Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-08-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 62, Heifers 59, Bulls 57)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $334.23/cwt on 22 head, down $13.35 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 29 comparable sales and sits −41.65 against this barn's trailing median of $375.88.

Average price

$334.23

▼ 13.35 vs prior sale

22 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,819

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$52

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1

$7.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.09

vs VA average

−16.69 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	546	337.16	1,841	13thin
Medium and Large 1	542	330.00	1,789	9thin

One grade step is worth $7.16/cwt here — about $52 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

29 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $415.03, low $330.16, median $375.88 across 29 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 sale22 hd

334.23

—

VA average7 barns · 280 hd

350.32

−16.09

National average160 barns · 5,295 hd

350.92

−16.69

This barn, trailing median29 sales

375.88

−41.65

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

29 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	300–350	323	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,462	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,162	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,981	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,774	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,769	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,156	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,789	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,338	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,624	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,051	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	1,665	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,142	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,371	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,890	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,586	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,890	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,941	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,124	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	459	349.47/cwt	340.00–352.00	1,604	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	546	337.16/cwt	327.00–338.00	1,841	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,404	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	615	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,882	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	609	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,912	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	520	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,768	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	690	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,208	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,579	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	358	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,280	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,805	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	498	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,793	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 Aug 22, 2026

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

Receipts 178Last week 217Year ago 394

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 62, Heifers 59, Bulls 57)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	452.50	452.50
5	400–450	438	405.00	405.00
9	450–500	488	362.50	362.50
4	550–600	566	350.00	350.00
2	650–700	655	330.00	330.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	462.50	462.50
5	400–450	415	435.00	435.00
5	450–500	498	360.00	360.00
1	500–550	540	350.00	350.00
6	550–600	578	367.50	367.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	464	350.00	350.00
16	550–600	558	367.50	367.50
23	600–650	638	338.00	338.00
3	700–750	725	322.50	322.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	540	350.00	350.00
2	600–650	630	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	340.00	340.00
1	650–700	690	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	390.00	390.00
9	450–500	457	347.00	347.00
9	500–550	542	330.00	330.00
6	600–650	626	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	345	397.50	397.50
5	450–500	459	340.00–352.00	349.47
13	500–550	546	327.00–338.00	337.16
4	600–650	609	314.00	314.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	358	357.50	357.50
1	450–500	475	332.50	332.50
1	600–650	615	306.00	306.00

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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