Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-09-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 49, Heifers 107, Bulls 99)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $327.76/cwt on 39 head, down $7.89 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −46.75 against this barn's trailing median of $374.51.

Average price

$327.76

▼ 7.89 vs prior sale

39 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,783

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$73

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

$13.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.15

vs VA average

−28.34 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	537	333.58	1,791	14thin
Medium and Large 1	549	325.11	1,785	22
Medium and Large 3	537	320.00	1,718	3thin

One grade step is worth $13.58/cwt here — about $73 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

30 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $415.03, low $327.76, median $374.51 across 30 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 sale39 hd

327.76

—

VA average7 barns · 315 hd

327.61

+0.15

National average179 barns · 11,869 hd

356.10

−28.34

This barn, trailing median30 sales

374.51

−46.75

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

46 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	500–550	535	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,953	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,064	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	409.27/cwt	390.00–420.00	1,486	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,744	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,147	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	494	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	1,892	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,075	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,010	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,606	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,920	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	549	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,798	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,921	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	546	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,069	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,325	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,484	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,705	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,394	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,744	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	456	369.76/cwt	330.00–372.50	1,686	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	312	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,326	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,113	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,069	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,843	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	795	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,465	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,813	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,241	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	446	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,829	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,501	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,028	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,885	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	537	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,718	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	433	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,494	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	395.18/cwt	365.00–402.50	1,699	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	576	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,987	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	504	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,920	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,385	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	580	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,001	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	660	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,145	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	748	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,132	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	638	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,016	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	472	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,652	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,725	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	333.58/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,791	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,610	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	340	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,207	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	710	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,953	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 26, 2026

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

Receipts 255Last week 189Year ago 185

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 49, Heifers 107, Bulls 99)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	363	390.00–420.00	409.27
7	400–450	428	407.50	407.50
12	450–500	494	383.00	383.00
1	500–550	535	365.00	365.00
14	550–600	582	330.00	330.00
1	600–650	645	320.00	320.00
7	650–700	671	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	312	425.00	425.00
5	400–450	430	365.00–402.50	395.18
1	450–500	490	370.00	370.00
8	500–550	504	381.00	381.00
6	550–600	576	345.00	345.00
1	650–700	695	322.50	322.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	472	350.00	350.00
1	500–550	515	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	353	395.00	395.00
2	400–450	443	335.00	335.00
12	450–500	465	375.00	375.00
19	500–550	549	327.50	327.50
3	550–600	550	310.00	310.00
10	600–650	640	314.00	314.00
3	700–750	728	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	355	390.00	390.00
16	450–500	456	330.00–372.50	369.76
14	500–550	537	315.00–335.00	333.58
6	600–650	638	316.00	316.00
1	650–700	650	290.00	290.00
2	700–750	748	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	355.00	355.00
4	400–450	433	345.00	345.00
3	500–550	537	320.00	320.00
1	700–750	710	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	440.00	440.00
3	450–500	480	400.00	400.00
9	500–550	543	381.00	381.00
1	550–600	550	335.00	335.00
5	650–700	650	325.00	325.00
1	750–800	795	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	435.00	435.00
7	400–450	446	410.00	410.00
10	500–550	546	379.00	379.00
2	600–650	610	332.50	332.50
2	750–800	750	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	350.00	350.00
1	550–600	580	345.00	345.00
1	650–700	660	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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