Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-02-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 393. Heifers 653, Bulls 338)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $260.86/cwt on 244 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −124.00 against this barn's trailing median of $384.87.

Average price

$260.86

244 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,421

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$70

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$17.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.37

vs VA average

−38.00 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	543	264.87	1,438	72
Medium and Large 1	546	261.60	1,428	127
Medium and Large 3	540	254.56	1,375	32
Small 1	554	247.00	1,368	13thin

One grade step is worth $17.87/cwt here — about $70 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $415.34, low $341.76, median $384.87 across 32 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale244 hd

260.86

—

VA average7 barns · 560 hd

267.23

−6.37

National average192 barns · 21,303 hd

298.86

−38.00

This barn, trailing median32 sales

384.87

−124.00

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

66 lots · USDA AMS · Lynchburg Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Rustburg, VA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,313	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	312.04/cwt	280.00–314.00	1,435	17
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	547	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,597	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,527	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,537	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	651	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,608	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	733	215.50/cwt	215.50–215.50	1,580	7
Steers	Small 1	350–400	375	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,200	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	301.20/cwt	290.00–302.25	1,651	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	347.70/cwt	307.50–350.00	1,613	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	266.50/cwt	266.50–266.50	1,719	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	751	256.25/cwt	256.25–256.25	1,924	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	454	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,176	34
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	345.22/cwt	295.00–347.00	1,598	30
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	644	261.50/cwt	261.50–261.50	1,684	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,759	1
Steers	Small 1	500–550	532	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,431	4
Steers	Small 1	450–500	456	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,254	4
Steers	Small 1	600–650	635	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,505	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	666	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,585	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	552	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,601	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	547	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,614	37
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,554	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	1,445	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,683	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	748	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,765	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	345	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,130	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	358	385.84/cwt	347.50–390.00	1,381	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	559	284.71/cwt	282.00–285.00	1,592	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	626	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,659	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	388	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,242	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	352	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	1,331	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,466	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	502	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,451	2
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	568	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,465	13
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	507	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,374	8
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	415	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,270	6
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	375	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,181	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	283.80/cwt	279.00–284.00	1,598	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	735	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,485	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,534	46
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	341.86/cwt	320.00–343.00	1,429	42
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	256.50/cwt	256.50–256.50	1,621	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	414	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,445	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,275	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	300.50/cwt	300.50–300.50	1,121	26
Heifers	Small 1	650–700	665	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,363	2
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	554	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,368	13
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	468	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,128	12
Heifers	Small 1	700–750	746	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,436	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	441	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,036	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,104	27
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	625	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,172	1
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	386	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,004	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	261.60/cwt	249.00–262.00	1,428	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	286.50/cwt	286.50–286.50	1,304	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	242.35/cwt	233.00–242.50	1,566	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	346	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	976	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,179	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,608	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,152	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	264.87/cwt	256.00–265.00	1,438	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,283	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	254.56/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,375	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	363	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,080	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	642	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,483	11

How this sale compares

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 →

Lynchburg Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Rustburg, VA

Mon Feb 3, 2025

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

Receipts 1,384Last week 1,440Year ago 1,535

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 393. Heifers 653, Bulls 338)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	327.50	327.50
3	350–400	375	350.00	350.00
17	450–500	460	280.00–314.00	312.04
12	500–550	547	292.00	292.00
4	650–700	666	238.00	238.00
3	700–750	748	236.00	236.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	320.00	320.00
4	450–500	456	275.00	275.00
4	500–550	532	269.00	269.00
1	600–650	635	237.00	237.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	365	396.00	396.00
58	450–500	464	307.50–350.00	347.70
103	500–550	548	290.00–302.25	301.20
46	600–650	645	266.50	266.50
3	650–700	668	252.00	252.00
21	750–800	751	256.25	256.25
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	358	347.50–390.00	385.84
30	450–500	463	295.00–347.00	345.22
37	500–550	547	295.00	295.00
2	550–600	552	290.00	290.00
18	600–650	644	261.50	261.50
1	650–700	670	232.00	232.00
1	700–750	715	246.00	246.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	300–350	340	375.00	375.00
4	350–400	388	320.00	320.00
25	400–450	414	349.00	349.00
35	450–500	488	313.00	313.00
2	500–550	502	289.00	289.00
31	550–600	559	282.00–285.00	284.71
6	600–650	626	265.00	265.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	350–400	352	378.00	378.00
42	400–450	418	320.00–343.00	341.86
46	450–500	487	315.00	315.00
1	500–550	520	282.00	282.00
51	550–600	563	279.00–284.00	283.80
26	600–650	632	256.50	256.50
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	315.00	315.00
6	400–450	415	306.00	306.00
8	500–550	507	271.00	271.00
13	550–600	568	258.00	258.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	346	282.00	282.00
27	350–400	363	304.00	304.00
2	400–450	445	265.00	265.00
69	450–500	455	282.00	282.00
72	500–550	543	256.00–265.00	264.87
1	600–650	630	244.00	244.00
21	650–700	651	247.00	247.00
7	700–750	733	215.50	215.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	363	297.50	297.50
3	400–450	441	235.00	235.00
34	450–500	454	259.00	259.00
32	500–550	540	240.00–255.00	254.56
11	600–650	642	231.00	231.00
1	700–750	735	202.00	202.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	350–400	373	300.50	300.50
3	400–450	438	263.00	263.00
76	450–500	455	286.50	286.50
127	500–550	546	249.00–262.00	261.60
63	600–650	646	233.00–242.50	242.35
23	700–750	741	217.00	217.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	386	260.00	260.00
12	450–500	468	241.00	241.00
13	550–600	554	247.00	247.00
1	600–650	625	187.50	187.50
2	650–700	665	205.00	205.00
4	700–750	746	192.50	192.50

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.

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