Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2025-06-07

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Jun 7
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
344 head
▼ 150 vs last sale 494▲ 74 vs year ago 270 · +27.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 84, Heifers 152, Bulls 108)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $338.22/cwt on 54 head. That ranks 9 of 32 comparable sales and sits −28.89 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.
Average price
$338.22
54 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,836
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$79
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$9.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.10
vs VA average
−0.02 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2543343.001,86219thin
Medium and Large 1544335.841,82731
Medium and Large 3534334.001,7844thin
One grade step is worth $9.00/cwt here — about $79 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 sale54 hd
338.22
—
VA average8 barns · 621 hd
325.12
+13.10
National average164 barns · 13,536 hd
338.24
−0.02
This barn, trailing median32 sales
367.12
−28.89
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

41 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2350444.00/cwt444.00–444.001,5545
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1365440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,6062
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3433378.00/cwt378.00–378.001,6372
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1459410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,8829
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2518370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,9174
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3545310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6901
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1548360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,97318
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3605300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8151
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1628339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,12918
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2668334.00/cwt334.00–334.002,2313
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3705275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,9391
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2729280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,0416
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1732297.00/cwt297.00–297.002,17410
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2363415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,5064
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1366413.00/cwt413.00–413.001,5124
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3369399.00/cwt399.00–399.001,4726
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,4911
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3438361.00/cwt361.00–361.001,5816
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1451372.00/cwt372.00–372.001,67815
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2452378.00/cwt378.00–378.001,70913
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3534334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,7844
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2543343.00/cwt343.00–343.001,86219
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1544335.84/cwt300.00–337.001,82731
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3615298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,8331
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1634301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,90814
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2646310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,00310
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2743272.00/cwt272.00–272.002,0213
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1745274.00/cwt274.00–274.002,0414
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1315400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,2601
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2315390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,2291
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1354448.00/cwt448.00–448.001,5865
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2358447.00/cwt447.00–447.001,6005
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2415438.00/cwt438.00–438.001,81811
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1438428.00/cwt428.00–428.001,8754
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1502375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,88315
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2505372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,8812
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3545300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6351
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2567346.00/cwt346.00–346.001,9623
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1585337.48/cwt320.00–340.001,9748
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2630299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,8841
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1656299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,96114

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.