Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-10-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 23, Heifers 80, Bulls 94)

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $328.92/cwt on 13 head, down $19.01 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −67.92 against this barn's trailing median of $396.85.

Average price

$328.92

▼ 19.01 vs prior sale

13 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,880

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$67

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

$6.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−25.39

vs VA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	578	331.00	1,913	6thin
Medium and Large 3	563	330.00	1,858	3thin
Medium and Large 2	568	325.00	1,846	4thin

One grade step is worth $6.00/cwt here — about $67 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $439.94, low $328.92, median $396.85 across 31 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 sale13 hd

328.92

—

VA average9 barns · 236 hd

354.32

−25.39

This barn, trailing median31 sales

396.85

−67.92

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

33 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	400–450	447	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,732	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	388.37/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,891	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,913	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	359	436.44/cwt	432.50–437.00	1,567	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,105	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,023	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,009	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,846	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	493	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,935	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,601	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	546	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,796	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,442	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	394.56/cwt	385.00–401.00	1,862	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,697	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,088	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	463	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,667	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	563	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,858	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	635	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,794	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,126	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,278	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,054	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	300	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,050	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,397	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,826	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	1,456	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	328.92/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,760	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,553	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,575	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,157	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,005	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	338	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	1,524	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,688	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,948	2

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 Oct 3, 2026

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

Receipts 197Last week 255Year ago 395

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 23, Heifers 80, Bulls 94)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	359	432.50–437.00	436.44
3	400–450	447	387.50	387.50
3	450–500	487	385.00–390.00	388.37
6	550–600	578	331.00	331.00
8	650–700	666	316.00	316.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	338	451.00	451.00
10	400–450	421	401.00	401.00
7	450–500	493	392.50	392.50
4	550–600	568	325.00	325.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	463	360.00	360.00
3	550–600	563	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	365	399.00	399.00
12	450–500	465	365.00	365.00
9	500–550	535	320.00–330.00	328.92
3	650–700	672	301.00	301.00
3	700–750	730	286.00	286.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	395.00	395.00
10	400–450	434	369.00	369.00
1	450–500	470	335.00	335.00
10	500–550	546	329.00	329.00
2	600–650	645	302.00	302.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	350.00	350.00
1	400–450	440	317.50	317.50
1	550–600	575	317.50	317.50
1	600–650	635	282.50	282.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	437.50	437.50
5	450–500	472	385.00–401.00	394.56
3	500–550	542	379.00	379.00
2	550–600	558	360.00	360.00
2	600–650	630	337.50	337.50
2	700–750	730	312.00	312.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	495	405.00	405.00
1	550–600	595	362.50	362.50

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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