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Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-08-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-30

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Aug 30

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186

← Aug 23Aug 30Sep 6 →

Receipts

173 head

▼ 221 vs last sale 394▼ 7 vs year ago 180 · −3.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder (Steers 42, Heifers 80, Bulls 51)

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 $339.28/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 9 of 32 comparable sales and sits −27.84 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.

Average price

$339.28

18 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,829

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$50

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1

$4.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.15

vs VA average

−30.53 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	528	341.00	1,800	10thin
Medium and Large 3	580	338.00	1,960	1thin
Medium and Large 1	549	337.00	1,850	7thin

One grade step is worth $4.00/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 sale18 hd

339.28

—

VA average5 barns · 360 hd

338.13

+1.15

National average160 barns · 10,603 hd

369.81

−30.53

This barn, trailing median32 sales

367.12

−27.84

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

27 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	348	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	1,528	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,631	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	453	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	1,907	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,050	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	544	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,100	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	552	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,125	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	647	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,290	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	748	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,424	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,500	10
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	380	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,448	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	454	367.11/cwt	350.00–368.00	1,667	20
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	455	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,558	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	459	367.59/cwt	356.00–370.00	1,687	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	528	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,800	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	549	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,850	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	580	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,960	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	623	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,056	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	644	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,099	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	745	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,205	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	328	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,410	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	383	421.97/cwt	421.00–423.00	1,616	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	437	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	1,840	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	490	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	1,882	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	505	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,717	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	364.89/cwt	355.00–369.00	1,905	11
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	598	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,105	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,161	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 Aug 30, 2025

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

Receipts 173Last week 394Year ago 180

State Graded Feeder (Steers 42, Heifers 80, Bulls 51)

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	328	430.00	430.00
3	400–450	437	421.00	421.00
11	500–550	522	355.00–369.00	364.89
4	650–700	665	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	383	421.00–423.00	421.97
1	450–500	490	384.00	384.00
2	550–600	598	352.00	352.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	459	356.00–370.00	367.59
7	500–550	549	337.00	337.00
5	600–650	644	326.00	326.00
3	700–750	745	296.00	296.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	375	400.00	400.00
20	450–500	454	350.00–368.00	367.11
10	500–550	528	341.00	341.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	380	381.00	381.00
5	450–500	455	342.50	342.50
1	550–600	580	338.00	338.00
2	600–650	623	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	348	439.00	439.00
2	450–500	488	420.00	420.00
13	500–550	544	386.00	386.00
9	600–650	647	354.00	354.00
4	700–750	748	324.00	324.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	435.00	435.00
2	450–500	453	421.00	421.00
5	550–600	552	385.00	385.00

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.