Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2026-08-15

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Aug 15
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
217 head
▼ 43 vs last sale 260▼ 78 vs year ago 295 · −26.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 43, Heifers 98, Bulls 76)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $347.58/cwt on 30 head, down $23.78 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 32 comparable sales and sits −19.54 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.
Average price
$347.58
▼ 23.78 vs prior sale
30 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,922
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$87
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$13.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−27.64
vs VA average
−19.07 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2554351.251,9476thin
Medium and Large 1553349.721,93418thin
Medium and Large 3551337.501,8606thin
One grade step is worth $13.75/cwt here — about $87 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 sale30 hd
347.58
—
VA average9 barns · 493 hd
375.23
−27.64
National average163 barns · 7,070 hd
366.65
−19.07
This barn, trailing median32 sales
367.12
−19.54
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

35 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 2310465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,4421
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3435375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,6312
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1450412.50/cwt412.50–412.501,8561
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2479403.69/cwt365.00–410.001,9347
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1533393.00/cwt393.00–393.002,0957
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3550357.00/cwt357.00–357.001,9642
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2564389.00/cwt389.00–389.002,1944
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2605372.00/cwt372.00–372.002,2512
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1715320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,2884
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3348377.50/cwt377.50–377.501,3149
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2359372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,3377
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,3802
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3446358.00/cwt358.00–358.001,5978
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1446355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,5837
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2451372.00/cwt372.00–372.001,67811
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2548352.00/cwt352.00–352.001,9295
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3551337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,8606
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1553349.72/cwt345.00–350.001,93418
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2585347.50/cwt347.50–347.502,0331
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1626326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,0419
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3655297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,9491
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1690287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,9841
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2730280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,0441
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1743290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,1552
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1360455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,6381
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2429380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,6305
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1432383.30/cwt370.00–385.001,6569
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3453370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,6766
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2489378.00/cwt378.00–378.001,8484
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1502373.23/cwt357.00–376.001,87414
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3543358.00/cwt358.00–358.001,9443
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2565351.00/cwt351.00–351.001,9833
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1570357.00/cwt357.00–357.002,0359
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2640312.50/cwt312.50–312.502,0001
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1655312.50/cwt312.50–312.502,0472

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.