Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-12-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 46, Heifers 79, Bulls 58)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $325.89/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −50.67 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$325.89

22 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,791

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$74

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

$20.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.21

vs VA average

−52.07 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	548	331.25	1,815	10thin
Medium and Large 1	549	323.50	1,776	10thin
Medium and Large 3	560	311.00	1,742	2thin

One grade step is worth $20.25/cwt here — about $74 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 sale22 hd

325.89

—

VA average7 barns · 303 hd

332.10

−6.21

National average184 barns · 19,282 hd

377.96

−52.07

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−50.67

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

32 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	400–450	419	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,705	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,863	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	1,466	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,922	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,861	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,975	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,888	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	1,641	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,593	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	331.25/cwt	331.25–331.25	1,815	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	464	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	1,898	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	1,654	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,876	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,067	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	345.98/cwt	340.00–347.00	1,481	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,044	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	326.50/cwt	326.50–326.50	2,077	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	391.50/cwt	391.50–391.50	2,079	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,104	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	560	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,742	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	493	361.63/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,783	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,528	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,506	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	310.50/cwt	310.50–310.50	1,962	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,328	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	347	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,256	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	454.00/cwt	454.00–454.00	1,544	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,943	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,136	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	549	323.50/cwt	323.50–323.50	1,776	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	1,737	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,875	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 Dec 13, 2025

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

Receipts 183Last week 60Year ago 339

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 46, Heifers 79, Bulls 58)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	451.00	451.00
8	400–450	419	407.00	407.00
7	500–550	503	370.00	370.00
6	550–600	578	332.50	332.50
1	600–650	625	298.00	298.00
7	650–700	664	297.50	297.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	454.00	454.00
3	400–450	430	404.00	404.00
7	450–500	493	340.00–365.00	361.63
3	550–600	577	325.00	325.00
1	600–650	635	306.00	306.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	470	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	372	441.00	441.00
5	450–500	461	407.00	407.00
8	500–550	544	380.00	380.00
12	600–650	636	326.50	326.50
1	750–800	755	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	441.00	441.00
7	450–500	464	409.00	409.00
4	500–550	531	391.50	391.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	345.00	345.00
5	450–500	470	339.00	339.00
2	550–600	560	311.00	311.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	347	362.00	362.00
7	400–450	428	340.00–347.00	345.98
10	500–550	548	331.25	331.25
1	650–700	655	312.00	312.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	373	356.00	356.00
4	400–450	443	340.00	340.00
10	500–550	549	323.50	323.50
16	600–650	632	310.50	310.50
5	700–750	739	289.00	289.00

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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