Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2026-03-28

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Mar 28
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
395 head
▼ 109 vs last sale 504▼ 293 vs year ago 688 · −42.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 99, Heifers 182, Bulls 114)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $386.92/cwt on 60 head, down $0.85 from the prior sale. That ranks 28 of 32 comparable sales and sits +19.80 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.
Average price
$386.92
▼ 0.85 vs prior sale
60 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,095
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$219
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$56.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.28
vs VA average
−38.27 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2535392.002,09721
Medium and Large 1544388.252,11036
Medium and Large 3560335.331,8783thin
One grade step is worth $56.67/cwt here — about $219 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale60 hd
386.92
—
VA average7 barns · 509 hd
375.64
+11.28
National average176 barns · 15,314 hd
425.19
−38.27
This barn, trailing median32 sales
367.12
+19.80
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

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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2340525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,7851
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1346585.00/cwt585.00–585.002,0247
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2354595.00/cwt595.00–595.002,1067
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2448492.50/cwt492.50–492.502,2066
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1457490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,23918
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3459470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,1574
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1534479.00/cwt479.00–479.002,55829
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2535412.00/cwt412.00–412.002,2041
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2550461.00/cwt461.00–461.002,5364
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1560430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,4081
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2605400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,4201
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3620395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,4491
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1637394.00/cwt394.00–394.002,5105
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2675360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,4301
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1705340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,3972
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2785340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,6691
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2351506.31/cwt455.00–509.001,77720
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1351501.00/cwt501.00–501.001,7597
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3363467.50/cwt467.50–467.501,6979
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2439462.65/cwt434.00–464.002,03122
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3441443.00/cwt443.00–443.001,95411
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1449455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,04322
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2535392.00/cwt392.00–392.002,09721
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1540394.00/cwt394.00–394.002,12833
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3560335.33/cwt307.50–350.001,8783
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1582325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,8923
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1631330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,0827
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2633333.00/cwt333.00–333.002,1087
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3635310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9692
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1733320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,3462
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2330580.00/cwt580.00–580.001,91413
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1345600.00/cwt600.00–600.002,0703
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2395520.00/cwt520.00–520.002,0541
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1399555.00/cwt555.00–555.002,2146
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2423525.00/cwt525.00–525.002,22112
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1430460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,9781
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3444450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,9984
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1493463.00/cwt463.00–463.002,28317
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2496455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,2577
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1505405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,0451
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3515375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,9311
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2520410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,1321
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1580409.00/cwt409.00–409.002,37212
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2583403.00/cwt403.00–403.002,3492
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1652372.50/cwt372.50–372.502,4295
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2655387.50/cwt387.50–387.502,5384

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.