Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2026-04-18

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Apr 18
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
459 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 465▲ 162 vs year ago 297 · +54.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 137, Heifers 204, Bulls 118)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $377.23/cwt on 47 head, down $7.15 from the prior sale. That ranks 21 of 32 comparable sales and sits +10.12 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.
Average price
$377.23
▼ 7.15 vs prior sale
47 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,029
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$80
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$26.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.89
vs VA average
−50.16 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1532386.152,05326
Medium and Large 2544370.002,01313thin
Medium and Large 3548360.001,9738thin
One grade step is worth $26.15/cwt here — about $80 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 sale47 hd
377.23
—
VA average10 barns · 529 hd
371.34
+5.89
National average182 barns · 12,591 hd
427.39
−50.16
This barn, trailing median32 sales
367.12
+10.12
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
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

37 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2361536.15/cwt502.50–538.001,93620
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373517.50/cwt517.50–517.501,93010
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1447488.00/cwt488.00–488.002,18147
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2449516.00/cwt516.00–516.002,3177
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1480485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,3281
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2510499.00/cwt499.00–499.002,5453
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1533462.00/cwt462.00–462.002,46226
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1646413.00/cwt413.00–413.002,66810
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1745372.50/cwt372.50–372.502,7751
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2347521.98/cwt482.50–528.001,81122
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3356492.50/cwt492.50–492.501,7539
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1360518.00/cwt518.00–518.001,86520
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1442457.00/cwt457.00–457.002,02032
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2443466.00/cwt466.00–466.002,06415
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3448448.00/cwt448.00–448.002,0079
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,0001
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1531388.00/cwt388.00–388.002,06025
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2544370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,01313
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3548360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,9738
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1550340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8701
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3605330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,9971
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1635340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,1599
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2700312.50/cwt312.50–312.502,1881
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3700297.50/cwt297.50–297.502,0831
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1716312.50/cwt312.50–312.502,2384
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1344522.50/cwt522.50–522.501,7977
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2346537.50/cwt537.50–537.501,8607
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2409519.00/cwt519.00–519.002,1239
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1421493.00/cwt493.00–493.002,07617
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3428480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,0546
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2492456.00/cwt456.00–456.002,2445
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1494455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,24816
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1520425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,2101
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1573412.00/cwt412.00–412.002,36115
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2583419.00/cwt419.00–419.002,4433
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2645388.00/cwt388.00–388.002,5033
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1665370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,4615

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.