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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 407, Heifers 711, Bulls 372)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $258.41/cwt on 231 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −126.61 against this barn's trailing median of $385.02.

Average price

$258.41

231 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,413

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$154

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$30.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.33

vs VA average

−46.61 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	546	260.80	1,424	55
Medium and Large 1	547	259.06	1,417	150
Medium and Large 3	547	253.18	1,386	22
Small 1	552	230.00	1,270	4thin

One grade step is worth $30.80/cwt here — about $154 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

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 sale231 hd

258.41

—

VA average7 barns · 628 hd

265.74

−7.33

National average185 barns · 16,988 hd

305.02

−46.61

This barn, trailing median31 sales

385.02

−126.61

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

60 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	500–550	546	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,627	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	347	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,188	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	637	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,593	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	547	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,406	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	550	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,183	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	720	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,382	1
Steers	Small 1	450–500	484	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,174	6
Steers	Small 1	550–600	559	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,328	5
Steers	Small 1	300–350	345	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,070	3
Steers	Small 1	750–800	790	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,612	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,818	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,429	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,553	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,877	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	307.28/cwt	280.00–309.86	1,705	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,777	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,363	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,688	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	449	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,473	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	454	349.53/cwt	310.00–352.00	1,587	35
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	551	304.53/cwt	271.00–306.00	1,678	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	367	373.31/cwt	362.00–375.00	1,370	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	285.50/cwt	285.50–285.50	1,827	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,751	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	359.37/cwt	340.00–360.50	1,484	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	295.12/cwt	257.50–297.00	1,670	64
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	330.55/cwt	290.00–332.00	1,620	56
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	338.51/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,439	40
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,707	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	361.28/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,239	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,656	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	269.70/cwt	258.00–282.50	1,413	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	561	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,672	38
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	554	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,324	6
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	413	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,189	11
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	360	315.89/cwt	283.00–325.00	1,137	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	646	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,244	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	456	281.64/cwt	250.00–283.00	1,284	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	885	1
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	479	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,269	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,629	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	347	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,305	19
Heifers	Small 1	650–700	651	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,243	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	300.14/cwt	262.50–301.00	1,381	95
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	455	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,024	3
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	320	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	832	1
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	552	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,270	4
Heifers	Small 1	700–750	731	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,425	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	547	259.06/cwt	240.00–260.25	1,417	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	546	260.80/cwt	253.00–261.75	1,424	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,346	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	647	240.42/cwt	234.00–240.75	1,556	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,194	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	742	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,551	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	362	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,216	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	242.88/cwt	225.00–245.00	1,562	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	721	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,507	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	346	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,081	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,220	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	296.79/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,083	28

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 Mar 3, 2025

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

Receipts 1,490Last week 801Year ago 973

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 407, Heifers 711, Bulls 372)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	347	342.50	342.50
17	400–450	449	328.00	328.00
6	500–550	546	298.00	298.00
2	600–650	637	250.00	250.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	345	310.00	310.00
6	450–500	484	242.50	242.50
5	550–600	559	237.50	237.50
2	750–800	790	204.00	204.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	376	380.00	380.00
4	400–450	422	323.00	323.00
53	450–500	460	337.50	337.50
109	550–600	555	280.00–309.86	307.28
69	600–650	638	285.00	285.00
4	650–700	658	270.00	270.00
20	700–750	736	255.00	255.00
1	750–800	750	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	367	362.00–375.00	373.31
35	450–500	454	310.00–352.00	349.53
25	550–600	551	271.00–306.00	304.53
7	600–650	640	285.50	285.50
2	700–750	745	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
28	350–400	365	270.00–300.00	296.79
48	450–500	456	250.00–283.00	281.64
20	500–550	547	257.00	257.00
2	550–600	550	215.00	215.00
3	600–650	646	192.50	192.50
1	700–750	720	192.00	192.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	295.00	295.00
23	350–400	365	327.00	327.00
95	450–500	460	262.50–301.00	300.14
150	500–550	547	240.00–260.25	259.06
83	600–650	647	234.00–240.75	240.42
20	700–750	742	209.00	209.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	260.00	260.00
3	450–500	455	225.00	225.00
4	550–600	552	230.00	230.00
3	650–700	651	191.00	191.00
3	700–750	731	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	346	312.50	312.50
34	350–400	362	336.00	336.00
3	400–450	428	285.00	285.00
91	450–500	450	299.00	299.00
55	500–550	546	253.00–261.75	260.80
27	600–650	643	225.00–245.00	242.88
8	700–750	721	209.00	209.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	300–350	347	376.00	376.00
35	400–450	413	340.00–360.50	359.37
31	450–500	492	331.00	331.00
4	500–550	524	258.00–282.50	269.70
38	550–600	561	298.00	298.00
11	600–650	625	265.00	265.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	343	340.00–365.00	361.28
40	400–450	425	310.00–340.00	338.51
56	450–500	490	290.00–332.00	330.55
64	550–600	566	257.50–297.00	295.12
25	600–650	630	271.00	271.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	360	283.00–325.00	315.89
11	400–450	413	288.00	288.00
9	450–500	479	265.00	265.00
6	550–600	554	239.00	239.00

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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