Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2026-06-20

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Jun 20
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
403 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 386▲ 90 vs year ago 313 · +28.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 127, Heifers 171, Bulls 105)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $405.11/cwt on 55 head, up $23.68 from the prior sale. That ranks 31 of 32 comparable sales and sits +37.99 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.
Average price
$405.11
▲ 23.68 vs prior sale
55 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,212
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$150
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$16.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+26.11
vs VA average
−6.39 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2549407.552,23820
Medium and Large 1546406.342,22029
Medium and Large 3534391.002,0886thin
One grade step is worth $16.55/cwt here — about $150 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 sale55 hd
405.11
—
VA average8 barns · 422 hd
379.00
+26.11
National average169 barns · 9,451 hd
411.50
−6.39
This barn, trailing median32 sales
367.12
+37.99
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

43 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2353495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,7478
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,8463
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2453441.00/cwt441.00–441.001,99822
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1456433.41/cwt410.00–435.001,97617
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2535410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,1941
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3545385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,0985
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1549425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,33319
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2552425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,34613
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2631382.27/cwt375.00–385.002,4127
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1644403.00/cwt403.00–403.002,59512
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3655350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,2933
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1690390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,6912
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3710335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,3791
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1747360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,6893
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3337425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,4325
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2355422.94/cwt400.00–425.001,50113
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1378425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,6073
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3423420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,77710
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2447410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,83321
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1453408.37/cwt375.00–410.001,85023
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3534391.00/cwt391.00–391.002,0886
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1545408.00/cwt408.00–408.002,22428
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2549409.00/cwt409.00–409.002,24519
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2550380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,0901
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1585360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,1061
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3623340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,1182
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2633345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,1844
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1646360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,32615
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1670340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,2781
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2731322.00/cwt322.00–322.002,3545
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1747320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,3906
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2339503.00/cwt503.00–503.001,7058
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1343490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,6819
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2412450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,85411
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1422449.27/cwt400.00–455.001,89610
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3448410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,8373
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2479400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,9167
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1493385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,89815
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3540375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,0251
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1567397.00/cwt397.00–397.002,25110
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2593407.00/cwt407.00–407.002,4142
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2610402.00/cwt402.00–402.002,4521
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1657372.00/cwt372.00–372.002,4445

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.