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Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-08-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-29

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Aug 29

● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186

← Aug 22Aug 29Sep 5 →

Receipts

282 head

▲ 104 vs last sale 178▲ 109 vs year ago 173 · +63.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 52, Heifers 114, Bulls 116)

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $330.16/cwt on 29 head, down $4.07 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 32 comparable sales and sits −36.96 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.

Average price

$330.16

▼ 4.07 vs prior sale

29 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,805

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$137

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$14.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.78

vs VA average

−7.86 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	333.33	1,843	16thin
Medium and Large 2	541	329.48	1,782	9thin
Medium and Large 3	535	319.00	1,706	4thin

One grade step is worth $14.33/cwt here — about $137 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 sale29 hd

330.16

—

VA average5 barns · 240 hd

344.94

−14.78

National average160 barns · 6,296 hd

338.02

−7.86

This barn, trailing median32 sales

367.12

−36.96

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

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

39 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	359	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,508	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,580	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	450	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,643	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	456	362.95/cwt	362.50–367.50	1,655	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	495	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,658	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	542	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,707	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	555	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,721	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	578	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,922	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,023	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	660	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,178	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,324	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	345	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,173	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	355	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,321	15
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	358	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,271	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	366	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,380	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,518	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	449	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,554	23
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	453	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,540	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	460	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,564	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	518	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,694	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	541	329.48/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,782	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	553	333.33/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,843	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	585	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,726	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	311.00/cwt	300.00–312.00	1,966	12
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	650	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,853	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	745	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,123	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	318	402.72/cwt	375.00–430.00	1,281	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	341	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,517	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	360	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,494	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,508	12
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	442	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,558	11
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	470	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,551	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	499	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,677	14
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	500	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,675	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	502	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,782	18
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	530	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,696	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,808	11
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	578	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,850	8
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,171	3

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.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Springlake Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Moneta, VA

Sat Aug 29, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Richmond, VA (LS-RH)

Receipts 282Last week 178Year ago 173

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 52, Heifers 114, Bulls 116)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	341	445.00	445.00
1	350–400	360	415.00	415.00
12	400–450	419	360.00	360.00
18	500–550	502	355.00	355.00
11	550–600	565	320.00	320.00
3	650–700	668	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	318	375.00–430.00	402.72
11	400–450	442	352.50	352.50
14	450–500	499	336.00	336.00
1	500–550	500	335.00	335.00
8	550–600	578	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	330.00	330.00
2	500–550	530	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	366	377.00	377.00
23	400–450	449	346.00	346.00
16	550–600	553	310.00–335.00	333.33
12	600–650	632	300.00–312.00	311.00
1	700–750	745	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	340.00	340.00
15	350–400	355	372.00	372.00
11	400–450	440	345.00	345.00
1	450–500	460	340.00	340.00
9	500–550	541	325.00–330.00	329.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	358	355.00	355.00
2	450–500	453	340.00	340.00
3	500–550	518	327.00	327.00
1	550–600	585	295.00	295.00
2	650–700	650	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	359	420.00	420.00
8	450–500	450	365.00	365.00
3	550–600	578	332.50	332.50
1	650–700	660	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	390	405.00	405.00
11	450–500	456	362.50–367.50	362.95
11	500–550	542	315.00	315.00
2	600–650	613	330.00	330.00
1	700–750	715	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	335.00	335.00
1	550–600	555	310.00	310.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.