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Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-05-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-10

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, May 10

● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186

← May 3May 10May 17 →

Receipts

411 head

▼ 1 vs last sale 412▲ 70 vs year ago 341 · +20.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 92, Heifers 143, Bulls 176)

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $331.17/cwt on 43 head. That ranks 2 of 32 comparable sales and sits −60.44 against this barn's trailing median of $391.61.

Average price

$331.17

43 head · 578 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,915

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$247

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

$28.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.44

vs VA average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	582	338.00	1,967	15thin
Medium and Large 1	578	328.85	1,901	26
Medium and Large 3	555	310.00	1,721	2thin

One grade step is worth $28.00/cwt here — about $247 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale43 hd

331.17

—

VA average9 barns · 255 hd

331.61

−0.44

This barn, trailing median32 sales

391.61

−60.44

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

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $439.94, low $328.92, median $391.61 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

39 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	365	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	1,610	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	1,638	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	450	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	1,701	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,979	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	457	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,988	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,995	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	541	382.43/cwt	382.00–395.00	2,069	29
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	543	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,846	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	636	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,092	13
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	645	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,154	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,122	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,116	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	350	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,208	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	357	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	1,478	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	357	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	1,460	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,566	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	452	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	1,754	25
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	456	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,733	25
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	460	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,780	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	538	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,818	16
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	548	329.75/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,807	37
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	578	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,896	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	625	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,931	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	654	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,955	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	655	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,985	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,961	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	1,510	7
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	355	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,544	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	359	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,616	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	417	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	1,831	9
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	433.66/cwt	430.00–434.00	1,843	12
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	448	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,658	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	483	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,835	16
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	497	379.64/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,887	27
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	555	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,721	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	328.85/cwt	324.00–330.00	1,901	26
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	582	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,967	15
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,841	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	657	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,879	15

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 May 10, 2025

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

Receipts 411Last week 412Year ago 341

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 92, Heifers 143, Bulls 176)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	340	444.00	444.00
1	350–400	355	435.00	435.00
12	400–450	425	430.00–434.00	433.66
27	450–500	497	370.00–380.00	379.64
26	550–600	578	324.00–330.00	328.85
15	650–700	657	286.00	286.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	359	450.00	450.00
9	400–450	417	439.00	439.00
16	450–500	483	380.00	380.00
15	550–600	582	338.00	338.00
4	650–700	655	281.00	281.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	448	370.00	370.00
2	550–600	555	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	431.00	431.00
14	450–500	455	435.00	435.00
29	500–550	541	382.00–395.00	382.43
13	600–650	636	329.00	329.00
1	650–700	655	324.00	324.00
1	700–750	740	286.00	286.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	441.00	441.00
10	450–500	457	435.00	435.00
12	500–550	525	380.00	380.00
1	600–650	645	334.00	334.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	378.00	378.00
2	500–550	543	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	357	409.00	409.00
2	400–450	435	360.00	360.00
25	450–500	456	380.00	380.00
37	500–550	548	320.00–330.00	329.75
6	650–700	654	299.00	299.00
2	700–750	740	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	357	414.00	414.00
25	450–500	452	388.00	388.00
16	500–550	538	338.00	338.00
1	600–650	625	309.00	309.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	345.00	345.00
3	450–500	460	387.00	387.00
2	550–600	578	328.00	328.00
1	650–700	655	303.00	303.00

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.