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Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-08-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-16

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Aug 16

● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186

← Aug 9Aug 16Aug 23 →

Receipts

295 head

▼ 194 vs last sale 489▲ 45 vs year ago 250 · +18.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 63, Heifers 110. Bulls 122)

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 $346.92/cwt on 39 head. That ranks 10 of 32 comparable sales and sits −20.19 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.

Average price

$346.92

39 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,885

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$109

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

$20.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.46

vs VA average

−3.89 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	526	350.00	1,841	13thin
Medium and Large 1	553	346.00	1,913	25
Medium and Large 3	525	330.00	1,733	1thin

One grade step is worth $20.00/cwt here — about $109 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale39 hd

346.92

—

VA average7 barns · 389 hd

335.47

+11.46

National average152 barns · 8,349 hd

350.81

−3.89

This barn, trailing median32 sales

367.12

−20.19

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

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	385	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	1,682	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	436	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	1,740	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	455	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,740	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	1,851	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	545	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,017	21
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	555	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,048	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	610	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,129	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,162	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,231	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	785	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,324	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	350	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,313	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	356	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	1,435	11
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,463	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	427	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,567	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	455	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,627	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	464	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,675	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	525	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,733	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	526	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,841	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	553	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,913	25
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,984	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	635	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,962	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	660	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,888	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,018	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	758	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,160	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	336	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	1,384	5
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	343	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,406	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	409	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,624	9
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	1,703	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	497	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,849	11
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	505	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,904	9
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	568	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,931	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,952	12
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	575	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,961	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	640	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,016	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	645	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,871	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,079	14

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 16, 2025

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

Receipts 295Last week 489Year ago 250

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 63, Heifers 110. Bulls 122)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	336	412.00	412.00
9	400–450	428	398.00	398.00
11	450–500	497	372.00	372.00
12	550–600	569	343.00	343.00
1	600–650	645	290.00	290.00
14	650–700	658	316.00	316.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	343	410.00	410.00
9	400–450	409	397.00	397.00
9	500–550	505	377.00	377.00
4	550–600	568	340.00	340.00
1	600–650	640	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	575	341.00	341.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	375	390.00	390.00
12	450–500	464	361.00	361.00
25	550–600	553	346.00	346.00
10	600–650	618	321.00	321.00
1	650–700	675	299.00	299.00
3	750–800	758	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	356	403.00	403.00
7	400–450	427	367.00	367.00
13	500–550	526	350.00	350.00
6	600–650	635	309.00	309.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	350	375.00	375.00
2	450–500	455	357.50	357.50
1	500–550	525	330.00	330.00
2	650–700	660	286.00	286.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	465	398.00	398.00
21	500–550	545	370.00	370.00
9	600–650	623	347.00	347.00
1	700–750	715	312.00	312.00
1	750–800	785	296.00	296.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	437.00	437.00
10	400–450	436	399.00	399.00
2	550–600	555	369.00	369.00
2	600–650	610	349.00	349.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	382.50	382.50

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.