Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2025-06-21

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Jun 21
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
313 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 306▼ 47 vs year ago 360 · −13.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 106, Heifers 120, Bulls 87)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $331.65/cwt on 39 head. That ranks 6 of 32 comparable sales and sits −35.46 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.
Average price
$331.65
39 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,827
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$12
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$7.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.84
vs VA average
−2.46 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2552334.501,84614thin
Medium and Large 1550330.171,81524
Medium and Large 3560327.501,8341thin
One grade step is worth $7.00/cwt here — about $12 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 sale39 hd
331.65
—
VA average8 barns · 380 hd
322.82
+8.84
National average153 barns · 9,567 hd
334.11
−2.46
This barn, trailing median32 sales
367.12
−35.46
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

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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,4631
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2378402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,5213
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,5361
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2451380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,71412
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1478367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,75712
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3495330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,6341
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,8646
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1555354.56/cwt350.00–355.001,96834
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1637330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,10219
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2640333.00/cwt333.00–333.002,1311
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3640310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9841
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1665320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1282
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1742292.00/cwt292.00–292.002,1673
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3340367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,2501
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1354392.50/cwt392.50–392.501,3894
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2359393.00/cwt393.00–393.001,41110
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2434351.90/cwt340.00–353.001,52711
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3435345.96/cwt337.50–347.001,5059
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1457349.00/cwt349.00–349.001,59510
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1547331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,81122
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2552334.50/cwt334.50–334.501,84614
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3560327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,8341
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1580321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,8622
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620307.21/cwt297.50–308.001,90513
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2633309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,9565
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1734290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,1294
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1333400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3322
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2362399.00/cwt399.00–399.001,4443
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1390350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3651
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1432360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,55511
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2437375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,6395
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3450325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,4632
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2470345.79/cwt337.50–350.001,6253
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1497340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,69010
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1573336.51/cwt292.50–340.001,92814
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2585330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,9313
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1656293.30/cwt275.00–298.001,9245

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.