Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-09-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 5, Heifers 24, Bulls 24)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $341.88/cwt on 8 head, up $11.72 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 29 comparable sales and sits −34.01 against this barn's trailing median of $375.88.

Average price

$341.88

▲ 11.72 vs prior sale

8 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,867

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$226

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

$2.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.46

vs VA average

+10.36 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	500	342.50	1,713	1thin
Medium and Large 1	546	342.50	1,870	5thin
Medium and Large 2	570	340.00	1,938	2thin

One grade step is worth $2.50/cwt here — about −$226 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

29 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $415.03, low $330.16, median $375.88 across 29 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 sale8 hd

341.88

—

VA average6 barns · 189 hd

336.42

+5.46

National average157 barns · 5,611 hd

331.52

+10.36

This barn, trailing median29 sales

375.88

−34.01

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

22 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
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	560	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,904	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,938	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	364	382.58/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,393	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,729	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,498	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	500	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,713	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,408	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,870	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,584	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	335	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,189	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,276	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,980	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,610	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,735	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,859	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	403	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,632	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,494	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,144	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,752	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	347.42/cwt	337.50–352.50	1,761	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,912	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,694	1

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 Sep 5, 2026

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

Receipts 53Last week 282Year ago 437

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 5, Heifers 24, Bulls 24)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	560	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	397.50	397.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	385.00	385.00
1	600–650	640	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	364	360.00–390.00	382.58
1	450–500	460	350.00	350.00
2	550–600	570	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	355.00	355.00
2	400–450	425	352.50	352.50
1	500–550	500	342.50	342.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	395.00	395.00
1	400–450	430	347.50	347.50
5	500–550	546	342.50	342.50
1	600–650	600	330.00	330.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	440.00	440.00
2	400–450	403	405.00	405.00
4	450–500	469	370.00	370.00
2	550–600	560	332.00	332.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	360.00	360.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	385.00	385.00
3	500–550	507	337.50–352.50	347.42
2	550–600	575	332.50	332.50

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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