Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2025-09-12

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Fri, Sep 12
● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
163 head
▼ 274 vs last sale 437▼ 162 vs year ago 325 · −49.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Springlake Weaned/Vaccinated Sale

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 72, Heifers 91)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $363.50/cwt on 80 head. That ranks 15 of 32 comparable sales and sits −3.62 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.
Average price
$363.50
80 head · 585 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,126
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+13.73
vs VA average
−4.84 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2585363.502,12680
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale80 hd
363.50
—
VA average9 barns · 630 hd
349.77
+13.73
National average171 barns · 13,169 hd
368.34
−4.84
This barn, trailing median32 sales
367.12
−3.62
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
429390351312median 367.1203/0705/0207/1109/1210/31
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

9 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added560395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,21221
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added655380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,48935
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added825332.50/cwt332.50–332.502,7439
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Value Added930314.50/cwt314.50–314.502,9257
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added455369.00/cwt369.00–369.001,6796
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added585363.50/cwt363.50–363.502,12680
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added740290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,1462
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added820291.00/cwt291.00–291.002,3862
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Value Added915274.00/cwt274.00–274.002,5071

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.