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Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-07-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-26

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Jul 26

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186

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Receipts

194 head

▼ 96 vs last sale 290▼ 156 vs year ago 350 · −44.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 37, Heifers 88, Bulls 69)

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 $329.65/cwt on 29 head. That ranks 4 of 32 comparable sales and sits −37.47 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.

Average price

$329.65

29 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,833

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$240

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

$30.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.41

vs VA average

−10.53 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	564	335.00	1,889	8thin
Medium and Large 1	555	331.50	1,839	18thin
Medium and Large 3	542	304.27	1,649	3thin

One grade step is worth $30.73/cwt here — about $240 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 sale29 hd

329.65

—

VA average5 barns · 300 hd

329.24

+0.41

National average146 barns · 6,788 hd

340.18

−10.53

This barn, trailing median32 sales

367.12

−37.47

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

34 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	460	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	1,808	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	464	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,786	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	465	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,651	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	510	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,872	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	553	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,958	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	639	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,189	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	650	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,788	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	690	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,332	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	785	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,331	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	325	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	999	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	353	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	1,317	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	379	363.37/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,377	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	434	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,601	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	437	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,486	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	459	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,675	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,737	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	542	304.27/cwt	285.00–314.00	1,649	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,859	15
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	564	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,889	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	633	292.35/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,851	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,889	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	640	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,632	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,071	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	773	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,184	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	350	414.50/cwt	414.50–414.50	1,451	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	351	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	1,443	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	414	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	1,693	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	419	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,634	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	477	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,698	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	351.98/cwt	340.00–353.00	1,686	12
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	550	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,650	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,907	11
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	605	316.98/cwt	315.00–317.50	1,918	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	304.40/cwt	295.00–307.50	1,994	4

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 26, 2025

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

Receipts 194Last week 290Year ago 350

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 37, Heifers 88, Bulls 69)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	351	411.00	411.00
5	400–450	414	409.00	409.00
12	450–500	479	340.00–353.00	351.98
11	550–600	578	330.00	330.00
4	650–700	655	295.00–307.50	304.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	350	414.50	414.50
5	400–450	419	390.00	390.00
3	450–500	477	356.00	356.00
5	600–650	605	315.00–317.50	316.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	550	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	464	385.00	385.00
5	550–600	553	354.00	354.00
4	600–650	639	342.50	342.50
1	750–800	785	297.00	297.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	460	393.00	393.00
3	500–550	510	367.00	367.00
1	650–700	690	338.00	338.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	355.00	355.00
1	650–700	650	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	379	360.00–365.00	363.37
10	450–500	459	365.00	365.00
3	500–550	528	329.00	329.00
15	550–600	560	332.00	332.00
10	600–650	634	298.00	298.00
1	750–800	760	272.50	272.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	353	373.00	373.00
5	400–450	434	369.00	369.00
8	550–600	564	335.00	335.00
2	600–650	633	285.00–300.00	292.35
2	750–800	773	282.50	282.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	307.50	307.50
3	400–450	437	340.00	340.00
3	500–550	542	285.00–314.00	304.27
1	600–650	640	255.00	255.00

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.