Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2025-02-08

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Feb 8
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
397 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 369▼ 251 vs year ago 648 · −38.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 91, Heifers 158, Bulls 128)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $255.37/cwt on 35 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −111.75 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.
Average price
$255.37
35 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,398
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$151
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$5.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.39
vs VA average
−43.49 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2549257.501,4146thin
Medium and Large 1549255.021,40028
Medium and Large 3500252.501,2631thin
One grade step is worth $5.00/cwt here — about $151 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale35 hd
255.37
—
VA average8 barns · 604 hd
264.76
−9.39
National average192 barns · 21,303 hd
298.86
−43.49
This barn, trailing median32 sales
367.12
−111.75
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
429390351312median 367.1203/0705/0207/1109/1210/31
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

41 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2345399.00/cwt399.00–399.001,3772
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1355390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,3851
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2443346.16/cwt334.00–349.001,5335
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1467346.00/cwt346.00–346.001,61610
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3485250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2131
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2543304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,65119
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1546309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,68723
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1580280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,6241
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2627280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,7567
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1635284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,80311
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2700246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,7221
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1753242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,8222
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1360312.43/cwt275.00–315.001,12516
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2361314.45/cwt275.00–321.001,13515
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2441280.50/cwt280.50–280.501,23710
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1445281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,25021
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1457259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,1843
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3467260.50/cwt260.50–260.501,21710
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2468259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,2122
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3500252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,2631
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2549257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,4146
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1549255.50/cwt255.50–255.501,40327
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1550242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,3311
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1626244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,52714
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2657244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,6033
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3680205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3942
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1719230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,65410
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2729219.45/cwt210.00–224.001,6003
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1346400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3845
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2348400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3926
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1418330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,37919
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2430327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,4086
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3431282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,2184
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1493316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,55824
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2497322.01/cwt310.00–324.001,60014
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1503306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,5392
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3543250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3585
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2563284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,5998
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1581280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,62718
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1657237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,5579
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2659241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,5887

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.