Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-04-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 87, Heifers 142, Bulls 124)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $415.03/cwt on 36 head, up $28.11 from the prior sale. That ranks 28 of 28 comparable sales and sits +38.47 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$415.03

▲ 28.11 vs prior sale

36 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,244

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$127

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

$11.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+21.17

vs VA average

−8.16 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	541	419.00	2,267	14thin
Medium and Large 1	542	413.00	2,238	20
Medium and Large 3	525	407.50	2,139	2thin

One grade step is worth $11.50/cwt here — about $127 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 sale36 hd

415.03

—

VA average8 barns · 393 hd

393.86

+21.17

National average175 barns · 10,886 hd

423.19

−8.16

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

+38.47

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 1	550–600	572	420.31/cwt	420.00–425.00	2,404	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	502	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,297	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,495	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,101	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,916	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,272	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	341	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,637	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	635	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,096	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	468.00/cwt	468.00–468.00	2,059	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	541	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,267	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	447.67/cwt	425.00–451.00	1,925	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	590	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,478	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	548.93/cwt	500.00–557.00	2,020	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,691	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,139	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,336	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	352	528.00/cwt	528.00–528.00	1,859	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,456	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,402	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,492	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	517	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	2,546	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	458	498.00/cwt	498.00–498.00	2,281	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	496	478.00/cwt	478.00–478.00	2,371	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	406	521.00/cwt	521.00–521.00	2,115	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,378	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,405	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	517.00/cwt	517.00–517.00	2,301	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,990	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,520	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	2,238	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,477	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,902	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,898	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	588	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,514	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	484.00/cwt	484.00–484.00	2,618	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	547.25/cwt	525.00–551.00	2,090	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,615	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	507.47/cwt	495.00–509.00	2,360	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	349	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,920	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	448.00/cwt	448.00–448.00	2,038	21

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 Apr 4, 2026

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

Receipts 353Last week 395Year ago 425

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 87, Heifers 142, Bulls 124)

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	349	550.00	550.00
1	350–400	365	525.00	525.00
10	400–450	416	505.00	505.00
22	500–550	502	457.50	457.50
16	550–600	572	420.00–425.00	420.31
6	600–650	648	385.00	385.00
1	650–700	650	370.00	370.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	458	498.00	498.00
2	550–600	590	420.00	420.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	345	550.00	550.00
9	400–450	406	521.00	521.00
7	450–500	496	478.00	478.00
1	500–550	525	457.50	457.50
4	550–600	588	427.50	427.50
2	600–650	643	387.50	387.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	373	510.00	510.00
21	450–500	455	448.00	448.00
20	500–550	542	413.00	413.00
4	600–650	624	397.00	397.00
1	700–750	710	320.00	320.00
1	750–800	755	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	341	480.00	480.00
8	400–450	430	425.00–451.00	447.67
2	500–550	525	407.50	407.50
2	600–650	635	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	352	528.00	528.00
16	400–450	440	468.00	468.00
2	450–500	460	432.50	432.50
14	500–550	541	419.00	419.00
3	600–650	605	406.00	406.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	368	500.00–557.00	548.93
5	400–450	445	517.00	517.00
5	500–550	517	492.50	492.50
1	650–700	690	390.00	390.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	540	432.50	432.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	382	525.00–551.00	547.25
18	450–500	465	495.00–509.00	507.47
16	500–550	541	484.00	484.00
2	550–600	560	450.00	450.00
11	600–650	641	408.00	408.00

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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