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Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-09-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-13

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Sep 13

● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186

← Sep 12Sep 13Sep 20 →

Receipts

356 head

▼ 81 vs last sale 437▼ 32 vs year ago 388 · −8.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 89, Heifers 137, Bulls 130)

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 $342.66/cwt on 46 head. That ranks 10 of 32 comparable sales and sits −24.46 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.

Average price

$342.66

46 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,872

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$141

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

$20.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.92

vs VA average

−25.68 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	346.79	1,907	33
Medium and Large 2	533	337.49	1,799	7thin
Medium and Large 3	542	326.00	1,767	6thin

One grade step is worth $20.79/cwt here — about $141 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 sale46 hd

342.66

—

VA average8 barns · 565 hd

348.58

−5.92

National average171 barns · 13,169 hd

368.34

−25.68

This barn, trailing median32 sales

367.12

−24.46

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

41 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	372	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	1,832	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	400	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,680	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	441	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,654	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	442	466.00/cwt	466.00–466.00	2,060	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	467	458.00/cwt	458.00–458.00	2,139	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,911	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	508	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,890	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	513	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	2,016	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	550	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,925	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	556	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,118	22
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	640	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,298	14
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	650	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,327	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	665	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,334	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,326	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,468	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	753	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,523	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	358	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	1,393	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	368	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	1,524	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	450	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,670	19
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	457	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,545	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	461	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,678	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	533	337.49/cwt	322.50–340.00	1,799	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,755	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	542	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,767	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	551	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,917	31
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	322.98/cwt	317.50–323.50	2,019	11
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	655	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,883	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	695	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,155	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,059	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	327	490.40/cwt	472.50–497.50	1,604	7
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	347	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	1,709	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	450.07/cwt	440.00–455.00	1,895	9
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	464.56/cwt	410.00–469.00	1,965	14
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	448	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,781	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	492	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,042	14
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	499	421.48/cwt	380.00–427.00	2,103	17
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	545	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,826	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	557	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,089	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,245	11
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	651	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,148	7
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	657	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,181	3

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 Sep 13, 2025

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

Receipts 356Last week 437Year ago 388

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 89, Heifers 137, Bulls 130)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	442	466.00	466.00
1	450–500	490	390.00	390.00
2	500–550	508	372.00	372.00
22	550–600	556	381.00	381.00
14	600–650	640	359.00	359.00
1	650–700	680	342.00	342.00
8	700–750	726	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	372	492.50	492.50
1	400–450	400	420.00	420.00
6	450–500	467	458.00	458.00
2	500–550	513	393.00	393.00
3	650–700	650	358.00	358.00
3	750–800	753	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	441	375.00	375.00
2	550–600	550	350.00	350.00
2	650–700	665	351.00	351.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	347	492.50	492.50
9	400–450	421	440.00–455.00	450.07
17	450–500	499	380.00–427.00	421.48
11	550–600	583	385.00	385.00
7	650–700	651	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	327	472.50–497.50	490.40
14	400–450	423	410.00–469.00	464.56
14	450–500	492	415.00	415.00
5	550–600	557	375.00	375.00
3	650–700	657	332.00	332.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	448	397.50	397.50
1	500–550	545	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	368	414.00	414.00
19	450–500	450	371.00	371.00
7	500–550	533	322.50–340.00	337.49
1	650–700	695	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	358	389.00	389.00
14	450–500	461	364.00	364.00
2	500–550	535	328.00	328.00
31	550–600	551	348.00	348.00
11	600–650	625	317.50–323.50	322.98
2	700–750	710	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	457	338.00	338.00
6	500–550	542	326.00	326.00
1	650–700	655	287.50	287.50

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.