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Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-01-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-25

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Jan 25

● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186

← Jan 18Jan 25Feb 1 →

Receipts

491 head

▲ 97 vs last sale 394▲ 265 vs year ago 226 · +117.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 109, Heifers 190, Bulls 192)

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 $266.40/cwt on 58 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −100.72 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.

Average price

$266.40

58 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,460

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$90

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

$8.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.69

vs VA average

−38.02 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	267.81	1,471	42
Medium and Large 2	546	263.21	1,437	14thin
Medium and Large 3	533	259.00	1,380	2thin

One grade step is worth $8.81/cwt here — about $90 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale58 hd

266.40

—

VA average3 barns · 164 hd

272.08

−5.69

National average149 barns · 17,148 hd

304.42

−38.02

This barn, trailing median32 sales

367.12

−100.72

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

39 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,443	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	385	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,502	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	430	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,419	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,546	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	461	344.22/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,587	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	543	332.94/cwt	330.00–333.50	1,808	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	554	331.93/cwt	330.00–332.25	1,839	21
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	634	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,775	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	641	279.62/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,792	26
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,828	10
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	785	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,860	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	353	312.89/cwt	307.50–314.00	1,105	12
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	365	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,161	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	454	287.12/cwt	264.00–288.00	1,304	29
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	454	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,303	17
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	455	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,138	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	533	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,380	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	545	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,439	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	548	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,474	40
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,417	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,398	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	615	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,230	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	644	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,565	26
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	646	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,634	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,523	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	710	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,207	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,638	9
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	353	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,394	6
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	355	383.43/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,361	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	414	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	1,606	7
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	1,653	19
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	453	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,438	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	492	321.64/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,582	41
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	494	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,596	15
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	541	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,488	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	284.50/cwt	262.50–285.25	1,647	31
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	583	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,399	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	656	259.50/cwt	259.50–259.50	1,702	22
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	662	237.36/cwt	227.50–242.50	1,571	3

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 25, 2025

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

Receipts 491Last week 394Year ago 226

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 109, Heifers 190, Bulls 192)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	355	350.00–390.00	383.43
19	400–450	426	388.00	388.00
41	450–500	492	300.00–330.00	321.64
31	550–600	579	262.50–285.25	284.50
22	650–700	656	259.50	259.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	353	395.00	395.00
7	400–450	414	388.00	388.00
15	450–500	494	323.00	323.00
7	500–550	541	275.00	275.00
3	650–700	662	227.50–242.50	237.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	453	317.50	317.50
2	550–600	583	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	390.00	390.00
13	450–500	461	335.00–345.00	344.22
6	500–550	543	330.00–333.50	332.94
8	600–650	634	280.00	280.00
1	750–800	785	237.00	237.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	390.00	390.00
7	400–450	445	347.50	347.50
21	550–600	554	330.00–332.25	331.93
26	600–650	641	275.00–280.00	279.62
10	700–750	740	247.00	247.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	353	307.50–314.00	312.89
29	450–500	454	264.00–288.00	287.12
40	500–550	548	269.00	269.00
2	550–600	573	244.00	244.00
26	600–650	644	243.00	243.00
1	650–700	680	224.00	224.00
9	700–750	728	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	365	318.00	318.00
17	450–500	454	287.00	287.00
13	500–550	545	264.00	264.00
1	550–600	560	253.00	253.00
9	600–650	646	253.00	253.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	455	250.00	250.00
2	500–550	533	259.00	259.00
1	600–650	615	200.00	200.00
1	700–750	710	170.00	170.00

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.