Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-04-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 137, Heifers 204, Bulls 118)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $377.23/cwt on 47 head, down $7.15 from the prior sale. That ranks 15 of 28 comparable sales and sits +0.68 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$377.23

▼ 7.15 vs prior sale

47 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,029

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$80

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

$26.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.89

vs VA average

−50.16 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	532	386.15	2,053	26
Medium and Large 2	544	370.00	2,013	13thin
Medium and Large 3	548	360.00	1,973	8thin

One grade step is worth $26.15/cwt here — about $80 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale47 hd

377.23

—

VA average10 barns · 529 hd

371.34

+5.89

National average182 barns · 12,591 hd

427.39

−50.16

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

+0.68

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

37 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	500–550	520	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,210	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,461	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	344	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	1,797	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,361	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	494	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,248	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	493.00/cwt	493.00–493.00	2,076	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,060	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,870	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	457.00/cwt	457.00–457.00	2,020	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	1,930	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,000	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	462.00/cwt	462.00–462.00	2,462	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	447	488.00/cwt	488.00–488.00	2,181	47
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	361	536.15/cwt	502.50–538.00	1,936	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,328	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	449	516.00/cwt	516.00–516.00	2,317	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,238	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	2,668	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,775	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,443	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,159	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	443	466.00/cwt	466.00–466.00	2,064	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	518.00/cwt	518.00–518.00	1,865	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	499.00/cwt	499.00–499.00	2,545	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,188	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	605	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,997	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	347	521.98/cwt	482.50–528.00	1,811	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	448	448.00/cwt	448.00–448.00	2,007	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	456.00/cwt	456.00–456.00	2,244	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	346	537.50/cwt	537.50–537.50	1,860	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	409	519.00/cwt	519.00–519.00	2,123	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	356	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	1,753	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	544	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,013	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	428	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,054	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,503	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	548	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,973	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	700	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,083	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 Apr 18, 2026

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

Receipts 459Last week 465Year ago 297

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 137, Heifers 204, Bulls 118)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	344	522.50	522.50
17	400–450	421	493.00	493.00
16	450–500	494	455.00	455.00
1	500–550	520	425.00	425.00
15	550–600	573	412.00	412.00
5	650–700	665	370.00	370.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	346	537.50	537.50
9	400–450	409	519.00	519.00
5	450–500	492	456.00	456.00
3	550–600	583	419.00	419.00
3	600–650	645	388.00	388.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	428	480.00	480.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	360	518.00	518.00
32	400–450	442	457.00	457.00
1	450–500	465	430.00	430.00
25	500–550	531	388.00	388.00
1	550–600	550	340.00	340.00
9	600–650	635	340.00	340.00
4	700–750	716	312.50	312.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	300–350	347	482.50–528.00	521.98
15	400–450	443	466.00	466.00
13	500–550	544	370.00	370.00
1	700–750	700	312.50	312.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	356	492.50	492.50
9	400–450	448	448.00	448.00
8	500–550	548	360.00	360.00
1	600–650	605	330.00	330.00
1	700–750	700	297.50	297.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	373	517.50	517.50
47	400–450	447	488.00	488.00
1	450–500	480	485.00	485.00
26	500–550	533	462.00	462.00
10	600–650	646	413.00	413.00
1	700–750	745	372.50	372.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	361	502.50–538.00	536.15
7	400–450	449	516.00	516.00
3	500–550	510	499.00	499.00

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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