Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2026-02-14

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Feb 14
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
518 head
▼ 80 vs last sale 598▲ 518 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 143, Heifers 217, Bulls 158)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $368.94/cwt on 58 head. That ranks 18 of 32 comparable sales and sits +1.82 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.
Average price
$368.94
58 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,007
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$232
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$34.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.91
vs VA average
−55.01 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2544378.392,05824
Medium and Large 1548367.882,01626
Medium and Large 3531344.001,8278thin
One grade step is worth $34.39/cwt here — about $232 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale58 hd
368.94
—
VA average6 barns · 182 hd
376.84
−7.91
National average187 barns · 18,214 hd
423.95
−55.01
This barn, trailing median32 sales
367.12
+1.82
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

49 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1350550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,9251
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3445425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,8917
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1459511.00/cwt511.00–511.002,34510
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2462515.29/cwt495.00–518.002,3819
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2515485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,4981
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1543488.97/cwt470.00–490.002,65519
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2553495.00/cwt495.00–495.002,73712
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3554375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,0787
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1633426.15/cwt405.00–427.502,69816
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2654417.50/cwt417.50–417.502,7309
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3670347.50/cwt347.50–347.502,3281
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added690390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,69113
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1747341.00/cwt341.00–341.002,5475
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2765335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,5631
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added850350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,97513
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3364440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,6024
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2366508.58/cwt460.00–512.001,86116
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1369502.00/cwt502.00–502.001,8525
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1430452.50/cwt452.50–452.501,9462
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2444480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,13124
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3458430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,9696
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1460467.50/cwt467.50–467.502,15114
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,0451
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3531344.00/cwt344.00–344.001,8278
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2544378.39/cwt340.00–380.002,05824
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1547369.00/cwt369.00–369.002,01825
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,9551
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2633339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,1468
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1641339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,17318
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added650335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,17811
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1665333.00/cwt333.00–333.002,2141
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1716317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,2706
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 3750300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,2502
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2755306.00/cwt306.00–306.002,3102
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added820302.00/cwt302.00–302.002,47610
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added850300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,55011
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2346610.00/cwt610.00–610.002,1117
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1352610.00/cwt610.00–610.002,1475
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2365500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,8251
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2413550.00/cwt550.00–550.002,27213
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1428550.00/cwt550.00–550.002,35419
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3434430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,8667
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2499440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,19610
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1505437.88/cwt390.00–440.002,21125
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3546350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,9115
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1582408.26/cwt400.00–410.002,37623
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2595410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,4402
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2640375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,4001
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1644367.50/cwt367.50–367.502,3677

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.