Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2026-06-27

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Jun 27
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
502 head
▲ 99 vs last sale 403▲ 371 vs year ago 131 · +283.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 88, Heifers 256, Bulls 158)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $375.88/cwt on 90 head, down $29.23 from the prior sale. That ranks 20 of 32 comparable sales and sits +8.77 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.
Average price
$375.88
▼ 29.23 vs prior sale
90 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,050
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$133
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$16.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.71
vs VA average
−39.95 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547379.422,07543
Medium and Large 2548376.742,06433
Medium and Large 3535363.001,94214thin
One grade step is worth $16.42/cwt here — about $133 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale90 hd
375.88
—
VA average6 barns · 451 hd
383.59
−7.71
National average161 barns · 8,493 hd
415.83
−39.95
This barn, trailing median32 sales
367.12
+8.77
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

46 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2328540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,7712
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1360545.00/cwt545.00–545.001,9621
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2438485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,1247
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2450422.50/cwt422.50–422.501,9011
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1463471.00/cwt471.00–471.002,1818
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3480422.50/cwt422.50–422.502,0281
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2536437.18/cwt435.00–445.002,3439
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1539457.00/cwt457.00–457.002,46310
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3546412.00/cwt412.00–412.002,2507
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1629427.11/cwt422.50–427.502,68713
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2639400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,5567
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1719375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,6964
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3348440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,5315
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1356496.00/cwt496.00–496.001,76610
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2363495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,79713
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3390425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,6581
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3430415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,7851
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2443425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,8832
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2451450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,03026
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1453457.50/cwt457.50–457.502,07219
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3453423.00/cwt423.00–423.001,9168
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3535363.00/cwt363.00–363.001,94214
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2546377.50/cwt377.50–377.502,06131
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1547379.42/cwt367.50–380.002,07543
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2578365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,1102
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3600337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,0251
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2644353.57/cwt350.00–354.002,2779
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1649347.00/cwt347.00–347.002,25220
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1690339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,3391
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1718332.50/cwt332.50–332.502,3874
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2740327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,4244
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1780322.50/cwt322.50–322.502,5161
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1340522.50/cwt522.50–522.501,7778
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2352532.50/cwt532.50–532.501,87411
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1414476.76/cwt470.00–477.501,97410
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2423472.50/cwt472.50–472.501,99912
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3470422.50/cwt422.50–422.501,9861
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1503438.37/cwt430.00–440.002,20525
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2503412.77/cwt375.00–422.502,07610
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3545350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,9081
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1568422.50/cwt422.50–422.502,40020
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2577375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,16411
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2633350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,2162
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1638415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,6482
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1653400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,6129
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2660350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,3101

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.