Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-01-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 111, Heifers 245, Bulls 242)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $347.99/cwt on 65 head, up $8.46 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 28 comparable sales and sits −28.57 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$347.99

▲ 8.46 vs prior sale

65 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,887

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$214

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$33.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.23

vs VA average

−65.49 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	353.00	1,927	30
Medium and Large 2	540	352.00	1,901	26
Medium and Large 3	536	319.69	1,714	9thin

One grade step is worth $33.31/cwt here — about $214 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

28 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $415.03, low $339.53, median $376.56 across 28 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale65 hd

347.99

—

VA average6 barns · 387 hd

350.21

−2.23

National average188 barns · 26,809 hd

413.48

−65.49

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−28.57

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

46 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,908	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	1,962	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	584.00/cwt	584.00–584.00	1,997	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,112	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	483.00/cwt	483.00–483.00	2,014	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	321.06/cwt	321.00–322.00	2,039	16
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	403	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,814	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	485	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,867	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,683	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,826	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,540	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,547	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	632	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,060	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,012	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	360	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,503	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	536	319.69/cwt	304.00–324.00	1,714	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	401.38/cwt	385.00–405.00	1,457	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	562	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,883	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,365	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	733	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,456	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	635	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,778	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	613	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,955	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	342	566.00/cwt	566.00–566.00	1,936	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	451	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	1,885	38
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	501	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	2,019	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	644	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,389	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,966	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	438.00/cwt	438.00–438.00	2,409	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	498.00/cwt	498.00–498.00	2,201	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,178	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,999	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,408	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	339	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,356	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,998	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,494	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	441	499.00/cwt	499.00–499.00	2,201	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	2,386	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,083	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,927	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	364	542.83/cwt	465.00–560.00	1,976	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,664	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	416.43/cwt	390.00–418.00	1,895	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,901	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,997	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	498	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,022	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,148	7

How this sale compares

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 Jan 17, 2026

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

Receipts 598Last week 336Year ago 394

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 111, Heifers 245, Bulls 242)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	342	584.00	584.00
1	350–400	350	545.00	545.00
24	400–450	417	483.00	483.00
2	450–500	493	398.00	398.00
38	500–550	501	403.00	403.00
29	550–600	577	361.00	361.00
12	600–650	646	327.00	327.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	440	382.50	382.50
3	550–600	562	335.00	335.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	520.00	520.00
6	350–400	364	465.00–560.00	542.83
21	400–450	416	480.00	480.00
14	450–500	498	406.00	406.00
16	550–600	568	352.00	352.00
7	600–650	643	334.00	334.00
1	650–700	660	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	339	400.00	400.00
2	350–400	383	390.00	390.00
38	450–500	451	418.00	418.00
30	500–550	546	353.00	353.00
16	600–650	635	321.00–322.00	321.06
3	700–750	720	277.50	277.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	360	417.50	417.50
12	400–450	440	350.00	350.00
1	450–500	455	340.00	340.00
9	500–550	536	304.00–324.00	319.69
2	600–650	613	319.00	319.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	363	385.00–405.00	401.38
38	450–500	455	390.00–418.00	416.43
26	500–550	540	352.00	352.00
10	600–650	632	326.00	326.00
3	700–750	745	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	403	450.00	450.00
1	450–500	485	385.00	385.00
3	550–600	555	329.00	329.00
1	600–650	635	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	342	566.00	566.00
12	400–450	441	499.00	499.00
10	500–550	535	446.00	446.00
1	650–700	655	361.00	361.00
2	700–750	733	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	378	520.00	520.00
8	400–450	442	498.00	498.00
21	550–600	550	438.00	438.00
21	600–650	644	371.00	371.00
2	700–750	700	344.00	344.00

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.

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