Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2025-03-29

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Mar 29
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
688 head
▲ 270 vs last sale 418▲ 367 vs year ago 321 · +114.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 231, Hiefers 309, Bulls 148)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $306.01/cwt on 95 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −61.11 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.
Average price
$306.01
95 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,663
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$253
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$46.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.14
vs VA average
−15.73 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2539312.001,68221
Medium and Large 1543308.001,67250
Medium and Large 1-2550301.001,65621
Medium and Large 3537266.001,4283thin
One grade step is worth $46.00/cwt here — about $253 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 sale95 hd
306.01
—
VA average7 barns · 468 hd
291.87
+14.14
National average178 barns · 15,613 hd
321.74
−15.73
This barn, trailing median32 sales
367.12
−61.11
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

50 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1343417.00/cwt417.00–417.001,4302
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2Value Added355400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4201
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2381409.00/cwt409.00–409.001,5589
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3440355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,5621
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1453368.00/cwt368.00–368.001,66738
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2457372.00/cwt372.00–372.001,70011
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added462395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,8256
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525357.00/cwt357.00–357.001,87413
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1539353.50/cwt353.50–353.501,90557
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added551391.00/cwt391.00–391.002,15414
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2618356.00/cwt356.00–356.002,2002
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1635350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,22316
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added640353.50/cwt353.50–353.502,26231
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added745277.00/cwt277.00–277.002,06414
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1748281.00/cwt281.00–281.002,1024
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added840245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,0584
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1Value Added950229.00/cwt229.00–229.002,1761
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1343353.00/cwt353.00–353.001,2119
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2354360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,27413
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3358335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,1994
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added365351.00/cwt351.00–351.001,2811
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2453332.90/cwt320.00–334.501,50828
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3455324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,47414
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1456328.48/cwt319.00–329.001,49840
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added460319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,46712
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3537266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,4283
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2539312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,68221
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1543308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,67250
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added550301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,65621
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3615239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,4701
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2624260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,62213
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1633261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,65221
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added645284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,83219
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1725219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,5883
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2750230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7251
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added755235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,7746
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added845240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,0287
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2329410.79/cwt390.00–416.001,3515
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1340409.00/cwt409.00–409.001,3912
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3400350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4001
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2413371.00/cwt371.00–371.001,53216
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1418376.00/cwt376.00–376.001,57214
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2492356.88/cwt355.00–357.001,75616
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1498355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,76816
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3562300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6863
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1573315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,80515
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2575322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,85213
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1648280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,81416
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2664292.26/cwt269.00–297.001,9416
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1670260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,7421

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.