Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2026-09-05

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Sep 5
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
53 head
▼ 229 vs last sale 282▼ 384 vs year ago 437 · −87.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 5, Heifers 24, Bulls 24)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $341.88/cwt on 8 head, up $11.72 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 32 comparable sales and sits −25.24 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.
Average price
$341.88
▲ 11.72 vs prior sale
8 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,867
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$68
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$2.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.46
vs VA average
+10.36 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546342.501,8705thin
Medium and Large 3500342.501,7131thin
Medium and Large 2570340.001,9382thin
One grade step is worth $2.50/cwt here — about −$68 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 sale8 hd
341.88
—
VA average6 barns · 189 hd
336.42
+5.46
National average157 barns · 5,611 hd
331.52
+10.36
This barn, trailing median32 sales
367.12
−25.24
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

22 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2435397.50/cwt397.50–397.501,7291
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1455385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,7521
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3560340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,9041
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1640335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,1441
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,2762
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3335355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,1891
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2364382.58/cwt360.00–390.001,3934
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3425352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,4982
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1430347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,4941
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2460350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6101
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3500342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,7131
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1546342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,8705
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2570340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,9382
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1600330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,9801
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2320440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,4081
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2403405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,6322
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1440385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,6941
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3440360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,5841
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2469370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,7354
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1507347.42/cwt337.50–352.501,7613
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2560332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,8592
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1575332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,9122

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.