Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-12-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 36, Heifers 62, Bulls 46)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $345.92/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 2 of 28 comparable sales and sits −30.64 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$345.92

12 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,903

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$31.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.09

vs VA average

−43.99 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	544	351.00	1,909	5thin
Medium and Large 1	548	346.00	1,896	6thin
Medium and Large 3	595	320.00	1,904	1thin

One grade step is worth $31.00/cwt here — about $5 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 sale12 hd

345.92

—

VA average7 barns · 212 hd

336.83

+9.09

National average175 barns · 15,310 hd

389.91

−43.99

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−30.64

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

37 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	550–600	563	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,027	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,050	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,124	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,866	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	352	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,690	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,001	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	296.83/cwt	292.50–299.00	2,167	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	605	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,918	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	595	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,904	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	456	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,778	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	400	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,640	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	495	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,832	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,866	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	347	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,353	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	650	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,015	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,205	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	2,193	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,208	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	356	388.85/cwt	365.00–395.00	1,384	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,672	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,851	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	342	482.00/cwt	482.00–482.00	1,648	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	2,078	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	352.58/cwt	347.50–357.50	2,239	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,551	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,041	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,341	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,448	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	348	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,401	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,745	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,000	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,728	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	544	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,909	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	2,258	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,412	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	2,101	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,896	6

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 20, 2025

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

Receipts 144Last week 183Year ago 117

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 36, Heifers 62, Bulls 46)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	342	482.00	482.00
1	500–550	500	400.00	400.00
4	550–600	563	360.00	360.00
2	600–650	635	347.50–357.50	352.58
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	352	480.00	480.00
5	400–450	410	455.00	455.00
8	450–500	488	410.00	410.00
1	550–600	590	347.50	347.50
2	600–650	623	341.00	341.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	410.00	410.00
1	450–500	455	410.00	410.00
1	500–550	525	352.50	352.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	348	402.50	402.50
8	450–500	458	381.00	381.00
6	500–550	548	346.00	346.00
8	600–650	626	326.00	326.00
3	700–750	730	292.50–299.00	296.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	347	390.00	390.00
4	450–500	456	390.00	390.00
1	550–600	595	320.00	320.00
1	600–650	605	317.00	317.00
1	650–700	650	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	356	365.00–395.00	388.85
4	400–450	426	392.50	392.50
5	500–550	544	351.00	351.00
1	700–750	735	300.00	300.00
1	750–800	755	292.50	292.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	470.00	470.00
2	450–500	468	444.00	444.00
5	500–550	531	413.00	413.00
1	600–650	620	377.50	377.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	480.00	480.00
9	450–500	471	446.00	446.00
9	550–600	552	409.00	409.00
2	600–650	638	378.00	378.00
2	700–750	718	341.00	341.00

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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