Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2026-07-25

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Jul 25
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
212 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 198▲ 18 vs year ago 194 · +9.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 52, Heifers 87, Bulls 73)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $367.00/cwt on 25 head, up $6.44 from the prior sale. That ranks 16 of 32 comparable sales and sits −0.12 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.
Average price
$367.00
▲ 6.44 vs prior sale
25 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,000
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$399
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$46.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.30
vs VA average
−8.81 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550371.072,04014thin
Medium and Large 2546370.002,0209thin
Medium and Large 3505325.001,6412thin
One grade step is worth $46.07/cwt here — about $399 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale25 hd
367.00
—
VA average6 barns · 289 hd
356.70
+10.30
National average148 barns · 5,785 hd
375.81
−8.81
This barn, trailing median32 sales
367.12
−0.12
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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2365455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,6612
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2428375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,6052
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1433410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,7752
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2452413.00/cwt413.00–413.001,8675
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1453429.00/cwt429.00–429.001,9433
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3510405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,0661
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2515410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,1122
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1544412.90/cwt410.00–435.002,2468
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2562415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,3325
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1634372.98/cwt350.00–377.502,3656
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2642365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,3433
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2775310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,4032
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3340350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,1904
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3066
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2432350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5129
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1438350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,53312
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3459325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,4926
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6631
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3505325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,6412
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1538375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,0183
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2546370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,0209
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1553370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,04611
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2623337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,1032
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1632337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,1337
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1715317.50/cwt317.50–317.502,2701
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2342422.50/cwt422.50–422.501,4453
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1365422.50/cwt422.50–422.501,5422
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1402375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,5087
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2407375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,5268
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3425350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4881
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2498410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,0424
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1498375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,86811
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3570370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,1093
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2582350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,0377
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1583350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,0414
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2640325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,0802
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1660325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,1456

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.