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Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-01-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-18

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Jan 18

● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186

← Dec 21Jan 18Jan 25 →

Receipts

394 head

▲ 277 vs last sale 117▲ 303 vs year ago 91 · +333.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 77, Heifers 187, Bulls 130)

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $246.93/cwt on 67 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −120.19 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.

Average price

$246.93

67 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,342

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$101

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

$14.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.65

vs VA average

−57.10 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	536	254.00	1,361	20
Medium and Large 1	547	244.00	1,335	46
Medium and Large 3	525	240.00	1,260	1thin

One grade step is worth $14.00/cwt here — about $101 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale67 hd

246.93

—

VA average8 barns · 482 hd

259.57

−12.65

National average192 barns · 30,803 hd

304.03

−57.10

This barn, trailing median32 sales

367.12

−120.19

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $415.03, low $326.28, median $367.12 across 32 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

38 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	390	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,365	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,335	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	446	331.04/cwt	310.00–334.00	1,476	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	450	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,350	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,502	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	539	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,639	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	554	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,701	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	555	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,704	13
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	634	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,617	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	642	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,721	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	680	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,408	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,759	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	357	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	928	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	375	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	938	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	377	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,056	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	446	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,209	21
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	453	255.50/cwt	251.00–256.00	1,157	30
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	473	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,258	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	525	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,260	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	536	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,361	20
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	547	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,335	46
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	612	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,450	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	641	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,468	19
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	740	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,561	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	745	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,579	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,568	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	345	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,156	5
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	350	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,159	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	413	306.14/cwt	300.00–312.50	1,264	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,330	17
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	421	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,322	13
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	493	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,523	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	505	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,495	29
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	562	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,422	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	565	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,300	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,482	12
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	657	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,511	15
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	658	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,566	5

This sale against other markets

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 Jan 18, 2025

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

Receipts 394Last week 117Year ago 91

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 77, Heifers 187, Bulls 130)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	345	335.00	335.00
17	400–450	417	319.00	319.00
29	500–550	505	296.00	296.00
12	550–600	579	256.00	256.00
15	650–700	657	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	413	300.00–312.50	306.14
3	550–600	565	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	350	331.00	331.00
13	400–450	421	314.00	314.00
6	450–500	493	309.00	309.00
5	550–600	562	253.00	253.00
5	650–700	658	238.00	238.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	338.00	338.00
5	450–500	455	330.00	330.00
7	550–600	554	307.00	307.00
13	600–650	642	268.00	268.00
6	700–750	715	246.00	246.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	450	300.00	300.00
7	500–550	539	304.00	304.00
1	650–700	680	207.00	207.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	350.00	350.00
8	400–450	446	310.00–334.00	331.04
13	550–600	555	307.00	307.00
6	600–650	634	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	377	280.00	280.00
21	400–450	446	271.00	271.00
20	500–550	536	254.00	254.00
9	600–650	612	237.00	237.00
1	700–750	740	211.00	211.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	250.00	250.00
3	450–500	473	266.00	266.00
1	500–550	525	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	357	260.00	260.00
30	450–500	453	251.00–256.00	255.50
46	500–550	547	244.00	244.00
19	600–650	641	229.00	229.00
5	700–750	745	212.00	212.00
1	750–800	780	201.00	201.00

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.