Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-02-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 99, Heifers 168, Bulls 114)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $409.31/cwt on 35 head, up $40.38 from the prior sale. That ranks 27 of 28 comparable sales and sits +32.76 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$409.31

▲ 40.38 vs prior sale

35 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,200

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$385

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

$82.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.37

vs VA average

−19.86 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	412.00	2,217	22
Medium and Large 2	535	411.00	2,199	12thin
Medium and Large 3	555	330.00	1,832	1thin

One grade step is worth $82.00/cwt here — about $385 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale35 hd

409.31

—

VA average8 barns · 340 hd

407.94

+1.37

National average184 barns · 15,729 hd

429.17

−19.86

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

+32.76

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

40 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 2	650–700	660	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,429	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,969	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,209	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	491.00/cwt	491.00–491.00	2,627	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,439	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,324	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	2,130	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,338	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	498.86/cwt	480.00–500.00	2,439	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	425.48/cwt	425.00–427.50	2,698	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	502.00/cwt	502.00–502.00	2,716	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	449	546.00/cwt	546.00–546.00	2,452	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,772	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	496	452.09/cwt	450.00–465.00	2,242	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	509.28/cwt	465.00–514.00	1,849	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,130	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	447	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,123	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,217	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	506.04/cwt	425.00–520.00	1,796	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	2,199	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	456	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,462	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,725	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	785	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,826	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	353	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,065	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	725	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,175	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	449	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,931	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,346	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	544.43/cwt	505.00–547.50	2,259	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	453	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,993	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	442	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,144	30
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	623	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,305	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	453	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,982	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,202	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	329	605.91/cwt	550.00–625.00	1,993	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,721	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	437	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,923	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,166	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,832	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,785	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	357	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,499	3

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 Feb 21, 2026

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

Receipts 381Last week 518Year ago 274

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 99, Heifers 168, Bulls 114)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	329	550.00–625.00	605.91
14	400–450	415	505.00–547.50	544.43
7	450–500	496	450.00–465.00	452.09
7	550–600	575	408.00	408.00
1	650–700	660	368.00	368.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	358	595.00	595.00
14	400–450	425	550.00	550.00
17	450–500	489	480.00–500.00	498.86
8	550–600	564	412.00	412.00
6	650–700	661	369.00	369.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	437	440.00	440.00
1	500–550	525	340.00	340.00
1	550–600	555	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	363	465.00–514.00	509.28
19	400–450	447	475.00	475.00
1	450–500	450	437.50	437.50
22	500–550	538	412.00	412.00
9	600–650	646	342.00	342.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	350–400	355	425.00–520.00	506.04
30	400–450	442	485.00	485.00
4	450–500	453	440.00	440.00
12	500–550	535	411.00	411.00
3	600–650	640	344.00	344.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	357	420.00	420.00
10	450–500	453	437.50	437.50
1	550–600	555	330.00	330.00
1	700–750	725	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	353	585.00	585.00
14	450–500	456	540.00	540.00
6	500–550	535	491.00	491.00
3	600–650	645	422.50	422.50
1	750–800	785	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	361	590.00	590.00
17	400–450	449	546.00	546.00
26	500–550	541	502.00	502.00
5	600–650	634	425.00–427.50	425.48
2	700–750	720	385.00	385.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	449	430.00	430.00
2	550–600	570	380.00	380.00
3	600–650	623	370.00	370.00

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.