Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2026-06-20

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Jun 20
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
403 head
17 vs last sale 386 90 vs year ago 313 · +28.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 127, Heifers 171, Bulls 105)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $405.11/cwt on 55 head, up $23.68 from the prior sale. That ranks 26 of 28 comparable sales and sits +28.55 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.
Average price
$405.11
23.68 vs prior sale
55 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,212
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$150
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$16.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+26.11
vs VA average
6.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2549407.552,23820
Medium and Large 1546406.342,22029
Medium and Large 3534391.002,0886thin
One grade step is worth $16.55/cwt here — about $150 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
429395360326median 376.5612/2003/1405/0206/2708/15
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
405.11
VA average8 barns · 422 hd
379.00
+26.11
National average169 barns · 9,451 hd
411.50
−6.39
This barn, trailing median28 sales
376.56
+28.55
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

43 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750747360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,6893
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600593407.00/cwt407.00–407.002,4142
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650644403.00/cwt403.00–403.002,59512
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400373495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,8463
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550549425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,33319
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400355422.94/cwt400.00–425.001,50113
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400378425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,6073
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650631382.27/cwt375.00–385.002,4127
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500453408.37/cwt375.00–410.001,85023
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700690390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,6912
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650646360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,32615
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750747320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,3906
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600585360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,1061
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700670340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,2781
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550545408.00/cwt408.00–408.002,22428
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500456433.41/cwt410.00–435.001,97617
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500493385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,89815
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600567397.00/cwt397.00–397.002,25110
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450422449.27/cwt400.00–455.001,89610
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350343490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,6819
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700657372.00/cwt372.00–372.002,4445
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500479400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,9167
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450412450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,85411
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600552425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,34613
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500453441.00/cwt441.00–441.001,99822
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650610402.00/cwt402.00–402.002,4521
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600550380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,0901
HeifersMedium and Large 3600–650623340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,1182
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550535410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,1941
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650633345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,1844
HeifersMedium and Large 2700–750731322.00/cwt322.00–322.002,3545
SteersMedium and Large 3700–750710335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,3791
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400353495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,7478
HeifersMedium and Large 3500–550534391.00/cwt391.00–391.002,0886
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450447410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,83321
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550549409.00/cwt409.00–409.002,24519
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350339503.00/cwt503.00–503.001,7058
BullsMedium and Large 3500–550540375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,0251
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450423420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,77710
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450448410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,8373
SteersMedium and Large 3650–700655350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,2933
SteersMedium and Large 3500–550545385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,0985
HeifersMedium and Large 3300–350337425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,4325

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.