Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-03-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 173, Heifers 331, Bulls 154)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $276.91/cwt on 131 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −108.12 against this barn's trailing median of $385.02.

Average price

$276.91

131 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,527

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$109

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$37.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.31

vs VA average

−37.67 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	551	282.48	1,556	40
Medium and Large 1	549	277.50	1,523	73
Medium and Large 3	550	268.69	1,478	13thin
Small 1	591	245.00	1,448	5thin

One grade step is worth $37.48/cwt here — about $109 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 sale131 hd

276.91

—

VA average10 barns · 740 hd

282.21

−5.31

National average174 barns · 12,680 hd

314.58

−37.67

This barn, trailing median31 sales

385.02

−108.12

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

61 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 3	350–400	376	301.71/cwt	270.00–313.00	1,134	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	612	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,423	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	450	305.50/cwt	305.50–305.50	1,375	14
Steers	Small 1	550–600	555	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,623	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	655	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,670	8
Steers	Small 1	750–800	795	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,749	1
Steers	Small 1	350–400	380	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,140	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,960	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,860	2
Steers	Small 1	450–500	467	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,378	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	642	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,843	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	546	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,840	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	362	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,448	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	753	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,913	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	344.50/cwt	344.50–344.50	1,881	25
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	448	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,635	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,730	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,730	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	1,430	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,413	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	636	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,902	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	790	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,738	1
Steers	Small 1	600–650	615	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,777	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	305	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,075	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	290.50/cwt	290.50–290.50	1,816	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	362.04/cwt	297.50–365.00	1,760	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	1,684	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,800	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	336	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	1,371	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,595	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	569	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,809	11
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	357	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	982	4
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	475	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,615	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	314.50/cwt	314.50–314.50	1,777	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	725	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,689	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,779	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	352	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,193	8
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	411	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,356	3
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	560	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,484	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,651	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,661	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	329	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	1,336	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,482	36
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	457	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,211	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,220	7
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	591	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,448	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,670	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,161	1
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	348	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	800	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	551	282.48/cwt	263.00–283.00	1,556	40
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	605	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,301	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,620	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	448	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,299	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	638	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,595	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	549	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,523	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	325.50/cwt	325.50–325.50	1,497	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	552	271.50/cwt	271.50–271.50	1,499	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	734	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,747	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	541	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,802	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,234	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,897	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 17, 2025

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

Receipts 658Last week 1,032Year ago 1,525

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 173, Heifers 331, Bulls 154)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	376	270.00–313.00	301.71
1	400–450	435	267.00	267.00
14	450–500	450	305.50	305.50
1	500–550	525	235.00	235.00
12	550–600	552	271.50	271.50
2	600–650	612	232.50	232.50
8	650–700	655	255.00	255.00
3	700–750	725	233.00	233.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	352	339.00	339.00
4	400–450	448	290.00	290.00
36	450–500	460	325.50	325.50
40	550–600	551	263.00–283.00	282.48
17	600–650	638	250.00	250.00
2	650–700	675	240.00	240.00
8	700–750	734	238.00	238.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	363	336.00	336.00
36	450–500	463	320.00	320.00
73	500–550	549	277.50	277.50
33	600–650	634	262.00	262.00
11	700–750	734	227.50	227.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	348	230.00	230.00
2	450–500	457	265.00	265.00
5	550–600	591	245.00	245.00
1	600–650	605	215.00	215.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	300.00	300.00
2	450–500	467	295.00	295.00
5	550–600	555	292.50	292.50
1	600–650	615	289.00	289.00
1	750–800	795	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	363	394.00	394.00
1	400–450	425	332.50	332.50
25	450–500	460	376.00	376.00
25	500–550	546	344.50	344.50
2	550–600	562	331.00	331.00
28	600–650	641	296.00	296.00
10	700–750	734	267.00	267.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	352.50	352.50
4	400–450	448	365.00	365.00
6	500–550	541	333.00	333.00
4	600–650	642	287.00	287.00
1	750–800	790	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	362	400.00	400.00
17	450–500	460	376.00	376.00
19	500–550	546	337.00	337.00
4	600–650	636	299.00	299.00
3	750–800	753	254.00	254.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	329	406.00	406.00
13	400–450	418	395.00	395.00
8	450–500	490	363.00	363.00
11	550–600	569	318.00	318.00
6	600–650	625	290.50	290.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	336	408.00	408.00
19	400–450	423	398.00	398.00
23	450–500	486	297.50–365.00	362.04
1	500–550	530	301.00	301.00
33	550–600	565	314.50	314.50
16	600–650	626	287.50	287.50
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	357	275.00	275.00
3	400–450	411	330.00	330.00
3	450–500	475	340.00	340.00
2	550–600	560	265.00	265.00

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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