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Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-12-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-13

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Dec 13

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186

← Dec 6Dec 13Dec 20 →

Receipts

183 head

▲ 123 vs last sale 60▼ 156 vs year ago 339 · −46.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 46, Heifers 79, Bulls 58)

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 $325.89/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −41.23 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.

Average price

$325.89

22 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,791

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$74

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

$20.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.21

vs VA average

−52.07 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	548	331.25	1,815	10thin
Medium and Large 1	549	323.50	1,776	10thin
Medium and Large 3	560	311.00	1,742	2thin

One grade step is worth $20.25/cwt here — about $74 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 sale22 hd

325.89

—

VA average7 barns · 303 hd

332.10

−6.21

National average184 barns · 19,282 hd

377.96

−52.07

This barn, trailing median32 sales

367.12

−41.23

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

32 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	372	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	1,641	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	1,654	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	461	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,876	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	464	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	1,898	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	531	391.50/cwt	391.50–391.50	2,079	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	544	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,067	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	636	326.50/cwt	326.50–326.50	2,077	12
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	755	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,888	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	320	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,104	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	347	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,256	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,328	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	428	345.98/cwt	340.00–347.00	1,481	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	443	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,506	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	470	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,593	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	548	331.25/cwt	331.25–331.25	1,815	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	549	323.50/cwt	323.50–323.50	1,776	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	560	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,742	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	310.50/cwt	310.50–310.50	1,962	16
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,044	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	739	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,136	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	1,466	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	340	454.00/cwt	454.00–454.00	1,544	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,705	8
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	430	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	1,737	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	470	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,528	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	493	361.63/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,783	7
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	503	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,861	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	577	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,875	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,922	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,863	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	635	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,943	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,975	7

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 13, 2025

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

Receipts 183Last week 60Year ago 339

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 46, Heifers 79, Bulls 58)

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	325	451.00	451.00
8	400–450	419	407.00	407.00
7	500–550	503	370.00	370.00
6	550–600	578	332.50	332.50
1	600–650	625	298.00	298.00
7	650–700	664	297.50	297.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	454.00	454.00
3	400–450	430	404.00	404.00
7	450–500	493	340.00–365.00	361.63
3	550–600	577	325.00	325.00
1	600–650	635	306.00	306.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	470	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	372	441.00	441.00
5	450–500	461	407.00	407.00
8	500–550	544	380.00	380.00
12	600–650	636	326.50	326.50
1	750–800	755	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	441.00	441.00
7	450–500	464	409.00	409.00
4	500–550	531	391.50	391.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	345.00	345.00
5	450–500	470	339.00	339.00
2	550–600	560	311.00	311.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	347	362.00	362.00
7	400–450	428	340.00–347.00	345.98
10	500–550	548	331.25	331.25
1	650–700	655	312.00	312.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	373	356.00	356.00
4	400–450	443	340.00	340.00
10	500–550	549	323.50	323.50
16	600–650	632	310.50	310.50
5	700–750	739	289.00	289.00

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.