Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2026-04-25

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Apr 25
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
446 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 459▲ 29 vs year ago 417 · +7.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 128, Heifers 195, Bulls 123)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $382.87/cwt on 55 head, up $5.64 from the prior sale. That ranks 25 of 32 comparable sales and sits +15.75 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.
Average price
$382.87
▲ 5.64 vs prior sale
55 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,066
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$112
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$35.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.60
vs VA average
−39.30 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1532390.002,07533
Medium and Large 2550382.002,10114thin
Medium and Large 3553355.001,9638thin
One grade step is worth $35.00/cwt here — about $112 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 sale55 hd
382.87
—
VA average7 barns · 514 hd
388.47
−5.60
National average167 barns · 11,519 hd
422.17
−39.30
This barn, trailing median32 sales
367.12
+15.75
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

35 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 1353470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,6596
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2355520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,8462
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2433499.00/cwt499.00–499.002,1618
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1455470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,13931
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2533455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,4255
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1551456.00/cwt456.00–456.002,51346
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3553400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,2122
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2595420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,4991
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1633342.50/cwt342.50–342.502,16816
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1763337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,5752
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3356495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,7626
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1360528.00/cwt528.00–528.001,9018
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2366529.00/cwt529.00–529.001,93617
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1442472.50/cwt472.50–472.502,08825
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3447440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,96712
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2452465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,10228
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1455450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,0482
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1532390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,07533
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2550382.00/cwt382.00–382.002,10114
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3553355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,9638
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1633345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,1849
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3643354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,2765
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2663349.00/cwt349.00–349.002,3144
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 3780295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,3011
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1305575.00/cwt575.00–575.001,7541
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2333552.50/cwt552.50–552.501,84011
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1407520.00/cwt520.00–520.002,11616
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2424497.50/cwt497.50–497.502,10910
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3459450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,0664
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2484447.00/cwt447.00–447.002,16313
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1487445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,16714
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3552375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,0706
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1567386.00/cwt386.00–386.002,18914
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2568404.00/cwt404.00–404.002,2959
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1648365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,3652

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.