Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-03-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 104, Heifers 226, Bulls 174)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $387.77/cwt on 55 head, up $14.63 from the prior sale. That ranks 23 of 28 comparable sales and sits +11.21 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$387.77

▲ 14.63 vs prior sale

55 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,082

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$99

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

$20.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.21

vs VA average

−28.35 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	390.80	2,090	30
Medium and Large 2	540	385.36	2,081	23
Medium and Large 3	538	370.00	1,991	2thin

One grade step is worth $20.80/cwt here — about $99 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

387.77

—

VA average8 barns · 411 hd

372.56

+15.21

National average164 barns · 8,069 hd

416.12

−28.35

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

+11.21

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

43 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	484.00/cwt	484.00–484.00	1,767	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	486.00/cwt	486.00–486.00	1,750	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	441.36/cwt	405.00–442.00	1,946	56
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	561	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,384	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,647	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	552.50/cwt	552.50–552.50	2,050	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	385.36/cwt	370.00–386.00	2,081	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	441	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,896	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	446	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	2,003	22
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	655	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,489	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,298	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,112	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	639	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,141	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	538	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,287	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	632	384.75/cwt	380.00–410.00	2,432	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	538	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,991	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	409	491.00/cwt	491.00–491.00	2,008	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	343	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,007	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	355	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,509	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	613	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,885	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	2,121	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	343	458.00/cwt	458.00–458.00	1,571	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	558	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,330	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,317	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	454	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	2,100	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	2,413	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	451	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	2,176	33
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	553	472.00/cwt	472.00–472.00	2,610	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,137	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	442	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,166	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,299	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,126	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,559	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,016	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,088	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,608	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	501	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,217	42
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	409.91/cwt	407.50–410.00	2,361	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	491.00/cwt	491.00–491.00	2,057	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,418	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	1,987	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,162	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,853	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 Mar 21, 2026

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

Receipts 504Last week 462Year ago 418

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 104, Heifers 226, Bulls 174)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	350–400	365	484.00	484.00
56	400–450	441	405.00–442.00	441.36
29	500–550	534	391.00	391.00
1	550–600	555	385.00	385.00
9	600–650	627	339.00	339.00
3	750–800	760	302.50	302.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	350–400	360	486.00	486.00
22	400–450	446	449.00	449.00
23	500–550	540	370.00–386.00	385.36
7	600–650	639	335.00	335.00
1	700–750	710	297.50	297.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	343	458.00	458.00
1	350–400	355	425.00	425.00
10	400–450	441	430.00	430.00
2	500–550	538	370.00	370.00
2	600–650	613	307.50	307.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	343	585.00	585.00
9	400–450	409	491.00	491.00
11	500–550	505	455.00	455.00
9	550–600	561	425.00	425.00
6	600–650	632	380.00–410.00	384.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	454	462.50	462.50
6	500–550	538	425.00	425.00
1	550–600	565	410.00	410.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	334	595.00	595.00
1	350–400	390	475.00	475.00
15	400–450	419	491.00	491.00
1	450–500	470	460.00	460.00
42	500–550	501	442.50	442.50
28	550–600	576	407.50–410.00	409.91
13	650–700	658	367.50	367.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	371	552.50	552.50
10	400–450	442	490.00	490.00
3	550–600	553	472.00	472.00
2	650–700	670	395.00	395.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	435	487.50	487.50
3	550–600	558	417.50	417.50
1	650–700	655	380.00	380.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	360	560.00	560.00
33	450–500	451	482.50	482.50
24	500–550	546	442.00	442.00
2	600–650	628	407.50	407.50
2	750–800	758	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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