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Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-09-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-27

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Sep 27

● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186

← Sep 20Sep 27Oct 4 →

Receipts

185 head

▼ 250 vs last sale 435▲ 185 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 45, Heifers 72, Bulls 68)

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 $326.16/cwt on 26 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −40.96 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.

Average price

$326.16

26 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,784

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$32

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

$3.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.72

vs VA average

−39.70 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	328.00	1,768	13thin
Medium and Large 2	555	324.31	1,800	13thin

One grade step is worth $3.69/cwt here — about −$32 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale26 hd

326.16

—

VA average8 barns · 443 hd

328.87

−2.72

National average172 barns · 11,458 hd

365.85

−39.70

This barn, trailing median32 sales

367.12

−40.96

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

37 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	335	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,340	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	415	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,494	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	458	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	1,805	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,882	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	352.31/cwt	340.00–369.00	1,857	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	577	347.94/cwt	337.50–350.00	2,008	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	630	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,733	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	642	338.54/cwt	325.00–340.00	2,173	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	653	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,168	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	739	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,165	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	750	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,130	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	355	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,172	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	363	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,316	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,387	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	410	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,230	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	450	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,530	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	455	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,433	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	459	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,561	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	539	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,768	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	555	324.31/cwt	305.00–326.00	1,800	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,858	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	672	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,902	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	720	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,016	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,029	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 3	780	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,814	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	343	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,355	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,463	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	407	369.98/cwt	342.50–375.00	1,506	7
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,608	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	376.43/cwt	360.00–381.00	1,845	9
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	519	332.11/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,724	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	322.94/cwt	295.00–330.00	1,825	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,920	9
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	575	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,725	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	600	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,650	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	625	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,844	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,999	2

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 27, 2025

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

Receipts 185Last week 435Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 45, Heifers 72, Bulls 68)

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	343	395.00	395.00
7	400–450	426	377.50	377.50
9	450–500	490	360.00–381.00	376.43
9	550–600	573	335.00	335.00
1	600–650	600	275.00	275.00
2	650–700	680	294.00	294.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	390.00	390.00
7	400–450	407	342.50–375.00	369.98
7	500–550	519	325.00–335.00	332.11
5	550–600	565	295.00–330.00	322.94
1	600–650	625	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	575	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	365.00	365.00
4	450–500	459	340.00	340.00
13	500–550	539	328.00	328.00
5	600–650	632	294.00	294.00
1	700–750	730	278.00	278.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	363	362.50	362.50
1	400–450	410	300.00	300.00
5	450–500	450	340.00	340.00
13	550–600	555	305.00–326.00	324.31
6	650–700	672	283.00	283.00
1	700–750	720	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	330.00	330.00
2	450–500	455	315.00	315.00
1	750–800	780	232.50	232.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	400.00	400.00
2	450–500	458	394.00	394.00
7	500–550	527	340.00–369.00	352.31
10	600–650	642	325.00–340.00	338.54
2	750–800	750	284.00	284.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	392.00	392.00
6	550–600	577	337.50–350.00	347.94
5	650–700	653	332.00	332.00
4	700–750	739	293.00	293.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	360.00	360.00
1	600–650	630	275.00	275.00

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.