Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-02-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 154, Heifers 243, Bulls 216)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $397.20/cwt on 74 head, down $12.11 from the prior sale. That ranks 24 of 28 comparable sales and sits +20.64 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$397.20

▼ 12.11 vs prior sale

74 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,150

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$109

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

$15.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.74

vs VA average

−33.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	400.00	2,180	32
Medium and Large 2	539	399.10	2,150	30
Medium and Large 3	538	385.00	2,071	12thin

One grade step is worth $15.00/cwt here — about $109 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 sale74 hd

397.20

—

VA average6 barns · 286 hd

412.95

−15.74

National average177 barns · 14,680 hd

430.41

−33.21

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

+20.64

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	600–650	638	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,265	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	346	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	2,059	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,270	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,284	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,689	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,675	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	501	452.61/cwt	395.00–455.00	2,268	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	474.00/cwt	474.00–474.00	2,607	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	352.70/cwt	347.50–353.00	2,324	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,438	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,180	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	1,854	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,171	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,665	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,066	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,040	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	444	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	2,364	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,328	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	649	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,207	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	351	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,106	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	356	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,100	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	576	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,275	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	499.36/cwt	465.00–502.50	2,112	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,732	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	725	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,175	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,074	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	368	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,693	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	431	441.85/cwt	395.00–448.00	1,904	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,034	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	605	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,133	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,000	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	538	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,071	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	450	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,025	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	502.53/cwt	375.00–513.00	1,869	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	624	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,234	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	479.00/cwt	479.00–479.00	2,611	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	487	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,204	19
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	629	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,170	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	755	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,265	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	721	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,401	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,182	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,328	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	457	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,399	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,148	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	456	462.23/cwt	420.00–464.00	2,108	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,683	1

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 28, 2026

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

Receipts 613Last week 381Year ago 636

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 154, Heifers 243, Bulls 216)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	346	595.00	595.00
25	400–450	425	480.00	480.00
27	500–550	501	395.00–455.00	452.61
24	550–600	571	400.00	400.00
2	600–650	638	355.00	355.00
17	650–700	658	345.00	345.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	351	600.00	600.00
12	400–450	423	465.00–502.50	499.36
19	450–500	487	452.50	452.50
1	500–550	500	400.00	400.00
8	550–600	576	395.00	395.00
4	600–650	649	340.00	340.00
1	650–700	665	350.00	350.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	431	395.00–448.00	441.85
1	500–550	515	395.00	395.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	356	590.00	590.00
29	400–450	444	532.50	532.50
1	450–500	460	530.00	530.00
28	550–600	550	474.00	474.00
12	600–650	648	415.00	415.00
12	700–750	743	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	368	590.00	590.00
10	450–500	457	525.00	525.00
13	500–550	545	479.00	479.00
5	600–650	633	421.00	421.00
1	700–750	725	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	395.00	395.00
5	600–650	629	345.00	345.00
2	750–800	755	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	369	502.50	502.50
28	450–500	459	450.00	450.00
32	500–550	545	400.00	400.00
19	650–700	659	347.50–353.00	352.70
6	700–750	739	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	368	460.00	460.00
2	400–450	425	407.50	407.50
11	450–500	450	450.00	450.00
12	500–550	538	385.00	385.00
2	600–650	605	352.50	352.50
1	700–750	725	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	372	375.00–513.00	502.53
25	450–500	456	420.00–464.00	462.23
29	500–550	537	400.00	400.00
1	550–600	585	373.00	373.00
10	600–650	624	358.00	358.00
5	700–750	721	333.00	333.00

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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