Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-02-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 94, Heifers 114, Bulls 49)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $257.96/cwt on 45 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −126.91 against this barn's trailing median of $384.87.

Average price

$257.96

45 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,416

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$43

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

$14.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.07

vs VA average

−39.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	539	267.00	1,439	7thin
Medium and Large 2	547	266.22	1,455	9thin
Small 1	560	259.00	1,450	1thin
Medium and Large 1	552	253.00	1,397	28

One grade step is worth $14.00/cwt here — about $43 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.

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 sale45 hd

257.96

—

VA average4 barns · 102 hd

260.02

−2.07

National average119 barns · 5,510 hd

297.83

−39.87

This barn, trailing median32 sales

384.87

−126.91

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

42 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,295	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,600	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,656	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,561	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	321.38/cwt	317.50–322.00	1,549	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	394.14/cwt	377.50–397.50	1,253	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	658	256.40/cwt	244.00–259.00	1,687	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,593	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	299.20/cwt	250.00–304.00	1,670	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,575	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	441	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,297	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	300	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,073	1
Steers	Small 1	450–500	485	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,322	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,268	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,628	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,759	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,733	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,752	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,447	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	442	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,317	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,166	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	750	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,331	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	335	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,173	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,747	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	642	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,599	2
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	560	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,450	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,563	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,128	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	449	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,302	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,488	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	641	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,570	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	539	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,439	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	466	281.21/cwt	260.00–285.00	1,310	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,397	28
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	480	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,236	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,482	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,563	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,509	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,645	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	407	376.39/cwt	367.50–377.50	1,532	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,649	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	360	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,080	3

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 17, 2025

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

Receipts 257Last week 842Year ago 1,482

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 94, Heifers 114, Bulls 49)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	343	377.50	377.50
3	400–450	421	380.00	380.00
7	450–500	482	317.50–322.00	321.38
6	500–550	540	289.00	289.00
3	600–650	625	265.00	265.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	318	377.50–397.50	394.14
9	400–450	407	367.50–377.50	376.39
5	450–500	490	319.00	319.00
5	500–550	537	281.00	281.00
2	600–650	635	259.00	259.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	357.50	357.50
7	450–500	455	350.00	350.00
12	550–600	558	250.00–304.00	299.20
6	650–700	658	244.00–259.00	256.40
1	750–800	765	229.00	229.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	347.50	347.50
13	450–500	465	350.00	350.00
28	550–600	559	310.00	310.00
1	600–650	630	250.00	250.00
16	650–700	654	269.00	269.00
1	700–750	710	246.00	246.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	350.00	350.00
4	400–450	441	294.00	294.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	272.50	272.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	360	324.00	324.00
8	400–450	442	298.00	298.00
7	500–550	540	268.00	268.00
2	550–600	570	260.00	260.00
2	600–650	642	249.00	249.00
1	700–750	700	212.50	212.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	360	300.00	300.00
7	450–500	466	260.00–285.00	281.21
7	500–550	539	267.00	267.00
3	600–650	641	245.00	245.00
1	750–800	750	177.50	177.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	480	257.50	257.50
1	550–600	560	259.00	259.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	358	315.00	315.00
13	400–450	449	290.00	290.00
28	550–600	552	253.00	253.00
8	600–650	638	245.00	245.00
1	750–800	785	210.00	210.00

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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