Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2026-01-10

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Jan 10
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
336 head
▲ 192 vs last sale 144▲ 336 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 67, Heifers 167, Bulls 102)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $339.53/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 9 of 32 comparable sales and sits −27.59 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.
Average price
$339.53
48 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,856
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$22
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$8.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−17.57
vs VA average
−70.57 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2544340.681,85522
Medium and Large 1548340.001,86321
Medium and Large 3551332.501,8325thin
One grade step is worth $8.18/cwt here — about $22 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale48 hd
339.53
—
VA average9 barns · 511 hd
357.10
−17.57
National average199 barns · 28,725 hd
410.10
−70.57
This barn, trailing median32 sales
367.12
−27.59
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales
429390351312median 367.1203/0705/0207/1109/1210/31
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $415.03, low $326.28, median $367.12 across 32 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

43 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1345515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,7775
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2367495.59/cwt470.00–505.001,8194
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1437502.50/cwt502.50–502.502,1966
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2452485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,1927
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3525390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,0481
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1535430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,30113
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2556425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,3636
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2600392.50/cwt392.50–392.502,3551
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3630325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,0482
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1645380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,45111
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1745280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,0862
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2770351.00/cwt351.00–351.002,7031
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2350371.00/cwt371.00–371.001,29912
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3360375.42/cwt372.50–380.001,3528
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1361365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,31812
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1400375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,5001
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1450405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,82316
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2453400.44/cwt380.00–403.001,81419
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3454350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5897
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2541342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,85320
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1548340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,86321
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3551332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,8325
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2578322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,8642
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2631350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,2094
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1637322.70/cwt300.00–325.002,05611
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3637282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,8005
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2665292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,9451
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2725270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,9583
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1728285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,0756
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3730245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,7891
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1335510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,7092
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2338515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,7412
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1350505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,7681
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2412512.50/cwt512.50–512.502,1125
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1423502.50/cwt502.50–502.502,12615
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3447415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,8553
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1492464.68/cwt460.00–465.002,28615
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2498460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,2917
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3530345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,8291
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2535417.50/cwt417.50–417.502,2344
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1574385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,21010
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1667330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,2019
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2668325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,1712

This sale against other markets

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.