Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2025-03-22

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Mar 22
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
418 head
▼ 199 vs last sale 617▲ 193 vs year ago 225 · +85.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 76, Heifers 178, Bulls 164)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $307.89/cwt on 37 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −59.23 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.
Average price
$307.89
37 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,666
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$162
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$30.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+26.80
vs VA average
−6.69 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2530315.001,6706thin
Medium and Large 1548314.001,72123
Medium and Large 3529285.001,5088thin
One grade step is worth $30.00/cwt here — about $162 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 sale37 hd
307.89
—
VA average8 barns · 348 hd
281.09
+26.80
National average174 barns · 12,680 hd
314.58
−6.69
This barn, trailing median32 sales
367.12
−59.23
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

43 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 2330410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,3532
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1378407.00/cwt407.00–407.001,5386
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1440360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,5841
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3445360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,6023
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1451375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,69119
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2454375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,7037
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1532340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,80911
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3548338.00/cwt338.00–338.001,8523
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2560340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,9044
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1560326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,8261
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2605300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8151
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1638300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9142
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1708272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,9292
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2349361.00/cwt361.00–361.001,26010
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3355340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,20712
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1363357.00/cwt357.00–357.001,2969
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2442345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,52518
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3442322.62/cwt295.00–325.001,42612
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1455338.59/cwt325.00–339.001,54136
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,5441
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3529285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,5088
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2530315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,6706
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1548314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,72123
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2612286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,7505
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3629210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3214
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1647273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,76613
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1755225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,6992
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2760210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5961
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2336410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,3785
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1354404.41/cwt400.00–405.001,4329
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2370355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,3141
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2413377.92/cwt350.00–381.001,56110
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420379.00/cwt379.00–379.001,59225
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3432365.16/cwt356.00–367.501,5775
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1496337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,67226
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2498345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,71811
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2520307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,5961
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1535307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,6451
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3568300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7043
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1571302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,72418
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2581309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,7956
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1657275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,80713
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2677267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,8113

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.