Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-09-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 56, Heifers 130, Bulls 93)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $347.77/cwt on 40 head, up $17.62 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 29 comparable sales and sits −28.11 against this barn's trailing median of $375.88.

Average price

$347.77

▲ 17.62 vs prior sale

40 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,849

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$25

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1

$3.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.39

vs VA average

+9.98 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	528	349.21	1,844	19thin
Medium and Large 3	522	348.00	1,817	6thin
Medium and Large 1	540	345.87	1,869	15thin

One grade step is worth $3.34/cwt here — about −$25 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 sale40 hd

347.77

—

VA average8 barns · 454 hd

332.39

+15.39

National average138 barns · 5,113 hd

337.79

+9.98

This barn, trailing median29 sales

375.88

−28.11

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

42 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 3	500–550	536	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,822	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,575	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	522	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,817	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	362	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,475	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	627	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,038	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	718	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,061	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	650	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,983	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	335	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,256	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	710	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,166	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	461	360.74/cwt	350.00–362.50	1,663	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	558	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,869	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	444	374.35/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,662	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	349.21/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,844	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	651	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,161	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,461	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,095	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,032	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,463	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	434.00/cwt	434.00–434.00	1,792	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,109	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,842	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	325.44/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,871	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,880	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,052	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	449	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,661	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,870	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,226	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	334.07/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,111	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	547	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,024	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,848	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,129	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,439	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,591	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,956	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,724	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	662	328.32/cwt	327.50–330.00	2,173	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,878	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	559	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,040	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,175	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,711	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,938	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	502	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,795	13

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 12, 2026

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

Receipts 279Last week 53Year ago 356

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 56, Heifers 130, Bulls 93)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	420	375.00	375.00
4	500–550	536	340.00	340.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	375.00	375.00
3	400–450	413	434.00	434.00
7	500–550	508	362.50	362.50
11	550–600	575	325.00–330.00	325.44
4	650–700	659	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	475.00	475.00
8	400–450	425	402.50	402.50
13	500–550	502	357.50	357.50
11	550–600	583	332.50	332.50
1	650–700	685	317.50	317.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	375.00	375.00
6	350–400	362	407.50	407.50
7	450–500	461	350.00–362.50	360.74
6	500–550	522	348.00	348.00
3	600–650	627	325.00	325.00
1	650–700	650	305.00	305.00
2	700–750	718	287.00	287.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	350	417.50	417.50
21	400–450	444	360.00–375.00	374.35
19	500–550	528	335.00–350.00	349.21
1	600–650	635	320.00	320.00
5	650–700	651	332.00	332.00
1	700–750	710	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	369	390.00	390.00
7	400–450	449	370.00	370.00
14	500–550	539	347.00	347.00
1	550–600	560	330.00	330.00
6	600–650	617	332.50	332.50
2	700–750	728	292.50	292.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	558	335.00	335.00
1	700–750	710	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	400.00	400.00
15	500–550	547	370.00	370.00
11	600–650	632	330.00–335.00	334.07
2	700–750	718	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	363	475.00	475.00
6	450–500	458	410.00	410.00
1	500–550	525	372.50	372.50
6	550–600	559	365.00	365.00
3	650–700	662	327.50–330.00	328.32

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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