Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2025-10-11

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Oct 11
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
276 head
▼ 119 vs last sale 395▼ 100 vs year ago 376 · −26.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 39, Heifers 110, Bulls 127)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $311.79/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −55.33 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.
Average price
$311.79
21 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,685
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$46
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$38.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.03
vs VA average
−72.60 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2538321.001,72710thin
Medium and Large 1537305.501,64210thin
Medium and Large 3595282.501,6811thin
One grade step is worth $38.50/cwt here — about $46 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 sale21 hd
311.79
—
VA average10 barns · 585 hd
323.81
−12.03
National average182 barns · 15,418 hd
384.39
−72.60
This barn, trailing median32 sales
367.12
−55.33
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

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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2345417.50/cwt417.50–417.501,4401
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1439397.00/cwt397.00–397.001,7434
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3540330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,7821
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2547369.00/cwt369.00–369.002,0185
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1554371.00/cwt371.00–371.002,0559
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2612335.11/cwt315.00–345.002,0513
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3635285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,8101
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1639335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,1417
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2705304.00/cwt304.00–304.002,1431
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3725280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,0301
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1738308.00/cwt308.00–308.002,2732
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2336361.58/cwt310.00–370.001,2157
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1340370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,2584
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3385275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,0591
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2441327.09/cwt327.00–327.501,44211
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3442296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,3089
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1447339.63/cwt337.50–340.001,51820
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1536306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,6409
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2538321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,72710
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1550301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,6561
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3595282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,6811
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2618290.93/cwt282.50–293.001,7985
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1652284.99/cwt275.00–290.001,8586
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3677257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,7433
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1734268.29/cwt265.00–275.001,9693
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2350410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,4354
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1358410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,4682
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1413400.06/cwt385.00–401.001,65218
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2428405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,7333
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3430337.35/cwt335.00–350.001,4516
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2492378.00/cwt378.00–378.001,8605
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1501376.19/cwt367.50–377.001,88512
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3538300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6144
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2570303.04/cwt270.00–310.001,7276
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1572316.99/cwt300.00–320.001,81313
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2652260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,6953
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1658270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7775

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.