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Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-05-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-16

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, May 16

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186

← May 9May 16May 30 →

Receipts

402 head

▲ 75 vs last sale 327▲ 89 vs year ago 313 · +28.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 117, Heifers 199, Bulls 86)

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 $386.19/cwt on 48 head, up $7.72 from the prior sale. That ranks 27 of 32 comparable sales and sits +19.07 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.

Average price

$386.19

▲ 7.72 vs prior sale

48 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,104

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$168

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

$29.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.98

vs VA average

−30.92 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	541	389.00	2,104	8thin
Medium and Large 1	546	388.47	2,122	36
Medium and Large 3	538	360.00	1,937	4thin

One grade step is worth $29.00/cwt here — about $168 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 sale48 hd

386.19

—

VA average8 barns · 584 hd

393.17

−6.98

National average171 barns · 11,385 hd

417.11

−30.92

This barn, trailing median32 sales

367.12

+19.07

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

34 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	356	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,083	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	361	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,040	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	457	512.00/cwt	512.00–512.00	2,340	18
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	457	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,262	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	459	522.00/cwt	522.00–522.00	2,396	18
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	532	469.00/cwt	469.00–469.00	2,495	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	542	459.00/cwt	459.00–459.00	2,488	31
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	565	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,373	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	638	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,664	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	642	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,664	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	350	527.50/cwt	527.50–527.50	1,846	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	360	531.00/cwt	531.00–531.00	1,912	18
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	373	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,902	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	442	466.89/cwt	425.00–468.00	2,064	39
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	447	448.35/cwt	435.00–450.00	2,004	18
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	459	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	2,061	24
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	538	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,937	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	541	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,104	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	546	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,124	35
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,054	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	625	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,125	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	627	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,251	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,219	14
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	341	579.00/cwt	579.00–579.00	1,974	10
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	347	573.00/cwt	573.00–573.00	1,988	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	519.00/cwt	519.00–519.00	2,180	13
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	503.15/cwt	475.00–510.00	2,133	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	485	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,207	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	492	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	2,224	7
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	505	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	2,252	13
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	2,432	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	2,435	12
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	641	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,468	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,464	1

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 May 16, 2026

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

Receipts 402Last week 327Year ago 313

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 117, Heifers 199, Bulls 86)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	347	573.00	573.00
5	400–450	424	475.00–510.00	503.15
13	500–550	505	446.00	446.00
12	550–600	577	422.00	422.00
4	600–650	641	385.00	385.00
1	650–700	675	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	341	579.00	579.00
13	400–450	420	519.00	519.00
7	450–500	492	452.00	452.00
1	550–600	575	423.00	423.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	455.00	455.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	361	565.00	565.00
18	450–500	457	512.00	512.00
31	500–550	542	459.00	459.00
9	600–650	642	415.00	415.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	356	585.00	585.00
18	450–500	459	522.00	522.00
11	500–550	532	469.00	469.00
2	600–650	638	417.50	417.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	457	495.00	495.00
1	550–600	565	420.00	420.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	350	527.50	527.50
24	450–500	459	449.00	449.00
35	500–550	546	389.00	389.00
1	550–600	555	370.00	370.00
14	600–650	634	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	360	531.00	531.00
39	400–450	442	425.00–468.00	466.89
8	500–550	541	389.00	389.00
8	600–650	627	359.00	359.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	373	510.00	510.00
18	400–450	447	435.00–450.00	448.35
4	500–550	538	360.00	360.00
2	600–650	625	340.00	340.00

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.