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Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-07-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-12

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Jul 12

● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186

← Jun 28Jul 12Jul 19 →

Receipts

413 head

▲ 282 vs last sale 131▼ 85 vs year ago 498 · −17.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 77, heifers 197, Bulls 139)

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 $328.50/cwt on 57 head. That ranks 4 of 32 comparable sales and sits −38.62 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.

Average price

$328.50

57 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,813

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$41

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$7.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.42

vs VA average

−13.03 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	543	332.00	1,803	16thin
Medium and Large 1	559	327.73	1,832	32
Medium and Large 3	542	325.00	1,762	9thin

One grade step is worth $7.00/cwt here — about $41 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 sale57 hd

328.50

—

VA average9 barns · 273 hd

322.08

+6.42

National average157 barns · 9,726 hd

341.53

−13.03

This barn, trailing median32 sales

367.12

−38.62

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

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,341	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,359	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	433	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,689	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	462	384.79/cwt	355.00–388.00	1,778	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	475	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,615	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	515	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,532	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,759	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	545	357.25/cwt	340.00–358.00	1,947	23
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	560	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,680	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	564	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,019	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	615	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,845	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,155	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,211	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	730	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,110	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	737	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,159	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	347	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,310	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	368	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,277	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	381	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,433	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	436	349.50/cwt	349.50–349.50	1,524	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	446	358.50/cwt	358.50–358.50	1,599	25
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	454	349.44/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,586	36
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	542	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,762	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	543	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,803	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	559	327.73/cwt	321.00–329.00	1,832	32
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	610	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,845	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,884	21
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	633	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,956	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,843	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	770	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,987	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	348	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,244	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,369	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,607	11
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	424	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,594	13
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	442	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,503	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	493	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,716	20
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	504	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,749	15
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	542	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,626	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	333.23/cwt	323.00–335.00	1,933	21
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	582	334.32/cwt	327.50–337.50	1,946	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	640	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,048	11
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	662	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,019	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 Jul 12, 2025

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

Receipts 413Last week 131Year ago 498

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 77, heifers 197, Bulls 139)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	348	357.50	357.50
11	400–450	424	379.00	379.00
20	450–500	493	348.00	348.00
21	550–600	580	323.00–335.00	333.23
11	600–650	640	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	365.00	365.00
13	400–450	424	376.00	376.00
15	500–550	504	347.00	347.00
3	550–600	582	327.50–337.50	334.32
3	650–700	662	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	442	340.00	340.00
5	500–550	542	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	362.50	362.50
11	450–500	462	355.00–388.00	384.79
23	500–550	545	340.00–358.00	357.25
11	600–650	630	342.00	342.00
3	700–750	737	293.00	293.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	362.50	362.50
2	400–450	433	390.00	390.00
1	500–550	525	335.00	335.00
9	550–600	564	358.00	358.00
1	650–700	655	337.50	337.50
1	700–750	730	289.00	289.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	340.00	340.00
1	500–550	515	297.50	297.50
1	550–600	560	300.00	300.00
1	600–650	615	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	347	377.50	377.50
36	450–500	454	330.00–350.00	349.44
32	550–600	559	321.00–329.00	327.73
21	600–650	630	299.00	299.00
2	700–750	730	252.50	252.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	381	376.00	376.00
25	400–450	446	358.50	358.50
16	500–550	543	332.00	332.00
4	600–650	633	309.00	309.00
2	750–800	770	258.00	258.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	368	347.00	347.00
9	400–450	436	349.50	349.50
9	500–550	542	325.00	325.00
1	600–650	610	302.50	302.50

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.