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

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Nov 7
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
← Oct 31Nov 7latest
Receipts
265 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 280▼ 15 vs year ago 280 · −5.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 59, Heifers 95, Bulls 111)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $331.54/cwt on 26 head, down $7.96 from the prior sale (only 15 head in that comparison). That ranks 2 of 33 comparable sales and sits −57.77 against this barn's trailing median of $389.31.
Average price
$331.54
▼ 7.96 vs prior sale
26 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,830
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$336
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$70.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.97
vs VA average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548340.001,86220
Medium and Large 2567310.001,7585thin
Medium and Large 3565270.001,5261thin
One grade step is worth $70.00/cwt here — about $336 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 sale26 hd
331.54
—
VA average9 barns · 299 hd
343.51
−11.97
This barn, trailing median33 sales
389.31
−57.77
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

33 sales
454408361315median 389.3103/0705/0207/1109/1211/07
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $439.94, low $328.92, median $389.31 across 33 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

42 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1365385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,4051
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2372404.20/cwt400.00–405.001,5046
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2437390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,7046
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3443300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3292
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1455350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5935
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2480335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,6082
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3500330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,6501
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1542340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8433
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2548342.00/cwt342.00–342.001,8743
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3625285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,7812
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2665285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,8957
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1680285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,9382
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3710275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,9531
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2733275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,0162
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1345370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,2772
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2348370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,2886
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3348361.00/cwt361.00–361.001,2568
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2440285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,2541
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1450310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,3959
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2451310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,3987
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3462285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,3175
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2534275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,46910
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1540275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,48513
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3565250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4131
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3613260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5942
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1635255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,6194
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2645250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6134
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2730235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,7161
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2345405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,3972
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2353407.00/cwt407.00–407.001,4374
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1367400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4683
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2421392.00/cwt392.00–392.001,6506
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1434390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,6936
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3462318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,4693
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2495369.00/cwt369.00–369.001,82711
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1495357.00/cwt357.00–357.001,7672
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1502352.00/cwt352.00–352.001,7678
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3565270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5261
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2567310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,7585
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1578332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,91912
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2643250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6082
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1660255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,68310

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.