Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-03-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 106, Heifers 202, Bulls 154)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $373.14/cwt on 55 head, up $5.90 from the prior sale. That ranks 13 of 28 comparable sales and sits −3.42 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$373.14

▲ 5.90 vs prior sale

55 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,035

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$117

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

$19.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.15

vs VA average

−40.64 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	546	379.50	2,072	25
Medium and Large 1	545	371.19	2,024	21
Medium and Large 3	543	360.00	1,955	9thin

One grade step is worth $19.50/cwt here — about $117 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale55 hd

373.14

—

VA average8 barns · 591 hd

379.29

−6.15

National average182 barns · 10,991 hd

413.78

−40.64

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−3.42

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

42 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	398	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,910	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,000	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	339	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,695	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,195	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	2,248	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	478.00/cwt	478.00–478.00	2,017	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,077	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,903	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	1,745	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,165	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,036	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	446	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,962	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,221	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,535	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,581	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,875	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	355.05/cwt	350.00–360.00	2,532	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,494	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,648	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	499.00/cwt	499.00–499.00	2,270	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,465	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	351	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,913	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	534	494.00/cwt	494.00–494.00	2,638	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	498.00/cwt	498.00–498.00	2,241	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	546	379.50/cwt	379.50–379.50	2,072	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	492.19/cwt	440.00–494.00	1,747	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	571	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	2,273	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	651	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,207	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	446	453.45/cwt	410.00–460.00	2,022	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	500.50/cwt	500.50–500.50	2,087	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,325	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	342	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	1,701	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,291	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,869	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	500	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,075	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	610	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,739	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	366	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,720	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	543	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,955	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	450	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,868	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,828	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	518	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,943	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	456	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,961	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 Mar 14, 2026

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

Receipts 462Last week 728Year ago 617

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 106, Heifers 202, Bulls 154)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	339	500.00	500.00
2	350–400	398	480.00	480.00
22	400–450	422	478.00	478.00
14	450–500	486	462.50	462.50
5	500–550	500	400.00	400.00
12	550–600	570	385.00	385.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	342	497.50	497.50
11	400–450	417	500.50	500.50
11	500–550	500	465.00	465.00
5	550–600	571	398.00	398.00
3	650–700	650	352.50	352.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	430	425.00	425.00
7	450–500	456	430.00	430.00
3	500–550	518	375.00	375.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	445.00	445.00
6	350–400	358	487.50	487.50
26	400–450	446	440.00	440.00
2	450–500	483	430.00	430.00
19	500–550	543	375.00	375.00
2	550–600	568	335.00	335.00
9	650–700	651	332.50	332.50
1	700–750	705	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	350–400	355	440.00–494.00	492.19
15	400–450	446	410.00–460.00	453.45
25	500–550	546	379.50	379.50
6	650–700	651	339.00	339.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	366	470.00	470.00
13	450–500	450	415.00	415.00
9	500–550	543	360.00	360.00
1	600–650	610	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	500.00	500.00
25	450–500	455	499.00	499.00
19	500–550	535	495.00	495.00
1	550–600	580	445.00	445.00
9	650–700	653	382.00	382.00
2	700–750	713	350.00–360.00	355.05
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	351	545.00	545.00
13	450–500	450	498.00	498.00
10	500–550	534	494.00	494.00
2	600–650	628	392.50	392.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	420.00	420.00
1	500–550	500	415.00	415.00

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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