Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-03-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 262, Heifers 487, Bulls 283)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $274.46/cwt on 168 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −110.40 against this barn's trailing median of $384.87.

Average price

$274.46

168 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,513

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$196

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$34.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.59

vs VA average

−40.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	278.64	1,540	81
Medium and Large 2	549	275.82	1,513	60
Medium and Large 3	553	265.00	1,465	19thin
Small 1	550	244.50	1,345	8thin

One grade step is worth $34.14/cwt here — about $196 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

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 sale168 hd

274.46

—

VA average8 barns · 679 hd

284.06

−9.59

National average179 barns · 17,787 hd

314.96

−40.50

This barn, trailing median32 sales

384.87

−110.40

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	Small 1	350–400	350	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,050	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,608	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	451	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,479	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	634	254.70/cwt	240.00–255.50	1,615	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	367	349.80/cwt	314.00–351.00	1,284	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	716	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,547	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	290.75/cwt	290.75–290.75	1,890	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	258.50/cwt	258.50–258.50	1,913	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	1,454	7
Steers	Small 1	550–600	569	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,531	8
Steers	Small 1	650–700	673	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,804	7
Steers	Small 1	700–750	715	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,652	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	461	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,655	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,442	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	724	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,919	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,795	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	364.50/cwt	364.50–364.50	1,677	43
Steers	Small 1	450–500	455	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,240	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	446	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,539	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	730	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,723	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	630	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,613	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,337	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	319.50/cwt	319.50–319.50	1,757	30
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	291.25/cwt	291.25–291.25	1,864	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	351.50/cwt	351.50–351.50	1,719	40
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	309.50/cwt	309.50–309.50	1,746	36
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,580	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,725	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	349	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	1,375	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,622	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	627	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,762	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	378.22/cwt	350.00–379.00	1,573	36
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	484	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,404	5
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	350	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,103	3
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	561	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,459	8
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	423	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,248	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	446	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,387	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	553	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,465	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,586	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	353.50/cwt	353.50–353.50	1,725	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	393.50/cwt	393.50–393.50	1,358	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	308.50/cwt	308.50–308.50	1,728	25
Heifers	Small 1	650–700	663	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,452	3
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	380	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,055	2
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	550	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	1,345	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	361	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,209	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	628	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,426	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	715	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,430	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,263	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,350	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,301	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,543	80
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	435	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,272	6
Heifers	Small 1	700–750	720	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,411	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,523	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,247	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	547	276.50/cwt	276.50–276.50	1,512	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,495	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	252.83/cwt	245.00–253.00	1,626	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	749	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,629	12

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 10, 2025

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

Receipts 1,032Last week 1,490Year ago 667

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 262, Heifers 487, Bulls 283)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	300.00	300.00
2	450–500	455	272.50	272.50
8	550–600	569	269.00	269.00
7	650–700	673	268.00	268.00
1	700–750	715	231.00	231.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	446	345.00	345.00
1	450–500	465	287.50	287.50
11	500–550	545	295.00	295.00
1	600–650	630	256.00	256.00
1	700–750	730	236.00	236.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	369	394.00	394.00
43	450–500	460	364.50	364.50
50	500–550	548	327.50	327.50
32	650–700	650	290.75	290.75
17	700–750	740	258.50	258.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	365	395.00	395.00
14	450–500	461	359.00	359.00
30	550–600	550	319.50	319.50
14	600–650	640	291.25	291.25
5	700–750	724	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	350–400	367	314.00–351.00	349.80
1	400–450	430	290.00	290.00
57	450–500	451	328.00	328.00
58	500–550	547	276.50	276.50
2	550–600	595	256.00	256.00
19	600–650	634	240.00–255.50	254.70
3	700–750	716	216.00	216.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
22	350–400	361	335.00	335.00
46	400–450	446	311.00	311.00
19	550–600	553	265.00	265.00
6	600–650	628	227.00	227.00
1	700–750	715	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	277.50	277.50
6	400–450	435	292.50	292.50
8	550–600	550	244.50	244.50
3	650–700	663	219.00	219.00
3	700–750	720	196.00	196.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	363	348.00	348.00
1	400–450	425	306.00	306.00
53	450–500	460	325.00	325.00
1	500–550	540	250.00	250.00
80	550–600	553	279.00	279.00
44	600–650	643	245.00–253.00	252.83
12	700–750	749	217.50	217.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	349	394.00	394.00
25	400–450	417	379.00	379.00
40	450–500	489	351.50	351.50
1	500–550	520	312.00	312.00
36	550–600	564	309.50	309.50
13	600–650	625	276.00	276.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	300–350	345	393.50	393.50
36	400–450	416	350.00–379.00	378.22
35	450–500	488	353.50	353.50
1	500–550	525	302.00	302.00
25	550–600	560	308.50	308.50
10	600–650	627	281.00	281.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	350	315.00	315.00
9	400–450	423	295.00	295.00
5	450–500	484	290.00	290.00
8	550–600	561	260.00	260.00

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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