Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-04-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 106, Heifers 190, Bulls 169)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $384.38/cwt on 34 head, down $30.65 from the prior sale. That ranks 20 of 28 comparable sales and sits +7.82 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$384.38

▼ 30.65 vs prior sale

34 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,041

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$189

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

$47.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−29.24

vs VA average

−43.98 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	521	397.00	2,068	15thin
Medium and Large 1	539	379.00	2,043	16thin
Medium and Large 3	537	350.00	1,880	3thin

One grade step is worth $47.00/cwt here — about $189 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 sale34 hd

384.38

—

VA average10 barns · 623 hd

413.63

−29.24

National average175 barns · 10,626 hd

428.36

−43.98

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

+7.82

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

41 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	450–500	495	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,228	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	2,178	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,504	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	502	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	2,322	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	2,421	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	508.00/cwt	508.00–508.00	2,118	27
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	451	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,255	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,196	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,648	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	454	509.00/cwt	509.00–509.00	2,311	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	509.00/cwt	509.00–509.00	2,382	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,737	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	630	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,615	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,344	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,679	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	438	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,927	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	546	496.00/cwt	496.00–496.00	2,708	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,181	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	343	529.00/cwt	529.00–529.00	1,814	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	519.00/cwt	519.00–519.00	1,889	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,194	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,043	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	560	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	2,374	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	347	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	2,117	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	489	475.58/cwt	455.00–480.00	2,326	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	423.87/cwt	420.00–427.00	2,429	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,785	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	414	517.04/cwt	502.00–519.00	2,141	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	434.00/cwt	434.00–434.00	1,866	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	443	456.94/cwt	430.00–458.00	2,024	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,068	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	537	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,880	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,048	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,201	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	338	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,690	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	450	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,935	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,043	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	610	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,044	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,250	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	1,796	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	478.52/cwt	470.00–479.00	2,579	37

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 11, 2026

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

Receipts 465Last week 353Year ago 233

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 106, Heifers 190, Bulls 169)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	343	635.00	635.00
27	400–450	417	508.00	508.00
1	450–500	495	450.00	450.00
15	500–550	502	462.50	462.50
19	550–600	571	424.00	424.00
6	650–700	659	380.00	380.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	430	475.00	475.00
1	550–600	560	424.00	424.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	347	610.00	610.00
35	400–450	414	502.00–519.00	517.04
11	450–500	489	455.00–480.00	475.58
7	550–600	573	420.00–427.00	423.87
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	451	500.00	500.00
6	500–550	545	430.00	430.00
1	600–650	630	415.00	415.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	366	600.00	600.00
12	450–500	468	509.00	509.00
37	500–550	539	470.00–479.00	478.52
9	600–650	638	415.00	415.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	600.00	600.00
11	450–500	454	509.00	509.00
7	500–550	546	496.00	496.00
3	650–700	650	421.00	421.00
1	700–750	705	380.00	380.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	338	500.00	500.00
1	350–400	380	472.50	472.50
20	400–450	438	440.00	440.00
1	450–500	450	430.00	430.00
3	500–550	537	350.00	350.00
1	600–650	610	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	364	519.00	519.00
1	400–450	430	434.00	434.00
41	450–500	455	450.00	450.00
16	500–550	539	379.00	379.00
8	600–650	638	345.00	345.00
3	700–750	727	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	343	529.00	529.00
3	350–400	368	485.00	485.00
25	400–450	443	430.00–458.00	456.94
15	500–550	521	397.00	397.00
2	650–700	655	335.00	335.00

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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