Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2025-11-01

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Nov 1
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
351 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 381▲ 4 vs year ago 347 · +1.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 78, Heifers 137, Bulls 136)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $320.98/cwt on 29 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −46.14 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.
Average price
$320.98
29 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,741
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$480
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$78.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.79
vs VA average
−53.91 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2563330.501,8615thin
Medium and Large 1537328.501,76421
Medium and Large 3547252.501,3813thin
One grade step is worth $78.00/cwt here — about $480 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale29 hd
320.98
—
VA average7 barns · 481 hd
317.19
+3.79
National average184 barns · 21,753 hd
374.89
−53.91
This barn, trailing median32 sales
367.12
−46.14
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

39 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2370377.50/cwt377.50–377.501,3971
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1384356.01/cwt350.00–367.501,3673
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3437320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,3983
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1448372.00/cwt372.00–372.001,6672
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1460400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,8402
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,8807
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2548330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,8084
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1556323.25/cwt315.00–325.001,79712
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1639307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,96211
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1743285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,1184
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2322360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,1595
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1335355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,1891
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1355330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,1721
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3373374.59/cwt372.50–375.001,3976
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1449351.00/cwt351.00–351.001,5768
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2455355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,61513
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1460328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,5092
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3463330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,5285
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1537328.50/cwt328.50–328.501,76421
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3547252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,3813
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2563330.50/cwt330.50–330.501,8615
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2635296.50/cwt296.50–296.501,8836
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1646299.50/cwt299.50–299.501,93522
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1650288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,8721
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2705269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,8961
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1725258.28/cwt256.00–259.001,8734
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2328385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,2632
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1345372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,2856
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2390325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,2681
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3405327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,3261
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2414335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,3876
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1414333.00/cwt333.00–333.001,3797
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2492356.00/cwt356.00–356.001,7528
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1504340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,71414
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3540260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4043
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2573285.55/cwt247.50–291.001,6368
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1577296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,70816
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2643257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,6533
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1656269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,76515

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.