Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-05-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 117, Heifers 199, Bulls 86)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $386.19/cwt on 48 head, up $7.72 from the prior sale. That ranks 21 of 28 comparable sales and sits +9.63 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$386.19

▲ 7.72 vs prior sale

48 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,104

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$168

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$29.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.98

vs VA average

−30.92 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	541	389.00	2,104	8thin
Medium and Large 1	546	388.47	2,122	36
Medium and Large 3	538	360.00	1,937	4thin

One grade step is worth $29.00/cwt here — about $168 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 sale48 hd

386.19

—

VA average8 barns · 584 hd

393.17

−6.98

National average171 barns · 11,385 hd

417.11

−30.92

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

+9.63

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

34 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	650–700	675	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,464	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	347	573.00/cwt	573.00–573.00	1,988	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,468	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	503.15/cwt	475.00–510.00	2,133	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	2,435	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	2,252	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	459.00/cwt	459.00–459.00	2,488	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,054	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	527.50/cwt	527.50–527.50	1,846	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	469.00/cwt	469.00–469.00	2,495	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,219	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	2,061	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	356	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,083	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	531.00/cwt	531.00–531.00	1,912	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,124	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	512.00/cwt	512.00–512.00	2,340	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,040	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,664	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	519.00/cwt	519.00–519.00	2,180	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,373	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	459	522.00/cwt	522.00–522.00	2,396	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	541	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,104	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	627	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,251	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	638	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,664	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	447	448.35/cwt	435.00–450.00	2,004	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	538	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,937	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	442	466.89/cwt	425.00–468.00	2,064	39
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	2,432	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	485	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,207	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	625	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,125	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	2,224	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	341	579.00/cwt	579.00–579.00	1,974	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	457	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,262	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,902	12

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 May 16, 2026

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

Receipts 402Last week 327Year ago 313

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 117, Heifers 199, Bulls 86)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	347	573.00	573.00
5	400–450	424	475.00–510.00	503.15
13	500–550	505	446.00	446.00
12	550–600	577	422.00	422.00
4	600–650	641	385.00	385.00
1	650–700	675	365.00	365.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	341	579.00	579.00
13	400–450	420	519.00	519.00
7	450–500	492	452.00	452.00
1	550–600	575	423.00	423.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	455.00	455.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	361	565.00	565.00
18	450–500	457	512.00	512.00
31	500–550	542	459.00	459.00
9	600–650	642	415.00	415.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	356	585.00	585.00
18	450–500	459	522.00	522.00
11	500–550	532	469.00	469.00
2	600–650	638	417.50	417.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	457	495.00	495.00
1	550–600	565	420.00	420.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	350	527.50	527.50
24	450–500	459	449.00	449.00
35	500–550	546	389.00	389.00
1	550–600	555	370.00	370.00
14	600–650	634	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	360	531.00	531.00
39	400–450	442	425.00–468.00	466.89
8	500–550	541	389.00	389.00
8	600–650	627	359.00	359.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	373	510.00	510.00
18	400–450	447	435.00–450.00	448.35
4	500–550	538	360.00	360.00
2	600–650	625	340.00	340.00

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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