Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-05-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 115, Heifers 141, Bulls 102)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $397.50/cwt on 35 head, up $14.63 from the prior sale. That ranks 25 of 28 comparable sales and sits +20.94 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$397.50

▲ 14.63 vs prior sale

35 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,128

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$136

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

$18.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.98

vs VA average

−26.57 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	401.81	2,166	18thin
Medium and Large 2	532	396.00	2,107	13thin
Medium and Large 3	530	383.00	2,030	4thin

One grade step is worth $18.81/cwt here — about $136 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 sale35 hd

397.50

—

VA average8 barns · 469 hd

395.52

+1.98

National average166 barns · 11,250 hd

424.07

−26.57

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

+20.94

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	535	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,247	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	346	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,886	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	499	464.00/cwt	464.00–464.00	2,315	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,449	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,241	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,409	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	457.37/cwt	452.50–457.50	2,520	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	347	552.50/cwt	552.50–552.50	1,917	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	2,282	17
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	468	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,246	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,717	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	536	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,466	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	429.30/cwt	420.00–432.50	2,812	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,030	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	448	494.00/cwt	494.00–494.00	2,213	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,825	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,082	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	2,711	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	556.00/cwt	556.00–556.00	2,057	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	401.81/cwt	390.00–402.50	2,166	18
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,231	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	351	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,895	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	347	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	1,744	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	2,107	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,259	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	553	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,323	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	468.00/cwt	468.00–468.00	2,176	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,116	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,501	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,263	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,227	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,415	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	494.00/cwt	494.00–494.00	2,114	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	656	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,591	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	502	471.00/cwt	471.00–471.00	2,364	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	342	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,864	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	521.00/cwt	521.00–521.00	2,199	7

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 May 2, 2026

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

Receipts 358Last week 446Year ago 412

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 115, Heifers 141, Bulls 102)

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	346	545.00	545.00
12	400–450	431	520.00	520.00
10	450–500	499	464.00	464.00
1	500–550	535	420.00	420.00
15	550–600	575	419.00	419.00
10	650–700	653	375.00	375.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	342	545.00	545.00
7	400–450	422	521.00	521.00
6	500–550	502	471.00	471.00
2	550–600	553	420.00	420.00
1	600–650	610	410.00	410.00
4	650–700	656	395.00	395.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	460	460.00	460.00
1	550–600	575	420.00	420.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	347	552.50	552.50
17	450–500	468	487.50	487.50
41	550–600	551	452.50–457.50	457.37
19	600–650	632	429.00	429.00
1	700–750	715	380.00	380.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	468	480.00	480.00
1	500–550	525	425.00	425.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	370	556.00	556.00
6	400–450	448	494.00	494.00
9	500–550	536	460.00	460.00
4	650–700	655	420.00–432.50	429.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	347	502.50	502.50
8	450–500	455	457.50	457.50
4	500–550	530	383.00	383.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	338	540.00	540.00
30	450–500	465	468.00	468.00
18	500–550	539	390.00–402.50	401.81
7	600–650	638	354.00	354.00
2	750–800	755	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	351	540.00	540.00
21	400–450	428	494.00	494.00
13	500–550	532	396.00	396.00
3	600–650	643	352.00	352.00

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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