Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2026-07-18

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Jul 18
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
198 head
▼ 213 vs last sale 411▼ 92 vs year ago 290 · −31.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 41, Heifers 86, Bulls 71)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $360.56/cwt on 36 head, down $6.07 from the prior sale. That ranks 13 of 32 comparable sales and sits −6.56 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.
Average price
$360.56
▼ 6.07 vs prior sale
36 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,968
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$159
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$15.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.74
vs VA average
−35.49 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2547365.001,99710thin
Medium and Large 1548360.001,97323
Medium and Large 3525350.001,8383thin
One grade step is worth $15.00/cwt here — about $159 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale36 hd
360.56
—
VA average8 barns · 426 hd
368.29
−7.74
National average163 barns · 8,583 hd
396.05
−35.49
This barn, trailing median32 sales
367.12
−6.56
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

37 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2327430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,4063
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2458390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,7862
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1468401.31/cwt390.00–404.001,8785
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,0745
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2553399.00/cwt399.00–399.002,2064
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1595380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,2611
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1644370.70/cwt350.00–373.002,38710
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2685354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,4251
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1721345.31/cwt330.00–349.002,4905
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3320395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,2641
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,2681
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1348380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,3222
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2378370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,3992
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3450374.00/cwt374.00–374.001,6834
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1458408.68/cwt370.00–415.001,8727
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2468404.28/cwt360.00–416.001,89210
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3525350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,8383
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2547365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,99710
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1548360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,97323
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1605342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,0691
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2625342.55/cwt341.00–344.002,1412
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3645330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,1291
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1653344.00/cwt344.00–344.002,24615
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1717319.22/cwt310.00–324.002,2893
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2332397.90/cwt384.00–400.001,3217
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1355400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4201
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2395350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3831
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,5122
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425376.00/cwt376.00–376.001,59811
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3428370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,5843
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1486387.00/cwt387.00–387.001,8814
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2508412.00/cwt412.00–412.002,09312
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3538370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,9912
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1566390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,2079
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2570387.86/cwt360.00–397.002,2118
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2625340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,1251
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1635340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,1591

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.