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Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-05-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-30

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, May 30

● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186

← May 16May 30Jun 6 →

Receipts

391 head

▼ 11 vs last sale 402▼ 103 vs year ago 494 · −20.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 100, Heifers 179, Bulls 112)

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 $360.87/cwt on 48 head, down $25.31 from the prior sale. That ranks 14 of 32 comparable sales and sits −6.24 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.

Average price

$360.87

▼ 25.31 vs prior sale

48 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,968

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$116

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

$22.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.82

vs VA average

−46.57 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	543	367.56	1,996	16thin
Medium and Large 1	546	358.37	1,958	30
Medium and Large 3	545	345.00	1,880	2thin

One grade step is worth $22.56/cwt here — about $116 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 sale48 hd

360.87

—

VA average5 barns · 234 hd

376.70

−15.82

National average128 barns · 4,974 hd

407.44

−46.57

This barn, trailing median32 sales

367.12

−6.24

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

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,850	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,919	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	494.00/cwt	494.00–494.00	2,174	12
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	443	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,949	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	448	491.00/cwt	491.00–491.00	2,200	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	548	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,356	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	551	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	2,474	31
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	555	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	2,509	14
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	627	406.03/cwt	400.00–407.50	2,546	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,509	13
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	720	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,448	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	359	499.00/cwt	499.00–499.00	1,791	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	374	479.67/cwt	425.00–487.50	1,794	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	379	492.00/cwt	492.00–492.00	1,865	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	443	462.00/cwt	462.00–462.00	2,047	33
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	444	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,998	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	458	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,107	26
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	465	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,988	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	543	367.56/cwt	345.00–369.00	1,996	16
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	545	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,880	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	546	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,960	29
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,904	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	612	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,157	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	615	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,937	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	627	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,226	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	670	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,228	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	675	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,126	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	695	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,189	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 3	755	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,152	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	356	506.00/cwt	506.00–506.00	1,801	9
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	1,841	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	417	480.63/cwt	447.50–485.00	2,004	17
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	460.15/cwt	442.50–470.00	1,974	11
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	470	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,904	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	499	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	2,151	7
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	505	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	2,161	18
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	564	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,312	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,317	15
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	371.24/cwt	371.00–372.50	2,335	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	645	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,419	2

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 30, 2026

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

Receipts 391Last week 402Year ago 494

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 100, Heifers 179, Bulls 112)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	497.50	497.50
11	400–450	429	442.50–470.00	460.15
18	500–550	505	428.00	428.00
15	550–600	565	410.00	410.00
6	600–650	629	371.00–372.50	371.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	356	506.00	506.00
17	400–450	417	447.50–485.00	480.63
7	450–500	499	431.00	431.00
4	550–600	564	410.00	410.00
2	600–650	645	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	405.00	405.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	500.00	500.00
6	400–450	448	491.00	491.00
31	550–600	551	449.00	449.00
13	600–650	632	397.00	397.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	380	505.00	505.00
12	400–450	440	494.00	494.00
14	550–600	555	452.00	452.00
5	600–650	627	400.00–407.50	406.03
1	700–750	720	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	443	440.00	440.00
3	500–550	548	430.00	430.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	379	492.00	492.00
26	450–500	458	460.00	460.00
29	500–550	546	359.00	359.00
1	550–600	560	340.00	340.00
8	600–650	612	352.50	352.50
1	650–700	695	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	359	499.00	499.00
33	400–450	443	462.00	462.00
16	500–550	543	345.00–369.00	367.56
5	600–650	627	355.00	355.00
1	650–700	670	332.50	332.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	374	425.00–487.50	479.67
9	400–450	444	450.00	450.00
1	450–500	465	427.50	427.50
2	500–550	545	345.00	345.00
1	600–650	615	315.00	315.00
1	650–700	675	315.00	315.00
1	750–800	755	285.00	285.00

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.