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Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-04-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-12

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Apr 12

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186

← Apr 5Apr 12Apr 19 →

Receipts

233 head

▼ 192 vs last sale 425▼ 79 vs year ago 312 · −25.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (steers 62, Heifers 111, Bulls 60)

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 $304.12/cwt on 37 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −63.00 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.

Average price

$304.12

37 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,630

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$203

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

$21.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.82

vs VA average

−12.43 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	534	310.31	1,657	13thin
Medium and Large 1	540	301.83	1,630	22
Medium and Large 3	503	289.00	1,454	2thin

One grade step is worth $21.31/cwt here — about $203 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 sale37 hd

304.12

—

VA average10 barns · 448 hd

304.94

−0.82

National average178 barns · 10,561 hd

316.55

−12.43

This barn, trailing median32 sales

367.12

−63.00

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

35 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	368	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	1,542	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	372	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	1,533	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	452	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	1,686	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	453	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,726	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	462	357.45/cwt	353.00–358.00	1,651	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,883	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	538	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,937	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	545	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,891	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	550	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,898	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,904	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	617	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,974	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	313.72/cwt	312.00–314.00	1,980	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	353	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,253	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	366	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,318	18
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	435	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,492	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	465	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,511	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,569	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	503	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,454	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	534	310.31/cwt	302.00–311.00	1,657	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	301.83/cwt	298.00–302.00	1,630	22
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	617	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,771	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,806	16
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,623	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	333	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	1,392	4
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	343	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	1,471	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,538	7
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	430	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,539	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	435	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,523	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	494	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,694	12
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	498	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,818	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,811	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,866	8
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	610	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,720	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,768	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	695	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,724	1

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 Apr 12, 2025

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

Receipts 233Last week 425Year ago 312

State Graded Feeder Cattle (steers 62, Heifers 111, Bulls 60)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	333	418.00	418.00
7	400–450	426	361.00	361.00
12	450–500	494	343.00	343.00
8	550–600	583	320.00	320.00
3	650–700	680	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	343	429.00	429.00
5	400–450	430	358.00	358.00
4	450–500	498	365.00	365.00
2	550–600	575	315.00	315.00
1	600–650	610	282.00	282.00
1	650–700	695	248.00	248.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	372	412.00	412.00
9	450–500	462	353.00–358.00	357.45
10	500–550	529	356.00	356.00
1	550–600	560	340.00	340.00
7	600–650	631	312.00–314.00	313.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	368	419.00	419.00
5	450–500	453	381.00	381.00
5	500–550	538	360.00	360.00
1	550–600	550	345.00	345.00
3	600–650	617	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	452	373.00	373.00
1	500–550	545	347.00	347.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	353	355.00	355.00
13	450–500	467	336.00	336.00
22	500–550	540	298.00–302.00	301.83
16	600–650	625	289.00	289.00
1	700–750	715	227.00	227.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	366	360.00	360.00
11	400–450	435	343.00	343.00
13	500–550	534	302.00–311.00	310.31
3	600–650	617	287.00	287.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	465	325.00	325.00
2	500–550	503	289.00	289.00

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.