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Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-03-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-07

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Mar 7

● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186

← Feb 28Mar 7Mar 14 →

Receipts

728 head

▲ 115 vs last sale 613▲ 148 vs year ago 580 · +25.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 157, Heifers 307, Bulls 264)

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 $367.24/cwt on 67 head. That ranks 17 of 32 comparable sales and sits +0.12 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.

Average price

$367.24

67 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,983

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$98

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

$14.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−21.61

vs VA average

−53.72 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	540	374.00	2,020	29
Medium and Large 1	545	363.88	1,982	21
Medium and Large 3	534	359.84	1,922	17thin

One grade step is worth $14.16/cwt here — about $98 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale67 hd

367.24

—

VA average9 barns · 759 hd

388.85

−21.61

National average181 barns · 13,944 hd

420.96

−53.72

This barn, trailing median32 sales

367.12

+0.12

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

51 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	366	563.44/cwt	530.00–570.00	2,062	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	367	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,092	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	433	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,862	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	548.93/cwt	540.00–550.00	2,415	18
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	447	546.72/cwt	530.00–547.50	2,444	22
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	537	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,537	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	545	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,534	26
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	549	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,201	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,380	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	610	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,135	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	645	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	2,606	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	648	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,462	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	656	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,552	14
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	705	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,538	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	743	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,712	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	761	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,664	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	348	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	1,662	16
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	352	499.07/cwt	400.00–504.00	1,757	21
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	355	503.00/cwt	503.00–503.00	1,786	21
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	370	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,295	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	439	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	1,940	36
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	444	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	1,812	24
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	446	438.45/cwt	375.00–440.00	1,955	41
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	450	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,654	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,021	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	534	359.84/cwt	340.00–361.00	1,922	17
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,020	29
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	542	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,000	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	553	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,922	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	614	337.16/cwt	320.00–340.00	2,070	14
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	619	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,913	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	646	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,138	12
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	650	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,096	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	720	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,980	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,072	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	748	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,926	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	336	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,882	11
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	341	553.00/cwt	553.00–553.00	1,886	18
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	353	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,747	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,716	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	416	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,976	32
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	473.50/cwt	440.00–475.00	1,984	24
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	446	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,817	12
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	486	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,333	19
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	490	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,715	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	496	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,306	17
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	534	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,869	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	394.50/cwt	325.00–400.00	2,257	28
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	583	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,186	11
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	648	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,372	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	666	343.73/cwt	340.00–345.00	2,289	16

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 Mar 7, 2026

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

Receipts 728Last week 613Year ago 580

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 157, Heifers 307, Bulls 264)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	367	570.00	570.00
22	400–450	447	530.00–547.50	546.72
26	500–550	545	465.00	465.00
1	550–600	560	425.00	425.00
2	600–650	648	380.00	380.00
14	650–700	656	389.00	389.00
5	750–800	761	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	366	530.00–570.00	563.44
18	400–450	440	540.00–550.00	548.93
9	500–550	537	472.50	472.50
4	600–650	645	404.00	404.00
2	700–750	743	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	433	430.00	430.00
7	500–550	549	401.00	401.00
1	600–650	610	350.00	350.00
1	700–750	705	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	350–400	352	400.00–504.00	499.07
41	400–450	446	375.00–440.00	438.45
29	500–550	540	374.00	374.00
14	600–650	614	320.00–340.00	337.16
2	700–750	720	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	350–400	355	503.00	503.00
36	400–450	439	442.00	442.00
2	450–500	490	412.50	412.50
16	500–550	542	369.00	369.00
5	550–600	553	347.50	347.50
12	600–650	646	331.00	331.00
4	650–700	650	322.50	322.50
5	700–750	727	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	348	477.50	477.50
1	350–400	370	350.00	350.00
24	400–450	444	408.00	408.00
1	450–500	450	367.50	367.50
17	500–550	534	340.00–361.00	359.84
4	600–650	619	309.00	309.00
2	700–750	748	257.50	257.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	300–350	341	553.00	553.00
2	350–400	353	495.00	495.00
32	400–450	416	475.00	475.00
19	450–500	486	480.00	480.00
11	550–600	583	375.00	375.00
4	600–650	648	366.00	366.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	336	560.00	560.00
1	350–400	365	470.00	470.00
24	400–450	419	440.00–475.00	473.50
17	450–500	496	465.00	465.00
28	550–600	572	325.00–400.00	394.50
16	650–700	666	340.00–345.00	343.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	446	407.50	407.50
1	450–500	490	350.00	350.00
4	500–550	534	350.00	350.00

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.