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Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-12-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-06

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Dec 6

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186

← Nov 22Dec 6Dec 13 →

Receipts

60 head

▼ 235 vs last sale 295▼ 272 vs year ago 332 · −81.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 8, Heifers 28, Bulls 24)

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 $316.00/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −51.12 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.

Average price

$316.00

6 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,675

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$23

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

$4.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.29

vs VA average

−54.45 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	523	318.00	1,663	3thin
Medium and Large 1	537	314.00	1,686	3thin

One grade step is worth $4.00/cwt here — about −$23 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale6 hd

316.00

—

VA average9 barns · 340 hd

315.71

+0.29

National average194 barns · 19,992 hd

370.45

−54.45

This barn, trailing median32 sales

367.12

−51.12

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

18 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	1,662	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,882	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	795	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,186	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	333	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,092	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	352	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,133	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	455	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,308	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,463	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	523	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,663	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	537	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,686	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	661	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,890	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,224	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	353	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,324	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,511	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,533	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	505	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,667	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,774	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	592	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,894	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	662	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,893	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 Dec 6, 2025

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

Receipts 60Last week 295Year ago 332

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 8, Heifers 28, Bulls 24)

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	320	382.50	382.50
1	350–400	390	387.50	387.50
3	500–550	505	330.00	330.00
3	550–600	592	320.00	320.00
3	650–700	662	286.00	286.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	353	375.00	375.00
1	400–450	420	365.00	365.00
1	550–600	565	314.00	314.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	352	322.00	322.00
3	500–550	523	318.00	318.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	287.50	287.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	333	328.00	328.00
5	450–500	463	316.00	316.00
3	500–550	537	314.00	314.00
4	650–700	661	286.00	286.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	425	391.00	391.00
2	600–650	615	306.00	306.00
1	750–800	795	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.