Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-08-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 52, Heifers 114, Bulls 116)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $330.16/cwt on 29 head, down $4.07 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 29 comparable sales and sits −45.73 against this barn's trailing median of $375.88.

Average price

$330.16

▼ 4.07 vs prior sale

29 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,805

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$137

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

$14.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.78

vs VA average

−7.86 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	333.33	1,843	16thin
Medium and Large 2	541	329.48	1,782	9thin
Medium and Large 3	535	319.00	1,706	4thin

One grade step is worth $14.33/cwt here — about $137 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

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 sale29 hd

330.16

—

VA average5 barns · 240 hd

344.94

−14.78

National average160 barns · 6,296 hd

338.02

−7.86

This barn, trailing median29 sales

375.88

−45.73

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	360	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,494	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,171	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	341	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,517	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,808	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,508	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	502	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,782	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	311.00/cwt	300.00–312.00	1,966	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	499	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,677	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,675	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,850	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,922	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	359	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,508	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	362.95/cwt	362.50–367.50	1,655	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	333.33/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,843	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	449	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,554	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,643	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	541	329.48/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,782	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,178	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,123	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,380	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,023	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,696	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	585	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,726	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	518	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,694	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,707	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,324	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,580	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	650	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,853	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	495	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,658	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,721	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,518	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,321	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	402.72/cwt	375.00–430.00	1,281	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	358	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,271	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	453	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,540	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,551	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	442	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,558	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,173	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,564	1

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 29, 2026

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

Receipts 282Last week 178Year ago 173

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 52, Heifers 114, Bulls 116)

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	341	445.00	445.00
1	350–400	360	415.00	415.00
12	400–450	419	360.00	360.00
18	500–550	502	355.00	355.00
11	550–600	565	320.00	320.00
3	650–700	668	325.00	325.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	318	375.00–430.00	402.72
11	400–450	442	352.50	352.50
14	450–500	499	336.00	336.00
1	500–550	500	335.00	335.00
8	550–600	578	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	330.00	330.00
2	500–550	530	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	366	377.00	377.00
23	400–450	449	346.00	346.00
16	550–600	553	310.00–335.00	333.33
12	600–650	632	300.00–312.00	311.00
1	700–750	745	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	340.00	340.00
15	350–400	355	372.00	372.00
11	400–450	440	345.00	345.00
1	450–500	460	340.00	340.00
9	500–550	541	325.00–330.00	329.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	358	355.00	355.00
2	450–500	453	340.00	340.00
3	500–550	518	327.00	327.00
1	550–600	585	295.00	295.00
2	650–700	650	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	359	420.00	420.00
8	450–500	450	365.00	365.00
3	550–600	578	332.50	332.50
1	650–700	660	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	390	405.00	405.00
11	450–500	456	362.50–367.50	362.95
11	500–550	542	315.00	315.00
2	600–650	613	330.00	330.00
1	700–750	715	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	335.00	335.00
1	550–600	555	310.00	310.00

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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