Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-02-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 235, Heifers 370, Bulls 237)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $263.79/cwt on 129 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −121.24 against this barn's trailing median of $385.02.

Average price

$263.79

129 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,440

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$107

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$22.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.54

vs VA average

−33.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	538	267.61	1,440	36
Medium and Large 1	549	264.38	1,451	75
Medium and Large 3	553	257.00	1,421	13thin
Small 1	544	245.00	1,333	5thin

One grade step is worth $22.61/cwt here — about $107 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $415.34, low $348.06, median $385.02 across 31 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 sale129 hd

263.79

—

VA average8 barns · 427 hd

263.25

+0.54

National average157 barns · 11,394 hd

297.00

−33.21

This barn, trailing median31 sales

385.02

−121.24

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

54 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	356	312.86/cwt	267.50–314.50	1,114	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	627	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,473	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	369	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,024	10
Steers	Small 1	350–400	395	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,234	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,728	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,556	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	746	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,910	16
Steers	Small 1	500–550	528	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,357	3
Steers	Small 1	450–500	460	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,277	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	557	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,587	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,761	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,155	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	307.37/cwt	276.00–309.50	1,678	47
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	464	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,531	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,367	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	715	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,573	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	646	264.00/cwt	258.00–265.00	1,705	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,628	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,339	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	687	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,621	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,188	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	303.50/cwt	303.50–303.50	1,493	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	338.51/cwt	290.00–340.50	1,429	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	275.50/cwt	275.50–275.50	1,546	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,314	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,618	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	338.47/cwt	285.00–340.50	1,408	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	492	303.63/cwt	277.00–304.25	1,494	44
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	365.03/cwt	312.50–369.00	1,241	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	627	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,599	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	274.58/cwt	239.00–278.00	1,538	23
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	495	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,327	1
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	433	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,243	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	553	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,421	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	623	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,352	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,312	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	265.25/cwt	265.25–265.25	1,459	71
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	567	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,406	4
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	518	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,368	3
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	477	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,207	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	285.89/cwt	269.00–289.00	1,321	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,122	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	752	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,496	7
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	544	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,333	5
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	367	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	987	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	264.58/cwt	257.50–265.00	1,204	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,339	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,529	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,146	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	713	200.50/cwt	200.50–200.50	1,430	5
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	647	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,294	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,538	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	290.78/cwt	265.00–296.00	1,396	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	267.61/cwt	245.00–268.25	1,440	36

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 10, 2025

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

Receipts 842Last week 1,384Year ago 829

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 235, Heifers 370, Bulls 237)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	350–400	356	267.50–314.50	312.86
3	400–450	426	269.00	269.00
48	450–500	450	297.50	297.50
36	500–550	538	245.00–268.25	267.61
7	600–650	627	235.00	235.00
5	700–750	713	200.50	200.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	369	277.50	277.50
19	450–500	455	257.50–265.00	264.58
13	550–600	553	257.00	257.00
5	600–650	623	217.00	217.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	363	309.00	309.00
45	450–500	462	269.00–289.00	285.89
4	500–550	527	249.00	249.00
71	550–600	550	265.25	265.25
30	600–650	637	240.00	240.00
7	750–800	752	199.00	199.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	367	269.00	269.00
6	450–500	477	253.00	253.00
5	500–550	544	245.00	245.00
2	600–650	647	200.00	200.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	312.50	312.50
1	450–500	460	277.50	277.50
3	500–550	528	257.00	257.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	377	362.50	362.50
35	450–500	463	336.00	336.00
47	500–550	546	276.00–309.50	307.37
46	600–650	640	270.00	270.00
16	700–750	746	256.00	256.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	371	361.00	361.00
1	400–450	420	275.00	275.00
17	450–500	464	330.00	330.00
14	500–550	548	297.00	297.00
2	550–600	557	285.00	285.00
14	600–650	646	258.00–265.00	264.00
1	700–750	740	238.00	238.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	312.50	312.50
6	450–500	480	265.00–296.00	290.78
9	500–550	535	287.50	287.50
2	650–700	687	236.00	236.00
1	700–750	715	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	340	312.50–369.00	365.03
25	400–450	422	290.00–340.50	338.51
22	450–500	492	303.50	303.50
23	550–600	560	239.00–278.00	274.58
7	600–650	627	255.00	255.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	300–350	337	390.00	390.00
27	400–450	416	285.00–340.50	338.47
44	450–500	492	277.00–304.25	303.63
29	550–600	561	275.50	275.50
15	600–650	627	258.00	258.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	433	287.00	287.00
1	450–500	495	268.00	268.00
3	500–550	518	264.00	264.00
4	550–600	567	248.00	248.00

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.

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