Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-08-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 53, Heifers 71, Bulls 69)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $380.15/cwt on 17 head, up $13.15 from the prior sale. That ranks 17 of 28 comparable sales and sits +3.59 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$380.15

▲ 13.15 vs prior sale

17 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,060

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$131

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

$60.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+27.73

vs VA average

+19.63 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	532	385.00	2,048	7thin
Medium and Large 1	544	382.50	2,081	9thin
Medium and Large 3	590	325.00	1,918	1thin

One grade step is worth $60.00/cwt here — about $131 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 sale17 hd

380.15

—

VA average6 barns · 287 hd

352.42

+27.73

National average152 barns · 4,754 hd

360.52

+19.63

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

+3.59

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

34 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	675	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,160	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,453	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	422.99/cwt	422.50–425.00	1,760	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,733	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	333.56/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,968	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,775	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	425.41/cwt	405.00–427.50	1,957	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,212	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,420	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	582	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,328	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	403.13/cwt	390.00–404.00	1,838	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,381	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	503	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,861	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,821	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	365.83/cwt	365.00–367.50	1,343	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,244	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,081	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,010	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	351	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,527	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	590	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,918	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	439	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,756	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	644	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,183	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	359	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,651	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,787	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,647	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	300	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,095	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,048	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,190	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	520	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,820	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	443	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,683	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,406	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,095	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	685	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,124	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	355	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,340	4

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 Aug 1, 2026

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

Receipts 193Last week 212Year ago 332

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 53, Heifers 71, Bulls 69)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	334	435.00	435.00
5	400–450	416	422.50–425.00	422.99
7	450–500	495	350.00	350.00
7	550–600	590	325.00–335.00	333.56
2	650–700	675	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	351	435.00	435.00
4	400–450	418	427.50	427.50
6	500–550	503	370.00	370.00
1	600–650	600	335.00	335.00
1	650–700	665	315.00	315.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	443	380.00	380.00
1	500–550	520	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	390	455.00	455.00
11	450–500	460	405.00–427.50	425.41
19	500–550	533	415.00	415.00
4	600–650	635	375.00	375.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	359	460.00	460.00
4	400–450	421	432.50	432.50
3	550–600	582	400.00	400.00
1	600–650	605	400.00	400.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	367	365.00–367.50	365.83
16	450–500	456	390.00–404.00	403.13
9	500–550	544	382.50	382.50
5	650–700	658	341.00	341.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	365.00	365.00
4	350–400	355	377.50	377.50
4	400–450	445	370.00	370.00
1	550–600	590	325.00	325.00
1	650–700	685	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	390.00	390.00
4	400–450	439	400.00	400.00
7	500–550	532	385.00	385.00
5	600–650	644	339.00	339.00
1	750–800	770	312.50	312.50

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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