Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2025-03-01

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Mar 1
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
636 head
▲ 362 vs last sale 274▲ 457 vs year ago 179 · +255.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 142, Heifers 263, Bulls 231)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $263.97/cwt on 87 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −103.15 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.
Average price
$263.97
87 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,437
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$41
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$7.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.21
vs VA average
−43.04 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2544270.501,47214thin
Medium and Large 3537266.001,4283thin
Medium and Large 1545262.571,43170
One grade step is worth $7.93/cwt here — about $41 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 sale87 hd
263.97
—
VA average7 barns · 526 hd
271.18
−7.21
National average189 barns · 18,586 hd
307.01
−43.04
This barn, trailing median32 sales
367.12
−103.15
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

42 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1345376.00/cwt376.00–376.001,29711
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2349374.00/cwt374.00–374.001,3056
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2435365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,5887
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3443330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,4629
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1449359.00/cwt359.00–359.001,61222
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,6391
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2521324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,6885
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1535300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6052
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1559310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,73324
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1633280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,77217
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2650276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,7942
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1660268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,7691
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1731245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,7917
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2359326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,17018
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1363317.01/cwt300.00–318.001,15119
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3367311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,1413
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1415307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,2741
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3439303.66/cwt300.00–304.001,33311
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2445290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,2911
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2450302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,36136
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1454291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,32144
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3537266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,4283
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2544270.50/cwt270.50–270.501,47214
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1544264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,43666
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1561239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,3414
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1632248.50/cwt248.50–248.501,57118
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2636240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5265
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2710200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4201
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1775200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5501
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2338372.00/cwt372.00–372.001,25712
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1362372.00/cwt372.00–372.001,34714
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2411354.71/cwt300.00–362.001,45818
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1414363.71/cwt330.00–366.001,50631
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3439315.44/cwt280.00–320.001,3858
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1489345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,68730
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2490342.49/cwt300.00–346.001,67813
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1510320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6321
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3552285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,5733
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2564384.00/cwt384.00–384.002,1666
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1576290.08/cwt260.00–291.001,67133
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2652264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,7213
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1657263.20/cwt247.50–264.001,72921

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.