Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-06-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (81, Heifers 155, Bulls 96)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $353.63/cwt on 46 head, down $7.24 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 28 comparable sales and sits −22.93 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$353.63

▼ 7.24 vs prior sale

46 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,942

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$58

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

$15.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−24.44

vs VA average

−51.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	545	360.00	1,962	11thin
Medium and Large 1	550	352.25	1,938	32
Medium and Large 3	552	345.00	1,904	3thin

One grade step is worth $15.00/cwt here — about $58 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 sale46 hd

353.63

—

VA average8 barns · 543 hd

378.07

−24.44

National average170 barns · 11,904 hd

404.76

−51.13

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−22.93

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

36 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	650–700	650	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,516	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	2,169	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	336	529.00/cwt	529.00–529.00	1,777	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	492.00/cwt	492.00–492.00	2,076	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,414	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	532.00/cwt	532.00–532.00	1,798	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	344.66/cwt	340.00–345.00	2,216	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	1,986	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	549	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,943	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,246	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	407.16/cwt	405.00–408.00	2,533	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	2,404	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,166	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,897	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	498.00/cwt	498.00–498.00	1,803	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,450	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,975	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	632	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,591	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	466	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,283	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	456.00/cwt	456.00–456.00	2,399	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,228	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	497.00/cwt	497.00–497.00	2,092	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,962	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	361	499.00/cwt	499.00–499.00	1,801	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,001	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	2,166	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	561	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,272	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	347	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,787	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	400	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,600	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,266	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	357	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,731	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	451	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,894	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	552	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,904	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	639	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,077	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,231	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	449	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,021	5

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 Jun 6, 2026

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

Receipts 332Last week 391Year ago 344

State Graded Feeder Cattle (81, Heifers 155, Bulls 96)

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	336	529.00	529.00
13	400–450	422	492.00	492.00
6	500–550	508	427.00	427.00
16	550–600	583	414.00	414.00
3	650–700	650	387.00	387.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	347	515.00	515.00
9	400–450	421	497.00	497.00
4	450–500	490	442.00	442.00
4	550–600	561	405.00	405.00
1	700–750	700	350.00	350.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	449	450.00	450.00
2	500–550	535	417.00	417.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	338	532.00	532.00
11	450–500	463	485.00	485.00
17	500–550	539	446.00	446.00
14	600–650	622	405.00–408.00	407.16
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	500.00	500.00
5	450–500	466	490.00	490.00
7	500–550	526	456.00	456.00
3	600–650	632	410.00	410.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	400.00	400.00
1	500–550	515	440.00	440.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	362	498.00	498.00
16	450–500	463	429.00	429.00
28	500–550	549	354.00	354.00
4	550–600	558	340.00	340.00
14	600–650	643	340.00–345.00	344.66
1	700–750	710	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	361	499.00	499.00
21	450–500	460	435.00	435.00
11	500–550	545	360.00	360.00
1	650–700	675	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	357	485.00	485.00
8	450–500	451	420.00	420.00
3	550–600	552	345.00	345.00
4	600–650	639	325.00	325.00

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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