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Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-08-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-02

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Aug 2

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186

← Jul 26Aug 2Aug 9 →

Receipts

332 head

▲ 138 vs last sale 194▲ 81 vs year ago 251 · +32.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 67, Heifers 155, Bulls 110)

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 $345.94/cwt on 53 head. That ranks 10 of 32 comparable sales and sits −21.18 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.

Average price

$345.94

53 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,890

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$50

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

$19.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.48

vs VA average

−1.56 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	540	348.00	1,879	15thin
Medium and Large 1	548	347.02	1,902	34
Medium and Large 3	556	329.00	1,829	4thin

One grade step is worth $19.00/cwt here — about $50 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale53 hd

345.94

—

VA average7 barns · 230 hd

336.45

+9.48

National average149 barns · 6,369 hd

347.50

−1.56

This barn, trailing median32 sales

367.12

−21.18

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

35 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	350–400	Medium and Large 2	376	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,542	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	415	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,598	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	446	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	1,757	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	1,848	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	529	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,926	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	554	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,028	14
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	555	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,893	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	636	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,220	14
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,394	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	346	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	1,415	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	367	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	1,519	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	449	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,702	17
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	374.44/cwt	362.50–375.00	1,704	24
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	460	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,647	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,879	15
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	548	347.02/cwt	330.00–347.50	1,902	34
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	556	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,829	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	635	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,013	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	640	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,010	14
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	720	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,088	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	755	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,182	10
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	349	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	1,459	6
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	1,568	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	423.45/cwt	392.50–426.00	1,766	14
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	421	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,768	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	460	369.89/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,701	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	460	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,564	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	491	365.52/cwt	354.00–368.00	1,795	17
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	507	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,845	7
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	540	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,879	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	545	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,744	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,017	12
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	605	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,966	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	651	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,038	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	660	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,046	2

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 Aug 2, 2025

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

Receipts 332Last week 194Year ago 251

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 67, Heifers 155, Bulls 110)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	418.00	418.00
14	400–450	417	392.50–426.00	423.45
17	450–500	491	354.00–368.00	365.52
1	500–550	545	320.00	320.00
12	550–600	583	346.00	346.00
5	650–700	651	313.00	313.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	349	418.00	418.00
8	400–450	421	420.00	420.00
2	450–500	460	360.00–380.00	369.89
7	500–550	507	364.00	364.00
1	600–650	605	325.00	325.00
2	650–700	660	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	460	340.00	340.00
2	500–550	540	348.00	348.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	346	409.00	409.00
24	450–500	455	362.50–375.00	374.44
34	500–550	548	330.00–347.50	347.02
14	600–650	640	314.00	314.00
10	750–800	755	289.00	289.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	367	414.00	414.00
17	400–450	449	379.00	379.00
15	500–550	540	348.00	348.00
7	600–650	635	317.00	317.00
1	700–750	720	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	460	358.00	358.00
4	550–600	556	329.00	329.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	469	394.00	394.00
14	550–600	554	366.00	366.00
14	600–650	636	349.00	349.00
2	700–750	730	328.00	328.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	376	410.00	410.00
9	400–450	446	394.00	394.00
4	500–550	529	364.00	364.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	415	385.00	385.00
2	550–600	555	341.00	341.00

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.