Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-07-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 41, Heifers 86, Bulls 71)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $360.56/cwt on 36 head, down $6.07 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 28 comparable sales and sits −16.00 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$360.56

▼ 6.07 vs prior sale

36 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,968

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$159

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

$15.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.74

vs VA average

−35.49 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	547	365.00	1,997	10thin
Medium and Large 1	548	360.00	1,973	23
Medium and Large 3	525	350.00	1,838	3thin

One grade step is worth $15.00/cwt here — about $159 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale36 hd

360.56

—

VA average8 barns · 426 hd

368.29

−7.74

National average163 barns · 8,583 hd

396.05

−35.49

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−16.00

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

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,512	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,881	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,207	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	538	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,991	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,598	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	645	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,129	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,264	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,420	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,159	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	345.31/cwt	330.00–349.00	2,490	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,069	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	644	370.70/cwt	350.00–373.00	2,387	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	348	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,322	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,786	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	595	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,261	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,973	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	319.22/cwt	310.00–324.00	2,289	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	327	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,406	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	401.31/cwt	390.00–404.00	1,878	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	508	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,093	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,246	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,074	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	408.68/cwt	370.00–415.00	1,872	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	387.86/cwt	360.00–397.00	2,211	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,383	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	332	397.90/cwt	384.00–400.00	1,321	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,268	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	553	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,206	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	404.28/cwt	360.00–416.00	1,892	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,838	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,399	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	428	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,584	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	342.55/cwt	341.00–344.00	2,141	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,125	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,425	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	450	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	1,683	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	547	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,997	10

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 Jul 18, 2026

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

Receipts 198Last week 411Year ago 290

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 41, Heifers 86, Bulls 71)

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	355	400.00	400.00
2	400–450	420	360.00	360.00
4	450–500	486	387.00	387.00
9	550–600	566	390.00	390.00
1	600–650	635	340.00	340.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	428	370.00	370.00
2	500–550	538	370.00	370.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	332	384.00–400.00	397.90
1	350–400	395	350.00	350.00
11	400–450	425	376.00	376.00
12	500–550	508	412.00	412.00
8	550–600	570	360.00–397.00	387.86
1	600–650	625	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	395.00	395.00
4	450–500	450	374.00	374.00
3	500–550	525	350.00	350.00
1	600–650	645	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	348	380.00	380.00
7	450–500	458	370.00–415.00	408.68
23	500–550	548	360.00	360.00
1	600–650	605	342.00	342.00
15	650–700	653	344.00	344.00
3	700–750	717	310.00–324.00	319.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	390.00	390.00
2	350–400	378	370.00	370.00
10	450–500	468	360.00–416.00	404.28
10	500–550	547	365.00	365.00
2	600–650	625	341.00–344.00	342.55
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	468	390.00–404.00	401.31
5	500–550	525	395.00	395.00
1	550–600	595	380.00	380.00
10	600–650	644	350.00–373.00	370.70
5	700–750	721	330.00–349.00	345.31
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	327	430.00	430.00
2	450–500	458	390.00	390.00
4	550–600	553	399.00	399.00
1	650–700	685	354.00	354.00

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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