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Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-10-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-31

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Oct 31

● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186

← Oct 24Oct 31latest

Receipts

280 head

▼ 134 vs last sale 414▼ 71 vs year ago 351 · −20.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 51, Heifers 122, Bulls 107)

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $340.23/cwt on 26 head, up $4.63 from the prior sale. That ranks 9 of 33 comparable sales and sits −27.00 against this barn's trailing median of $367.24.

Average price

$340.23

▲ 4.63 vs prior sale

26 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,855

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$83

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

$19.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.74

vs VA average

−38.95 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	344.38	1,884	13thin
Medium and Large 2	537	343.00	1,842	8thin
Medium and Large 3	554	325.00	1,801	5thin

One grade step is worth $19.38/cwt here — about $83 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale26 hd

340.23

—

VA average6 barns · 355 hd

334.49

+5.74

National average187 barns · 22,586 hd

379.18

−38.95

This barn, trailing median33 sales

367.24

−27.00

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

33 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $415.03, low $326.28, median $367.24 across 33 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

37 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	350	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,453	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	455	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,593	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	458	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,832	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	458	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,786	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	515	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,854	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	520	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,664	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	550	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,980	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	556	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,002	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	628	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,135	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	640	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,160	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,268	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	755	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,397	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	347	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,145	6
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	348	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,340	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	360	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	1,390	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	455	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,579	21
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	349.39/cwt	346.00–354.00	1,607	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	483	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,606	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,892	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	537	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,842	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	553	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,880	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	554	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,801	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	632	302.51/cwt	297.50–305.00	1,912	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	643	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,045	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	644	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,013	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,038	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,048	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	770	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,079	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	352	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,417	8
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	422	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,656	8
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	386.43/cwt	365.00–390.00	1,662	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	459	333.37/cwt	310.00–345.00	1,530	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	488	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,952	12
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	495	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,980	11
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,935	10
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	572	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,902	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	652	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,086	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 Oct 31, 2026

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

Receipts 280Last week 414Year ago 351

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 51, Heifers 122, Bulls 107)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	430	365.00–390.00	386.43
11	450–500	495	400.00	400.00
10	550–600	564	343.00	343.00
5	650–700	652	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	352	402.50	402.50
8	400–450	422	392.50	392.50
12	450–500	488	400.00	400.00
5	550–600	572	332.50	332.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	459	310.00–345.00	333.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	415.00	415.00
2	450–500	458	400.00	400.00
5	550–600	556	360.00	360.00
2	600–650	640	337.50	337.50
2	700–750	720	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	458	390.00	390.00
1	500–550	515	360.00	360.00
10	550–600	550	360.00	360.00
2	600–650	628	340.00	340.00
1	750–800	755	317.50	317.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	455	350.00	350.00
1	500–550	520	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	348	385.00	385.00
7	450–500	460	346.00–354.00	349.39
3	500–550	527	359.00	359.00
10	550–600	553	340.00	340.00
6	600–650	643	318.00	318.00
1	650–700	685	297.50	297.50
4	700–750	725	282.50	282.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	360	386.00	386.00
21	450–500	455	347.00	347.00
8	500–550	537	343.00	343.00
9	600–650	644	312.50	312.50
1	750–800	770	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	347	330.00	330.00
3	450–500	483	332.50	332.50
5	550–600	554	325.00	325.00
3	600–650	632	297.50–305.00	302.51

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.