Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2025-04-26

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Apr 26
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
417 head
▲ 120 vs last sale 297▲ 145 vs year ago 272 · +53.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 97, Heifers 164, Bulls 156)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $323.06/cwt on 35 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −44.06 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.
Average price
$323.06
35 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,741
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$56
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$8.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.22
vs VA average
−6.89 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2542329.001,7839thin
Medium and Large 1538321.001,72726
One grade step is worth $8.00/cwt here — about $56 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 sale35 hd
323.06
—
VA average8 barns · 388 hd
318.84
+4.22
National average175 barns · 11,256 hd
329.95
−6.89
This barn, trailing median32 sales
367.12
−44.06
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

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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1353424.00/cwt424.00–424.001,4972
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2370425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,5731
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3430370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,5912
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2434397.00/cwt397.00–397.001,7239
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1448395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,77027
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2528385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,0334
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1540363.49/cwt350.00–364.001,96326
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2618303.26/cwt300.00–310.001,8743
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1636309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,9656
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3319352.15/cwt322.50–362.501,1234
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1364379.00/cwt361.00–380.001,38019
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365381.00/cwt381.00–381.001,39116
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3425345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,4669
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2437359.00/cwt359.00–359.001,56913
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1445334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,4863
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1450347.00/cwt347.00–347.001,56251
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1538321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,72726
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2542329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,7839
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3645245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,5802
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1685244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,6711
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1715237.30/cwt236.00–240.001,6973
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2755237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,7891
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1348424.00/cwt424.00–424.001,4766
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1355411.00/cwt411.00–411.001,4593
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2364422.09/cwt406.00–429.001,5367
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2424414.00/cwt414.00–414.001,75512
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1426392.28/cwt392.00–397.001,67117
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3478364.00/cwt364.00–364.001,7402
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1494357.84/cwt357.00–358.001,76819
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2501360.50/cwt360.50–360.501,80619
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3555300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6652
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1571322.30/cwt300.00–325.001,84028
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2577328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,8938
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2640288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,8431
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1661283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,8718

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.