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Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-08-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-23

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Aug 23

● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186

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Receipts

394 head

▲ 99 vs last sale 295▲ 92 vs year ago 302 · +30.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 134, Heifers 157, Bulls 103)

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 $344.51/cwt on 51 head. That ranks 10 of 32 comparable sales and sits −22.61 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.

Average price

$344.51

51 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,904

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$90

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$16.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.35

vs VA average

−15.29 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	347.50	1,922	30
Medium and Large 2	552	345.77	1,907	13thin
Medium and Large 3	553	331.23	1,832	8thin

One grade step is worth $16.27/cwt here — about $90 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 sale51 hd

344.51

—

VA average7 barns · 342 hd

341.16

+3.35

National average158 barns · 7,895 hd

359.80

−15.29

This barn, trailing median32 sales

367.12

−22.61

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

39 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,729	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,775	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	448	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,747	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	459	408.82/cwt	385.00–410.00	1,876	22
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	461	408.58/cwt	395.00–411.00	1,884	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	538	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,055	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	542	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,076	42
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	550	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,966	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,113	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	610	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,172	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	353.27/cwt	340.00–354.00	2,222	19
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	745	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,444	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	353	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,297	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	354	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	1,462	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	364	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	1,489	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,490	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	451	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,691	19
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	453	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,685	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	460	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,564	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	510	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,658	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	553	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,922	30
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	553	331.23/cwt	319.00–333.00	1,832	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	555	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,929	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	620	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,829	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	639	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,093	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	643	329.50/cwt	329.50–329.50	2,119	16
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,202	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	745	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,254	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	308	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,401	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	345	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,570	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	415	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,868	7
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,854	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	454	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,850	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	494	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,833	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	496	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,885	20
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,030	14
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	588	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,040	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	650	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,145	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,244	5

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 23, 2025

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

Receipts 394Last week 295Year ago 302

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 134, Heifers 157, Bulls 103)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	308	455.00	455.00
8	400–450	419	442.50	442.50
20	450–500	496	380.00	380.00
14	550–600	575	353.00	353.00
5	650–700	660	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	455.00	455.00
7	400–450	415	450.00	450.00
7	450–500	494	371.00	371.00
2	550–600	588	347.00	347.00
3	650–700	650	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	454	407.50	407.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	364	409.00	409.00
1	400–450	435	342.50	342.50
19	450–500	451	375.00	375.00
30	550–600	553	347.50	347.50
16	600–650	643	329.50	329.50
4	700–750	715	308.00	308.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	354	413.00	413.00
12	450–500	453	372.00	372.00
1	500–550	510	325.00	325.00
12	550–600	555	347.50	347.50
7	600–650	639	327.50	327.50
1	700–750	745	302.50	302.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	353	367.50	367.50
4	450–500	460	340.00	340.00
8	550–600	553	319.00–333.00	331.23
1	600–650	620	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	390	455.00	455.00
22	450–500	459	385.00–410.00	408.82
42	500–550	542	383.00	383.00
1	550–600	575	367.50	367.50
19	600–650	629	340.00–354.00	353.27
2	700–750	745	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	380	455.00	455.00
13	450–500	461	395.00–411.00	408.58
12	500–550	538	382.00	382.00
2	600–650	610	356.00	356.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	448	390.00	390.00
1	550–600	550	357.50	357.50

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.