Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-05-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 100, Heifers 179, Bulls 112)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $360.87/cwt on 48 head, down $25.31 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 28 comparable sales and sits −15.68 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$360.87

▼ 25.31 vs prior sale

48 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,968

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$116

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

$22.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.82

vs VA average

−46.57 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	543	367.56	1,996	16thin
Medium and Large 1	546	358.37	1,958	30
Medium and Large 3	545	345.00	1,880	2thin

One grade step is worth $22.56/cwt here — about $116 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

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

360.87

—

VA average5 barns · 234 hd

376.70

−15.82

National average128 barns · 4,974 hd

407.44

−46.57

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−15.68

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

40 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	370	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	1,841	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	371.24/cwt	371.00–372.50	2,335	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	460.15/cwt	442.50–470.00	1,974	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,317	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	2,161	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,850	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	2,474	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,509	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	492.00/cwt	492.00–492.00	1,865	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,419	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,157	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,107	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,919	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	356	506.00/cwt	506.00–506.00	1,801	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,960	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	491.00/cwt	491.00–491.00	2,200	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,904	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,189	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	443	462.00/cwt	462.00–462.00	2,047	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,228	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,448	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	494.00/cwt	494.00–494.00	2,174	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	2,509	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	627	406.03/cwt	400.00–407.50	2,546	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	615	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,937	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	444	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,998	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	480.63/cwt	447.50–485.00	2,004	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	367.56/cwt	345.00–369.00	1,996	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	627	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,226	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	359	499.00/cwt	499.00–499.00	1,791	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	374	479.67/cwt	425.00–487.50	1,794	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	675	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,126	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	564	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,312	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	499	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	2,151	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	755	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,152	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,904	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	548	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,356	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,988	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	443	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,949	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,880	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 May 30, 2026

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

Receipts 391Last week 402Year ago 494

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 100, Heifers 179, Bulls 112)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	497.50	497.50
11	400–450	429	442.50–470.00	460.15
18	500–550	505	428.00	428.00
15	550–600	565	410.00	410.00
6	600–650	629	371.00–372.50	371.24
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	356	506.00	506.00
17	400–450	417	447.50–485.00	480.63
7	450–500	499	431.00	431.00
4	550–600	564	410.00	410.00
2	600–650	645	375.00	375.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	405.00	405.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	500.00	500.00
6	400–450	448	491.00	491.00
31	550–600	551	449.00	449.00
13	600–650	632	397.00	397.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	380	505.00	505.00
12	400–450	440	494.00	494.00
14	550–600	555	452.00	452.00
5	600–650	627	400.00–407.50	406.03
1	700–750	720	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	443	440.00	440.00
3	500–550	548	430.00	430.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	379	492.00	492.00
26	450–500	458	460.00	460.00
29	500–550	546	359.00	359.00
1	550–600	560	340.00	340.00
8	600–650	612	352.50	352.50
1	650–700	695	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	359	499.00	499.00
33	400–450	443	462.00	462.00
16	500–550	543	345.00–369.00	367.56
5	600–650	627	355.00	355.00
1	650–700	670	332.50	332.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	374	425.00–487.50	479.67
9	400–450	444	450.00	450.00
1	450–500	465	427.50	427.50
2	500–550	545	345.00	345.00
1	600–650	615	315.00	315.00
1	650–700	675	315.00	315.00
1	750–800	755	285.00	285.00

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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