Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-03-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 99, Heifers 182, Bulls 114)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $386.92/cwt on 60 head, down $0.85 from the prior sale. That ranks 22 of 28 comparable sales and sits +10.36 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$386.92

▼ 0.85 vs prior sale

60 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,095

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$219

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

$56.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.28

vs VA average

−38.27 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	535	392.00	2,097	21
Medium and Large 1	544	388.25	2,110	36
Medium and Large 3	560	335.33	1,878	3thin

One grade step is worth $56.67/cwt here — about $219 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale60 hd

386.92

—

VA average7 barns · 509 hd

375.64

+11.28

National average176 barns · 15,314 hd

425.19

−38.27

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

+10.36

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,239	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,128	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	351	501.00/cwt	501.00–501.00	1,759	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,054	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	439	462.65/cwt	434.00–464.00	2,031	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	346	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,024	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,082	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,892	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	479.00/cwt	479.00–479.00	2,558	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	448	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	2,206	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	461.00/cwt	461.00–461.00	2,536	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,346	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	449	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,043	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,510	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,397	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	463.00/cwt	463.00–463.00	2,283	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	2,372	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,408	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	399	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,214	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,429	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,070	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,045	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,978	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	496	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,257	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,785	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,430	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	354	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	2,106	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,420	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	785	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,669	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,221	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	459	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,157	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	560	335.33/cwt	307.50–350.00	1,878	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,132	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	2,349	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,538	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,914	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	620	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,449	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	363	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	1,697	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,204	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	351	506.31/cwt	455.00–509.00	1,777	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,931	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	444	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,998	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,097	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,108	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	441	443.00/cwt	443.00–443.00	1,954	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	635	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,969	2

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 28, 2026

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

Receipts 395Last week 504Year ago 688

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 99, Heifers 182, Bulls 114)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	346	585.00	585.00
18	450–500	457	490.00	490.00
29	500–550	534	479.00	479.00
1	550–600	560	430.00	430.00
5	600–650	637	394.00	394.00
2	700–750	705	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	525.00	525.00
7	350–400	354	595.00	595.00
6	400–450	448	492.50	492.50
1	500–550	535	412.00	412.00
4	550–600	550	461.00	461.00
1	600–650	605	400.00	400.00
1	650–700	675	360.00	360.00
1	750–800	785	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	459	470.00	470.00
1	600–650	620	395.00	395.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	351	501.00	501.00
22	400–450	449	455.00	455.00
33	500–550	540	394.00	394.00
3	550–600	582	325.00	325.00
7	600–650	631	330.00	330.00
2	700–750	733	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	351	455.00–509.00	506.31
22	400–450	439	434.00–464.00	462.65
21	500–550	535	392.00	392.00
7	600–650	633	333.00	333.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	363	467.50	467.50
11	400–450	441	443.00	443.00
3	550–600	560	307.50–350.00	335.33
2	600–650	635	310.00	310.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	330	580.00	580.00
1	350–400	395	520.00	520.00
12	400–450	423	525.00	525.00
7	450–500	496	455.00	455.00
1	500–550	520	410.00	410.00
2	550–600	583	403.00	403.00
4	650–700	655	387.50	387.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	345	600.00	600.00
6	350–400	399	555.00	555.00
1	400–450	430	460.00	460.00
17	450–500	493	463.00	463.00
1	500–550	505	405.00	405.00
12	550–600	580	409.00	409.00
5	650–700	652	372.50	372.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	444	450.00	450.00
1	500–550	515	375.00	375.00

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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