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Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-10-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-04

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Oct 4

● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186

← Sep 27Oct 4Oct 11 →

Receipts

395 head

▲ 210 vs last sale 185▲ 129 vs year ago 266 · +48.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 66, Heifers 156, Bulls 173)

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 $305.16/cwt on 63 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −61.96 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.

Average price

$305.16

63 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,686

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$88

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$29.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.30

vs VA average

−63.75 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	538	322.50	1,735	16thin
Medium and Large 1	557	300.00	1,671	42
Medium and Large 3	562	293.00	1,647	5thin

One grade step is worth $29.50/cwt here — about $88 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 sale63 hd

305.16

—

VA average8 barns · 542 hd

316.46

−11.30

National average182 barns · 13,299 hd

368.91

−63.75

This barn, trailing median32 sales

367.12

−61.96

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

43 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	400–450	Medium and Large 3	400	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,360	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,519	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	455	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,715	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	484	382.86/cwt	370.00–386.00	1,853	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	528	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,985	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	545	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,744	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	551	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,072	18
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	625	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,875	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	641	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,115	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	648	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,074	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	735	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,297	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	744	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,232	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,056	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	320	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	960	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	345	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,173	11
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	358	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,217	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	400	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,300	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	462	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,640	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,658	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	475	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,496	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	538	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,735	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	557	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,671	42
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	562	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,647	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	614	290.35/cwt	272.50–294.00	1,783	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	275.23/cwt	260.00–278.00	1,745	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	648	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,669	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	732	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,940	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	748	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,870	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	785	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,139	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	356	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,344	9
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	360	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,494	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	394.19/cwt	365.00–397.00	1,663	12
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	429	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,716	11
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	457	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,485	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,716	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	494	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,862	8
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	503	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,886	21
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	559	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,957	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	352.65/cwt	330.00–355.00	2,042	22
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	615	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,953	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	647	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,135	13
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	661	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,148	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,093	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 Oct 4, 2025

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

Receipts 395Last week 185Year ago 266

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 66, Heifers 156, Bulls 173)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	356	377.50	377.50
12	400–450	422	365.00–397.00	394.19
1	450–500	470	365.00	365.00
21	500–550	503	375.00	375.00
22	550–600	579	330.00–355.00	352.65
13	600–650	647	330.00	330.00
3	650–700	675	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	360	415.00	415.00
11	400–450	429	400.00	400.00
8	450–500	494	377.00	377.00
6	550–600	559	350.00	350.00
1	600–650	615	317.50	317.50
4	650–700	661	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	457	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	330.00	330.00
7	350–400	358	340.00	340.00
1	400–450	400	325.00	325.00
15	450–500	467	355.00	355.00
42	550–600	557	300.00	300.00
13	600–650	634	260.00–278.00	275.23
2	700–750	748	250.00	250.00
2	750–800	785	272.50	272.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	345	340.00	340.00
12	450–500	462	355.00	355.00
16	500–550	538	322.50	322.50
6	600–650	614	272.50–294.00	290.35
3	700–750	732	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	300.00	300.00
3	450–500	475	315.00	315.00
5	550–600	562	293.00	293.00
3	600–650	648	257.50	257.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	484	370.00–386.00	382.86
18	550–600	551	376.00	376.00
8	600–650	641	330.00	330.00
5	700–750	744	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	357.50	357.50
3	450–500	455	377.00	377.00
4	500–550	528	376.00	376.00
3	600–650	648	320.00	320.00
1	700–750	735	312.50	312.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	340.00	340.00
1	500–550	545	320.00	320.00
1	600–650	625	300.00	300.00

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.