Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2025-11-15

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Nov 15
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
251 head
▼ 29 vs last sale 280▼ 74 vs year ago 325 · −22.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 59, Heifers 96, Bulls 96)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $349.81/cwt on 47 head. That ranks 9 of 32 comparable sales and sits −41.80 against this barn's trailing median of $391.61.
Average price
$349.81
47 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,878
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$348
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$71.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.92
vs VA average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1532359.041,90824
Medium and Large 2542351.261,90519thin
Medium and Large 3543287.501,5604thin
One grade step is worth $71.54/cwt here — about $348 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 sale47 hd
349.81
—
VA average8 barns · 223 hd
345.89
+3.92
This barn, trailing median32 sales
391.61
−41.80
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
454408361315median 391.6103/0705/0207/1109/1210/31
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $439.94, low $328.92, median $391.61 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1327385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,2593
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2355399.00/cwt399.00–399.001,4161
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2436389.00/cwt389.00–389.001,6965
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3465362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,6861
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1467393.00/cwt393.00–393.001,83513
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1532381.00/cwt381.00–381.002,02710
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2573363.00/cwt363.00–363.002,0802
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3575325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,8692
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1580347.50/cwt347.50–347.502,0161
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1633322.50/cwt322.50–322.502,0414
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2640315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,0163
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1738271.26/cwt266.00–272.002,0028
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2343317.89/cwt307.50–320.001,09011
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,2281
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3375322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,2093
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2444315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,3996
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1453317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,43614
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3462310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,4323
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2524313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,6404
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1538331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,78113
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3541255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,3805
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1580300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7401
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3615237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,4611
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2652260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,6953
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1661256.16/cwt232.50–262.001,6935
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3730212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,5511
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1738270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,9934
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2775260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,0151
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1790229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,8091
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1321387.35/cwt370.00–396.001,2436
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2335392.50/cwt392.50–392.501,3152
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2412376.00/cwt376.00–376.001,5493
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1430375.68/cwt345.00–380.001,6158
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3443340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,5062
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2495360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,7821
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2500375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,8758
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1506375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,89815
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3537300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6113
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3560250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4001
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2573334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,91411
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1574332.44/cwt328.00–333.001,9089
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2634265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,6804
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1658282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,85911

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.