Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2026-07-11

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Jul 11
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
411 head
▼ 91 vs last sale 502▼ 2 vs year ago 413 · −0.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 73, Heifers 212, Bulls 126)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $366.63/cwt on 67 head, down $9.26 from the prior sale. That ranks 15 of 32 comparable sales and sits −0.49 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.
Average price
$366.63
▼ 9.26 vs prior sale
67 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,001
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$105
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$10.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.90
vs VA average
−49.48 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2547370.002,02420
Medium and Large 1549366.782,01436
Medium and Large 3533360.001,91911thin
One grade step is worth $10.00/cwt here — about $105 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 sale67 hd
366.63
—
VA average5 barns · 210 hd
379.52
−12.90
National average149 barns · 8,242 hd
416.11
−49.48
This barn, trailing median32 sales
367.12
−0.49
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

38 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1335475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,5911
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2350465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,6281
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3454432.50/cwt432.50–432.501,9645
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1467442.50/cwt442.50–442.502,0666
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2468446.00/cwt446.00–446.002,0878
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2542447.00/cwt447.00–447.002,4239
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3548400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,1926
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1563438.00/cwt438.00–438.002,46610
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3610390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,3791
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2619412.00/cwt412.00–412.002,5508
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1648399.00/cwt399.00–399.002,5866
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1720368.00/cwt368.00–368.002,6502
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2745340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,5331
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3357437.50/cwt437.50–437.501,56211
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2364410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,49211
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1366419.61/cwt400.00–425.001,5365
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3447411.00/cwt411.00–411.001,83721
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2451410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,84931
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1466409.57/cwt400.00–410.001,90923
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3533360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,91911
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2547370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,02420
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1549366.78/cwt325.00–372.002,01436
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2630347.00/cwt347.00–347.002,18610
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1636346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,20111
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3648340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,2032
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3700320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,2401
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1351475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,6678
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2353480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,69412
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1421437.50/cwt437.50–437.501,84210
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425437.00/cwt437.00–437.001,85712
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3440410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,8045
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1503400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,01215
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2511393.41/cwt375.00–400.002,0105
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3547370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,0243
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1574392.51/cwt392.00–395.002,25317
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2581395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,2956
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1650360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,3407
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2654357.08/cwt342.50–360.002,3356

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.