Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-04-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 128, Heifers 195, Bulls 123)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $382.87/cwt on 55 head, up $5.64 from the prior sale. That ranks 19 of 28 comparable sales and sits +6.31 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$382.87

▲ 5.64 vs prior sale

55 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,066

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$112

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

$35.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.60

vs VA average

−39.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	532	390.00	2,075	33
Medium and Large 2	550	382.00	2,101	14thin
Medium and Large 3	553	355.00	1,963	8thin

One grade step is worth $35.00/cwt here — about $112 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 sale55 hd

382.87

—

VA average7 barns · 514 hd

388.47

−5.60

National average167 barns · 11,519 hd

422.17

−39.30

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

+6.31

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

35 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	600–650	648	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,365	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,575	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,168	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	528.00/cwt	528.00–528.00	1,901	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,088	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,659	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,075	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	456.00/cwt	456.00–456.00	2,513	46
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,167	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,139	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	407	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,116	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	2,109	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	552.50/cwt	552.50–552.50	1,840	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	484	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	2,163	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,048	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	452	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,102	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,184	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,846	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,425	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,101	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,189	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	2,295	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	1,754	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	552	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,070	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	459	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,066	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	356	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,762	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	499.00/cwt	499.00–499.00	2,161	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	643	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,276	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,499	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	447	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,967	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	553	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,963	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	553	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,212	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	780	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,301	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	663	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,314	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	529.00/cwt	529.00–529.00	1,936	17

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 Apr 25, 2026

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

Receipts 446Last week 459Year ago 417

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 128, Heifers 195, Bulls 123)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	575.00	575.00
16	400–450	407	520.00	520.00
14	450–500	487	445.00	445.00
14	550–600	567	386.00	386.00
2	600–650	648	365.00	365.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	333	552.50	552.50
10	400–450	424	497.50	497.50
13	450–500	484	447.00	447.00
9	550–600	568	404.00	404.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	459	450.00	450.00
6	550–600	552	375.00	375.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	353	470.00	470.00
31	450–500	455	470.00	470.00
46	550–600	551	456.00	456.00
16	600–650	633	342.50	342.50
2	750–800	763	337.50	337.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	355	520.00	520.00
8	400–450	433	499.00	499.00
5	500–550	533	455.00	455.00
1	550–600	595	420.00	420.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	553	400.00	400.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	360	528.00	528.00
25	400–450	442	472.50	472.50
2	450–500	455	450.00	450.00
33	500–550	532	390.00	390.00
9	600–650	633	345.00	345.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	366	529.00	529.00
28	450–500	452	465.00	465.00
14	550–600	550	382.00	382.00
4	650–700	663	349.00	349.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	356	495.00	495.00
12	400–450	447	440.00	440.00
8	550–600	553	355.00	355.00
5	600–650	643	354.00	354.00
1	750–800	780	295.00	295.00

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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