Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2025-12-06

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Dec 6
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
60 head
235 vs last sale 295 272 vs year ago 332 · 81.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 8, Heifers 28, Bulls 24)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $316.00/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits 60.56 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.
Average price
$316.00
6 head · 530 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,675
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$23
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$4.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.29
vs VA average
54.45 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2523318.001,6633thin
Medium and Large 1537314.001,6863thin
One grade step is worth $4.00/cwt here — about −$23 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

28 sales
429395360326median 376.5612/2003/1405/0206/2708/15
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 sale6 hd
316.00
VA average9 barns · 340 hd
315.71
+0.29
National average194 barns · 19,992 hd
370.45
−54.45
This barn, trailing median28 sales
376.56
−60.56
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

18 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550505330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,6673
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600592320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8943
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700662286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,8933
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450420365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,5331
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400390387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,5111
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350320382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,2242
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550523318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,6633
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400352322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,1336
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500455287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,3081
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800795275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,1861
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650615306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,8822
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450425391.00/cwt391.00–391.001,6623
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600565314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,7741
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400353375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,3244
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350333328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,0922
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550537314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,6863
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700661286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,8904
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500463316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,4635

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.