Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2026-06-06

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Jun 6
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
332 head
▼ 59 vs last sale 391▼ 12 vs year ago 344 · −3.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (81, Heifers 155, Bulls 96)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $353.63/cwt on 46 head, down $7.24 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 32 comparable sales and sits −13.49 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.
Average price
$353.63
▼ 7.24 vs prior sale
46 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,942
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$58
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$15.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−24.44
vs VA average
−51.13 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2545360.001,96211thin
Medium and Large 1550352.251,93832
Medium and Large 3552345.001,9043thin
One grade step is worth $15.00/cwt here — about $58 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 sale46 hd
353.63
—
VA average8 barns · 543 hd
378.07
−24.44
National average170 barns · 11,904 hd
404.76
−51.13
This barn, trailing median32 sales
367.12
−13.49
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

36 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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1338532.00/cwt532.00–532.001,7982
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2395500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,9751
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3400400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,6001
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1463485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,24611
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2466490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,2835
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3515440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,2661
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2526456.00/cwt456.00–456.002,3997
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1539446.00/cwt446.00–446.002,40417
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1622407.16/cwt405.00–408.002,53314
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2632410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,5913
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3357485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,7317
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2361499.00/cwt499.00–499.001,80112
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1362498.00/cwt498.00–498.001,8039
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3451420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,8948
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2460435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,00121
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1463429.00/cwt429.00–429.001,98616
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2545360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,96211
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1549354.00/cwt354.00–354.001,94328
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3552345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,9043
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1558340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8974
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3639325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,0774
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1643344.66/cwt340.00–345.002,21614
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2675330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,2281
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1710305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,1661
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1336529.00/cwt529.00–529.001,7777
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2347515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,7875
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2421497.00/cwt497.00–497.002,0929
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1422492.00/cwt492.00–492.002,07613
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3449450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,0215
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2490442.00/cwt442.00–442.002,1664
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1508427.00/cwt427.00–427.002,1696
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3535417.00/cwt417.00–417.002,2312
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2561405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,2724
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1583414.00/cwt414.00–414.002,41416
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1650387.00/cwt387.00–387.002,5163
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2700350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,4501

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.