Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2025-06-14

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Jun 14
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
306 head
▼ 38 vs last sale 344▼ 19 vs year ago 325 · −5.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 83, Heifers 127, Bulls 96)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $320.98/cwt on 41 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −46.14 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.
Average price
$320.98
41 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,731
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$16
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2
$11.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.76
vs VA average
−19.94 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3519330.001,7135thin
Medium and Large 1542320.001,73426
Medium and Large 2542319.001,72910thin
One grade step is worth $11.00/cwt here — about −$16 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 sale41 hd
320.98
—
VA average8 barns · 429 hd
328.73
−7.76
National average161 barns · 10,769 hd
340.92
−19.94
This barn, trailing median32 sales
367.12
−46.14
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

36 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2390407.50/cwt407.50–407.501,5891
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2459388.14/cwt375.00–390.001,7828
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1459371.00/cwt371.00–371.001,70311
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3495375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,8561
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3510362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,8491
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2515375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,9315
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1564363.00/cwt363.00–363.002,04721
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1628334.36/cwt321.00–335.002,10021
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2675315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,1261
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1738292.50/cwt292.50–292.502,1596
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,2381
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3350380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,3302
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2351400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4049
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1358383.23/cwt375.00–386.001,3724
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3427360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,5376
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1454357.00/cwt357.00–357.001,62118
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2462359.50/cwt359.50–359.501,66125
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3519330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,7135
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1542320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,73426
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2542319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,72910
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2625315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,9691
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1638315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,0106
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1655310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,0311
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1715297.00/cwt297.00–297.002,1241
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2351397.50/cwt397.50–397.501,3954
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1358395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,4143
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2409395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,6167
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1440367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,6177
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3477350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6703
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2491373.00/cwt373.00–373.001,83118
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1497361.00/cwt361.00–361.001,79410
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3563320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8022
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2566338.00/cwt338.00–338.001,9136
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1594332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,9728
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1641322.00/cwt322.00–322.002,0645
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2645327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,1121

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.