Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-05-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 76, Heifers 130, Bulls 121)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $378.47/cwt on 32 head, down $19.03 from the prior sale. That ranks 16 of 28 comparable sales and sits +1.91 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$378.47

▼ 19.03 vs prior sale

32 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,044

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$180

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

$20.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.11

vs VA average

−49.43 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	383.00	2,076	13thin
Medium and Large 2	546	381.31	2,081	13thin
Medium and Large 3	523	362.50	1,896	6thin

One grade step is worth $20.50/cwt here — about $180 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 sale32 hd

378.47

—

VA average8 barns · 520 hd

379.58

−1.11

National average182 barns · 12,459 hd

427.90

−49.43

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

+1.91

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

39 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	350–400	350	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,995	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,257	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,053	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	389.73/cwt	380.00–392.50	2,237	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	463.00/cwt	463.00–463.00	2,283	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	459.00/cwt	459.00–459.00	2,469	15
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	448	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,971	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	635	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,619	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	561	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,496	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,270	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	636	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,245	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,943	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	523	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,896	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	340	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	1,709	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	453	448.00/cwt	448.00–448.00	2,029	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,698	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	348	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,810	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	462.00/cwt	462.00–462.00	2,273	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	610	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,025	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	563	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,308	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	434	446.73/cwt	430.00–452.50	1,939	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,277	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	347	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,735	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	632	355.47/cwt	345.00–358.00	2,247	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,925	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,109	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	452	454.00/cwt	454.00–454.00	2,052	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	2,061	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,076	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,950	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	576	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,275	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	348	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,810	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	2,072	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,624	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	449	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,155	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,172	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	544	458.00/cwt	458.00–458.00	2,492	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	632	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	2,629	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	451	479.00/cwt	479.00–479.00	2,160	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 9, 2026

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

Receipts 327Last week 358Year ago 411

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 76, Heifers 130, Bulls 121)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	570.00	570.00
9	400–450	419	490.00	490.00
17	450–500	493	463.00	463.00
9	550–600	574	380.00–392.50	389.73
6	600–650	634	356.00	356.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	348	520.00	520.00
13	400–450	425	487.50	487.50
19	450–500	492	462.00	462.00
6	550–600	576	395.00	395.00
5	600–650	632	345.00–358.00	355.47
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	434	430.00–452.50	446.73
3	550–600	563	410.00	410.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	500.00	500.00
6	400–450	449	480.00	480.00
15	500–550	538	459.00	459.00
1	600–650	640	410.00	410.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	448	440.00	440.00
4	550–600	561	445.00	445.00
3	600–650	635	412.50	412.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	348	520.00	520.00
7	450–500	451	479.00	479.00
5	500–550	544	458.00	458.00
6	600–650	632	416.00	416.00
1	750–800	760	355.00	355.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	370	525.00	525.00
14	450–500	452	454.00	454.00
11	500–550	545	387.00	387.00
2	550–600	550	350.00	350.00
7	600–650	636	353.00	353.00
3	700–750	715	317.50	317.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	340	502.50	502.50
9	450–500	453	448.00	448.00
6	500–550	523	362.50	362.50
2	600–650	610	332.00	332.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	347	500.00	500.00
11	450–500	462	446.00	446.00
13	500–550	542	383.00	383.00
3	600–650	610	356.00	356.00
4	750–800	759	300.00	300.00

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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