Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2026-04-04

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Apr 4
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
353 head
▼ 42 vs last sale 395▼ 72 vs year ago 425 · −16.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 87, Heifers 142, Bulls 124)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $415.03/cwt on 36 head, up $28.11 from the prior sale. That ranks 32 of 32 comparable sales and sits +47.91 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.
Average price
$415.03
▲ 28.11 vs prior sale
36 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,244
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$127
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$11.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+21.17
vs VA average
−8.16 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2541419.002,26714thin
Medium and Large 1542413.002,23820
Medium and Large 3525407.502,1392thin
One grade step is worth $11.50/cwt here — about $127 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 sale36 hd
415.03
—
VA average8 barns · 393 hd
393.86
+21.17
National average175 barns · 10,886 hd
423.19
−8.16
This barn, trailing median32 sales
367.12
+47.91
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

40 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2368548.93/cwt500.00–557.002,0207
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1382547.25/cwt525.00–551.002,0907
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2445517.00/cwt517.00–517.002,3015
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465507.47/cwt495.00–509.002,36018
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2517492.50/cwt492.50–492.502,5465
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3540432.50/cwt432.50–432.502,3362
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1541484.00/cwt484.00–484.002,61816
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1560450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,5202
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1641408.00/cwt408.00–408.002,61511
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2690390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,6911
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3341480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,6377
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2352528.00/cwt528.00–528.001,85913
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,90211
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3430447.67/cwt425.00–451.001,9258
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2440468.00/cwt468.00–468.002,05916
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1455448.00/cwt448.00–448.002,03821
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2460432.50/cwt432.50–432.501,9902
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3525407.50/cwt407.50–407.502,1392
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2541419.00/cwt419.00–419.002,26714
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1542413.00/cwt413.00–413.002,23820
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2605406.00/cwt406.00–406.002,4563
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1624397.00/cwt397.00–397.002,4774
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3635330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,0962
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1710320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,2721
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1755315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,3781
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2345550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,8984
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1349550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,9206
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1365525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,9161
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2406521.00/cwt521.00–521.002,1159
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1416505.00/cwt505.00–505.002,10110
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3458498.00/cwt498.00–498.002,2813
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2496478.00/cwt478.00–478.002,3717
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1502457.50/cwt457.50–457.502,29722
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2525457.50/cwt457.50–457.502,4021
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1572420.31/cwt420.00–425.002,40416
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2588427.50/cwt427.50–427.502,5144
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3590420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,4782
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2643387.50/cwt387.50–387.502,4922
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1648385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,4956
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1650370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,4051

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.