Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-08-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 43, Heifers 98, Bulls 76)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $347.58/cwt on 30 head, down $23.78 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 28 comparable sales and sits −28.98 against this barn's trailing median of $376.56.

Average price

$347.58

▼ 23.78 vs prior sale

30 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,922

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$87

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

$13.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−27.64

vs VA average

−19.11 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	554	351.25	1,947	6thin
Medium and Large 1	553	349.72	1,934	18thin
Medium and Large 3	551	337.50	1,860	6thin

One grade step is worth $13.75/cwt here — about $87 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 sale30 hd

347.58

—

VA average9 barns · 493 hd

375.23

−27.64

National average162 barns · 7,051 hd

366.69

−19.11

This barn, trailing median28 sales

376.56

−28.98

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

35 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	360	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,638	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,047	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	383.30/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,656	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,035	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	502	373.23/cwt	357.00–376.00	1,874	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,288	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	2,095	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,041	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,984	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,856	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	446	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,583	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,251	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,044	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	564	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,194	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	349.72/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,934	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,442	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,155	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,033	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	403.69/cwt	365.00–410.00	1,934	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,983	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,380	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,630	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,000	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,631	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	551	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,860	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	348	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,314	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	451	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,678	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	550	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,964	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,929	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	543	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,944	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	453	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,676	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	446	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,597	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	655	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,949	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	489	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	1,848	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	359	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,337	7

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 Aug 15, 2026

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

Receipts 217Last week 260Year ago 295

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 43, Heifers 98, Bulls 76)

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	360	455.00	455.00
9	400–450	432	370.00–385.00	383.30
14	500–550	502	357.00–376.00	373.23
9	550–600	570	357.00	357.00
2	650–700	655	312.50	312.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	429	380.00	380.00
4	450–500	489	378.00	378.00
3	550–600	565	351.00	351.00
1	600–650	640	312.50	312.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	453	370.00	370.00
3	500–550	543	358.00	358.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	412.50	412.50
7	500–550	533	393.00	393.00
4	700–750	715	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	465.00	465.00
7	450–500	479	365.00–410.00	403.69
4	550–600	564	389.00	389.00
2	600–650	605	372.00	372.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	435	375.00	375.00
2	550–600	550	357.00	357.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	370.00	370.00
7	400–450	446	355.00	355.00
18	550–600	553	345.00–350.00	349.72
9	600–650	626	326.00	326.00
1	650–700	690	287.50	287.50
2	700–750	743	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	359	372.50	372.50
11	450–500	451	372.00	372.00
5	500–550	548	352.00	352.00
1	550–600	585	347.50	347.50
1	700–750	730	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	348	377.50	377.50
8	400–450	446	358.00	358.00
6	550–600	551	337.50	337.50
1	650–700	655	297.50	297.50

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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