Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2026-09-12

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Sep 12
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
279 head
▲ 226 vs last sale 53▼ 77 vs year ago 356 · −21.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 56, Heifers 130, Bulls 93)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $347.77/cwt on 40 head, up $17.62 from the prior sale. That ranks 11 of 32 comparable sales and sits −19.34 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.
Average price
$347.77
▲ 17.62 vs prior sale
40 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,849
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$25
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$3.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+15.39
vs VA average
+9.98 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2528349.211,84419thin
Medium and Large 3522348.001,8176thin
Medium and Large 1540345.871,86915thin
One grade step is worth $3.34/cwt here — about −$25 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 sale40 hd
347.77
—
VA average8 barns · 454 hd
332.39
+15.39
National average138 barns · 5,113 hd
337.79
+9.98
This barn, trailing median32 sales
367.12
−19.34
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

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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2363475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,7242
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2458410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,8786
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,8801
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,9561
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1547370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,02415
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3558335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,8692
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2559365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,0406
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1632334.07/cwt330.00–335.002,11111
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2662328.32/cwt327.50–330.002,1733
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3710305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,1661
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1718310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,2262
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3335375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,2561
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2350417.50/cwt417.50–417.501,4613
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3362407.50/cwt407.50–407.501,4756
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1369390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,4394
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2444374.35/cwt360.00–375.001,66221
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1449370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,6617
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3461360.74/cwt350.00–362.501,6637
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3522348.00/cwt348.00–348.001,8176
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2528349.21/cwt335.00–350.001,84419
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1539347.00/cwt347.00–347.001,87014
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1560330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,8481
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1617332.50/cwt332.50–332.502,0526
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3627325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,0383
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2635320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,0321
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3650305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,9831
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2651332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,1615
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2710295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,0951
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3718287.00/cwt287.00–287.002,0612
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1728292.50/cwt292.50–292.502,1292
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2335475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,5911
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1390375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,4631
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1413434.00/cwt434.00–434.001,7923
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3420375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,5752
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,7118
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2502357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,79513
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1508362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,8427
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3536340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8224
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1575325.44/cwt325.00–330.001,87111
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2583332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,93811
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1659320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1094
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2685317.50/cwt317.50–317.502,1751

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.