Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-07-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 52, Heifers 87, Bulls 73)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $367.00/cwt on 25 head, up $6.44 from the prior sale. That ranks 9 of 28 comparable sales and sits −9.56 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$367.00

▲ 6.44 vs prior sale

25 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,000

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$399

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

$46.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.30

vs VA average

−8.81 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	371.07	2,040	14thin
Medium and Large 2	546	370.00	2,020	9thin
Medium and Large 3	505	325.00	1,641	2thin

One grade step is worth $46.07/cwt here — about $399 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 sale25 hd

367.00

—

VA average6 barns · 289 hd

356.70

+10.30

National average148 barns · 5,785 hd

375.81

−8.81

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−9.56

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	350–400	365	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,542	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,041	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,145	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	402	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,508	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	498	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,868	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	412.90/cwt	410.00–435.00	2,246	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,270	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,080	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,133	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,512	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,046	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,018	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,663	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	342	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,445	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	1,943	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	546	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,020	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	372.98/cwt	350.00–377.50	2,365	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,775	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,533	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	582	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,037	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,605	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	407	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,526	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,403	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,661	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,332	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	510	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,066	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,306	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	505	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,641	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	498	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,042	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,103	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	642	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,343	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,488	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	452	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	1,867	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,109	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,112	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	459	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,492	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	340	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,190	4

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 25, 2026

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

Receipts 212Last week 198Year ago 194

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 52, Heifers 87, Bulls 73)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	422.50	422.50
7	400–450	402	375.00	375.00
11	450–500	498	375.00	375.00
4	550–600	583	350.00	350.00
6	650–700	660	325.00	325.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	342	422.50	422.50
8	400–450	407	375.00	375.00
4	450–500	498	410.00	410.00
7	550–600	582	350.00	350.00
2	600–650	640	325.00	325.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	350.00	350.00
3	550–600	570	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	433	410.00	410.00
3	450–500	453	429.00	429.00
8	500–550	544	410.00–435.00	412.90
6	600–650	634	350.00–377.50	372.98
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	455.00	455.00
2	400–450	428	375.00	375.00
5	450–500	452	413.00	413.00
2	500–550	515	410.00	410.00
5	550–600	562	415.00	415.00
3	600–650	642	365.00	365.00
2	750–800	775	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	405.00	405.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	438	350.00	350.00
1	450–500	475	350.00	350.00
3	500–550	538	375.00	375.00
11	550–600	553	370.00	370.00
7	600–650	632	337.50	337.50
1	700–750	715	317.50	317.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	373	350.00	350.00
9	400–450	432	350.00	350.00
9	500–550	546	370.00	370.00
2	600–650	623	337.50	337.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	340	350.00	350.00
6	450–500	459	325.00	325.00
2	500–550	505	325.00	325.00

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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