Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2025-06-28

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Jun 28
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
131 head
▼ 182 vs last sale 313▼ 414 vs year ago 545 · −76.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 23, Heifers 50, Bulls 58)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $328.57/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −63.04 against this barn's trailing median of $391.61.
Average price
$328.57
7 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,838
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$267
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$51.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.19
vs VA average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2553351.001,9412thin
Medium and Large 1568349.001,9822thin
Medium and Large 3558300.001,6743thin
One grade step is worth $51.00/cwt here — about $267 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale7 hd
328.57
—
VA average6 barns · 68 hd
329.77
−1.19
This barn, trailing median32 sales
391.61
−63.04
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
454408361315median 391.6103/0705/0207/1109/1210/31
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

29 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2335394.00/cwt394.00–394.001,3203
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3430330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,4191
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2455386.00/cwt386.00–386.001,7562
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1474374.85/cwt372.50–376.001,7773
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2529365.37/cwt364.00–366.001,9333
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1555368.00/cwt368.00–368.002,0423
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1605340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,0571
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1790300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,3701
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2340345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,1731
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1353374.00/cwt374.00–374.001,3204
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2354375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,3284
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3370345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,2773
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2444346.00/cwt346.00–346.001,5368
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1446342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,5286
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3463343.00/cwt343.00–343.001,5884
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1540315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,7016
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2541314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,6995
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1675300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,0252
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2324391.00/cwt391.00–391.001,2675
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1368396.00/cwt396.00–396.001,4573
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1416375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,5605
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2417383.00/cwt383.00–383.001,5976
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3440350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5401
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2491363.46/cwt350.00–365.001,7859
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1499363.00/cwt363.00–363.001,8117
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2553351.00/cwt351.00–351.001,9412
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3558300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6743
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1568349.00/cwt349.00–349.001,9822
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1643317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,0382

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.