	2thin

One grade step is worth $5.00/cwt here — about $185 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale25 hd

328.32

—

VA average6 barns · 161 hd

342.74

−14.42

This barn, trailing median27 sales

403.48

−75.16

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

34 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	338	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,149	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,771	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	1,582	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,884	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	496	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,820	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,173	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	374.46/cwt	362.00–382.00	2,011	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	703	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,687	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,935	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,755	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	247.83/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,626	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	452	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,546	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	296.66/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,848	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	363.16/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,743	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,768	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,382	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,219	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,829	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	332	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,145	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	371.94/cwt	360.00–373.00	1,562	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,762	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,171	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,678	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	552	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,087	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	454	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,494	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	541	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,515	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	446	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,570	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,683	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	463	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,621	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	523	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,700	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	724	227.55/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,647	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,871	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,059	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	638	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,547	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 22, 2025

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

Receipts 295Last week 251Year ago 265

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 30, Heifers 123, Bulls 142)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	338	340.00	340.00
14	400–450	423	374.00	374.00
16	450–500	496	367.00	367.00
15	550–600	571	330.00	330.00
11	650–700	651	272.00	272.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	332	345.00	345.00
12	400–450	420	360.00–373.00	371.94
13	450–500	480	340.00–365.00	363.16
8	550–600	574	326.00	326.00
6	650–700	670	262.00	262.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	463	350.00	350.00
2	500–550	523	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	359.00	359.00
2	450–500	475	385.00	385.00
8	500–550	537	362.00–382.00	374.46
3	600–650	645	300.00	300.00
1	750–800	790	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	367.00	367.00
3	550–600	552	378.00	378.00
3	600–650	623	295.00–300.00	296.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	375	325.00	325.00
12	450–500	452	342.00	342.00
21	500–550	544	325.00	325.00
7	650–700	656	235.00–250.00	247.83
2	700–750	703	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	366	320.00	320.00
12	400–450	446	352.00	352.00
14	500–550	543	310.00	310.00
9	600–650	643	261.00	261.00
4	700–750	724	220.00–230.00	227.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	365	290.00	290.00
4	450–500	454	329.00	329.00
7	500–550	541	280.00	280.00
3	600–650	638	242.50	242.50

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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