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Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-05-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-17

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, May 17

● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186

← May 10May 17May 31 →

Receipts

313 head

▼ 98 vs last sale 411▲ 63 vs year ago 250 · +25.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 65, Heifers 158, Bulls 90)

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 $333.72/cwt on 43 head. That ranks 6 of 32 comparable sales and sits −33.40 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.

Average price

$333.72

43 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,842

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$132

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$20.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.15

vs VA average

−6.16 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	340.00	1,870	23
Medium and Large 2	560	330.00	1,848	13thin
Medium and Large 3	543	320.00	1,738	7thin

One grade step is worth $20.00/cwt here — about $132 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 sale43 hd

333.72

—

VA average7 barns · 336 hd

329.57

+4.15

National average164 barns · 12,891 hd

339.88

−6.16

This barn, trailing median32 sales

367.12

−33.40

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

37 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	345	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,346	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	390	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,541	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	1,830	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	455	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,456	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	461	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	1,835	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	545	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,908	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	546	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,061	22
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,959	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,139	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	705	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,221	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	345	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,070	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	359	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,391	13
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	360	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,251	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	364	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,411	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	447	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,453	19
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	450	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,451	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	456	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,482	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	543	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,738	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	550	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,870	23
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,848	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	628	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,711	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	630	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,733	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	638	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,930	16
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	738	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,771	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 3	765	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,760	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	778	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,867	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	348	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,436	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,508	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	1,635	12
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	421	391.12/cwt	387.50–392.50	1,647	11
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	425	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,488	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	498	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,818	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	501	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,839	19
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	555	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,582	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,925	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	613	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,038	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,086	3

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 17, 2025

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

Receipts 313Last week 411Year ago 250

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 65, Heifers 158, Bulls 90)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	407.50	407.50
12	400–450	415	394.00	394.00
19	500–550	501	367.00	367.00
6	550–600	579	332.50	332.50
3	650–700	673	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	348	412.50	412.50
11	400–450	421	387.50–392.50	391.12
5	450–500	498	365.00	365.00
2	600–650	613	332.50	332.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	350.00	350.00
1	550–600	555	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	345	390.00	390.00
7	450–500	461	398.00	398.00
22	500–550	546	377.50	377.50
3	550–600	572	342.50	342.50
5	600–650	629	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	395.00	395.00
6	400–450	440	416.00	416.00
11	500–550	545	350.00	350.00
1	700–750	705	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	364	387.50	387.50
19	400–450	447	325.00	325.00
23	550–600	550	340.00	340.00
16	600–650	638	302.50	302.50
2	750–800	778	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	359	387.50	387.50
13	450–500	456	325.00	325.00
13	550–600	560	330.00	330.00
2	600–650	630	275.00	275.00
2	700–750	738	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	310.00	310.00
6	350–400	360	347.50	347.50
13	450–500	450	322.50	322.50
7	500–550	543	320.00	320.00
2	600–650	628	272.50	272.50
1	750–800	765	230.00	230.00

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.