Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2025-07-19

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Jul 19
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
290 head
▼ 123 vs last sale 413▲ 67 vs year ago 223 · +30.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 84, Heifers 128, Bulls 78)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $332.27/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 6 of 32 comparable sales and sits −34.85 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.
Average price
$332.27
30 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,802
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$63
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$13.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.74
vs VA average
−6.47 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2536338.001,81211thin
Medium and Large 1548330.001,80815thin
Medium and Large 3538325.001,7494thin
One grade step is worth $13.00/cwt here — about $63 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 sale30 hd
332.27
—
VA average9 barns · 401 hd
335.01
−2.74
National average151 barns · 8,478 hd
338.74
−6.47
This barn, trailing median32 sales
367.12
−34.85
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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2372385.63/cwt372.00–392.001,4356
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1384375.46/cwt371.00–380.001,4426
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3440357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,5731
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1443380.73/cwt371.00–383.001,68710
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2449385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,72911
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3530322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,7091
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1538356.00/cwt356.00–356.001,91512
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2552358.00/cwt358.00–358.001,9768
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3600311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,8661
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2617342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,1105
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1651331.99/cwt321.00–333.002,16112
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1725294.00/cwt294.00–294.002,1321
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1315372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,1731
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2354386.00/cwt386.00–386.001,3667
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3360370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,3326
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2415340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,4111
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1447357.46/cwt349.00–359.001,59813
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2456367.00/cwt367.00–367.001,67414
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3458354.00/cwt354.00–354.001,6218
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2536338.00/cwt338.00–338.001,81211
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3538325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,7494
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1548330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,80815
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2632309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,9535
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1634299.77/cwt299.00–300.001,90117
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1717289.75/cwt288.00–295.002,0784
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1338383.00/cwt383.00–383.001,2958
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2345381.00/cwt381.00–381.001,3144
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1403380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,5315
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2428377.00/cwt377.00–377.001,6143
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3443361.00/cwt361.00–361.001,5992
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2490364.00/cwt364.00–364.001,7845
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1493352.00/cwt352.00–352.001,7355
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2566344.00/cwt344.00–344.001,9475
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1581341.30/cwt337.00–342.001,9837
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2643310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9932
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1659312.66/cwt306.00–315.002,0604

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.