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Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-02-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-28

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Feb 28

● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186

← Feb 21Feb 28Mar 7 →

Receipts

613 head

▲ 232 vs last sale 381▼ 23 vs year ago 636 · −3.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 154, Heifers 243, Bulls 216)

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $397.20/cwt on 74 head. That ranks 30 of 32 comparable sales and sits +30.08 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.

Average price

$397.20

74 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,150

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$109

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$15.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.74

vs VA average

−33.21 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	400.00	2,180	32
Medium and Large 2	539	399.10	2,150	30
Medium and Large 3	538	385.00	2,071	12thin

One grade step is worth $15.00/cwt here — about $109 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 sale74 hd

397.20

—

VA average6 barns · 286 hd

412.95

−15.74

National average177 barns · 14,680 hd

430.41

−33.21

This barn, trailing median32 sales

367.12

+30.08

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

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

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	356	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,100	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	368	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,171	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	444	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	2,364	29
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	457	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,399	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,438	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	525	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,074	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	545	479.00/cwt	479.00–479.00	2,611	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	550	474.00/cwt	474.00–474.00	2,607	28
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	629	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,170	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	633	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,665	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	648	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,689	12
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	725	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,683	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	743	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,675	12
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 3	755	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,265	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	368	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,693	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	369	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	1,854	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	372	502.53/cwt	375.00–513.00	1,869	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	425	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,732	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	450	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,025	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	456	462.23/cwt	420.00–464.00	2,108	25
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	459	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,066	28
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	537	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,148	29
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	538	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,071	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	545	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,180	32
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	585	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,182	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	605	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,133	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	624	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,234	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	659	352.70/cwt	347.50–353.00	2,324	19
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	721	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,401	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	725	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,175	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	739	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,328	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	346	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	2,059	6
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	351	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,106	7
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	499.36/cwt	465.00–502.50	2,112	12
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,040	25
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	431	441.85/cwt	395.00–448.00	1,904	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	487	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,204	19
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	500	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,000	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	501	452.61/cwt	395.00–455.00	2,268	27
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	515	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,034	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,284	24
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	576	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,275	8
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	638	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,265	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	649	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,207	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,270	17
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	665	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,328	1

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.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Springlake Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Moneta, VA

Sat Feb 28, 2026

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

Receipts 613Last week 381Year ago 636

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 154, Heifers 243, Bulls 216)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	346	595.00	595.00
25	400–450	425	480.00	480.00
27	500–550	501	395.00–455.00	452.61
24	550–600	571	400.00	400.00
2	600–650	638	355.00	355.00
17	650–700	658	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	351	600.00	600.00
12	400–450	423	465.00–502.50	499.36
19	450–500	487	452.50	452.50
1	500–550	500	400.00	400.00
8	550–600	576	395.00	395.00
4	600–650	649	340.00	340.00
1	650–700	665	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	431	395.00–448.00	441.85
1	500–550	515	395.00	395.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	356	590.00	590.00
29	400–450	444	532.50	532.50
1	450–500	460	530.00	530.00
28	550–600	550	474.00	474.00
12	600–650	648	415.00	415.00
12	700–750	743	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	368	590.00	590.00
10	450–500	457	525.00	525.00
13	500–550	545	479.00	479.00
5	600–650	633	421.00	421.00
1	700–750	725	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	395.00	395.00
5	600–650	629	345.00	345.00
2	750–800	755	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	369	502.50	502.50
28	450–500	459	450.00	450.00
32	500–550	545	400.00	400.00
19	650–700	659	347.50–353.00	352.70
6	700–750	739	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	368	460.00	460.00
2	400–450	425	407.50	407.50
11	450–500	450	450.00	450.00
12	500–550	538	385.00	385.00
2	600–650	605	352.50	352.50
1	700–750	725	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	372	375.00–513.00	502.53
25	450–500	456	420.00–464.00	462.23
29	500–550	537	400.00	400.00
1	550–600	585	373.00	373.00
10	600–650	624	358.00	358.00
5	700–750	721	333.00	333.00

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.