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Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-02-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-01

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Feb 1

● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186

← Jan 25Feb 1Feb 8 →

Receipts

369 head

▼ 122 vs last sale 491▼ 212 vs year ago 581 · −36.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 79, Heifers 167, Bulls 123)

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 $279.43/cwt on 40 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −87.69 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.

Average price

$279.43

40 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,529

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$167

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

$40.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.48

vs VA average

−25.21 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	541	281.71	1,524	22
Medium and Large 1	554	281.09	1,557	16thin
Medium and Large 3	563	241.00	1,357	2thin

One grade step is worth $40.71/cwt here — about $167 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale40 hd

279.43

—

VA average6 barns · 487 hd

268.95

+10.48

National average182 barns · 24,858 hd

304.64

−25.21

This barn, trailing median32 sales

367.12

−87.69

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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	395	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,580	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	418	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,425	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	448	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,608	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	458	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,644	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,540	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	549	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,713	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,747	18
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	620	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,693	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	638	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,723	19
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	705	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,720	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	755	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,827	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	336	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,092	8
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	338	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,017	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	369	324.57/cwt	300.00–329.00	1,198	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	441	280.84/cwt	267.50–287.50	1,239	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	453	306.00/cwt	270.00–310.50	1,386	36
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	458	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,406	23
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,326	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	541	281.71/cwt	250.00–284.75	1,524	22
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	556	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,573	15
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	563	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,357	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	624	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,466	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	648	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,672	13
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,613	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	713	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,626	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	739	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,648	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	338	379.79/cwt	357.50–395.00	1,284	5
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	342	389.00/cwt	350.00–398.50	1,330	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	415	385.31/cwt	332.00–391.00	1,599	11
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	388.73/cwt	332.50–392.00	1,617	19
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	458	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,534	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	334.38/cwt	300.00–339.00	1,622	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	495	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,648	13
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	517	296.06/cwt	293.00–302.50	1,531	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	567	294.50/cwt	294.50–294.50	1,670	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	297.21/cwt	277.00–299.50	1,706	10
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	650	264.50/cwt	264.50–264.50	1,719	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	653	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,724	11

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 Feb 1, 2025

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

Receipts 369Last week 491Year ago 581

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 79, Heifers 167, Bulls 123)

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	338	357.50–395.00	379.79
19	400–450	416	332.50–392.00	388.73
13	450–500	495	333.00	333.00
10	550–600	574	277.00–299.50	297.21
11	650–700	653	264.00	264.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	458	335.00	335.00
3	500–550	517	293.00–302.50	296.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	342	350.00–398.50	389.00
11	400–450	415	332.00–391.00	385.31
8	450–500	485	300.00–339.00	334.38
7	550–600	567	294.50	294.50
4	650–700	650	264.50	264.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	448	359.00	359.00
4	500–550	515	299.00	299.00
18	550–600	558	313.00	313.00
19	600–650	638	270.00	270.00
2	700–750	705	244.00	244.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	395	400.00	400.00
2	400–450	418	341.00	341.00
9	450–500	458	359.00	359.00
6	500–550	549	312.00	312.00
1	600–650	620	273.00	273.00
1	750–800	755	242.00	242.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	338	301.00	301.00
6	400–450	441	267.50–287.50	280.84
2	550–600	563	241.00	241.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	336	325.00	325.00
23	450–500	458	307.00	307.00
1	500–550	525	252.50	252.50
15	550–600	556	283.00	283.00
13	600–650	648	258.00	258.00
1	650–700	665	242.50	242.50
4	700–750	739	223.00	223.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	369	300.00–329.00	324.57
36	450–500	453	270.00–310.50	306.00
22	500–550	541	250.00–284.75	281.71
8	600–650	624	235.00	235.00
2	700–750	713	228.00	228.00

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.