Sale reports / Virginia / Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. / 2026-10-03

Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Oct 3
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186
Receipts
197 head
▼ 58 vs last sale 255▼ 198 vs year ago 395 · −50.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 23, Heifers 80, Bulls 94)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $328.92/cwt on 13 head, down $19.01 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −62.69 against this barn's trailing median of $391.61.
Average price
$328.92
▼ 19.01 vs prior sale
13 head · 571 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,880
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$67
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$6.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−25.39
vs VA average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1578331.001,9136thin
Medium and Large 3563330.001,8583thin
Medium and Large 2568325.001,8464thin
One grade step is worth $6.00/cwt here — about $67 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale13 hd
328.92
—
VA average9 barns · 236 hd
354.32
−25.39
This barn, trailing median32 sales
391.61
−62.69
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
454408361315median 391.6103/0705/0207/1109/1210/31
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $439.94, low $328.92, median $391.61 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

33 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1355437.50/cwt437.50–437.501,5531
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1472394.56/cwt385.00–401.001,8625
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2495405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,0052
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1542379.00/cwt379.00–379.002,0543
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1558360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,0092
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2595362.50/cwt362.50–362.502,1571
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1630337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,1262
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1730312.00/cwt312.00–312.002,2782
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3300350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,0501
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1365399.00/cwt399.00–399.001,4567
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,4421
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2434369.00/cwt369.00–369.001,60110
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3440317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,3971
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,69712
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,5751
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1535328.92/cwt320.00–330.001,7609
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2546329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,79610
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3575317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,8261
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3635282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,7941
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2645302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,9482
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1672301.00/cwt301.00–301.002,0233
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1730286.00/cwt286.00–286.002,0883
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2338451.00/cwt451.00–451.001,5249
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1359436.44/cwt432.50–437.001,5678
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2421401.00/cwt401.00–401.001,68810
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1447387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,7323
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3463360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,6672
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1487388.37/cwt385.00–390.001,8913
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2493392.50/cwt392.50–392.501,9357
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3563330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,8583
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2568325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,8464
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1578331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,9136
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1666316.00/cwt316.00–316.002,1058

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.