Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-04-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 202, Heifers 291, Bulls 176)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $316.09/cwt on 98 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −68.94 against this barn's trailing median of $385.02.

Average price

$316.09

98 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,725

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$140

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$22.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.60

vs VA average

−13.86 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	544	319.00	1,735	25
Medium and Large 1	549	316.52	1,738	61
Medium and Large 3	530	310.00	1,643	10thin
Small 1	537	297.00	1,595	2thin

One grade step is worth $22.00/cwt here — about $140 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 sale98 hd

316.09

—

VA average8 barns · 338 hd

308.49

+7.60

National average175 barns · 11,256 hd

329.95

−13.86

This barn, trailing median31 sales

385.02

−68.94

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

53 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	450–500	458	359.50/cwt	359.50–359.50	1,647	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	644	280.32/cwt	260.00–281.00	1,805	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,419	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	297.25/cwt	297.25–297.25	2,256	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	359	381.40/cwt	345.00–386.00	1,369	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,761	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	450	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,692	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,285	1
Steers	Small 1	550–600	590	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,903	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	364.25/cwt	364.25–364.25	2,022	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	345.50/cwt	345.50–345.50	2,211	44
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	733	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,162	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	557	363.35/cwt	350.00–364.50	2,024	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,181	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	1,474	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,919	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	343.50/cwt	343.50–343.50	2,198	7
Steers	Small 1	350–400	385	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,232	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,784	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	347	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,378	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	1,722	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,048	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	1,377	6
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	412	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,405	2
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	450	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,535	1
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	375	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,275	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	466	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,365	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	544	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,735	25
Steers	Small 1	600–650	625	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,953	1
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	345	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,061	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	640	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,792	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	353	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,239	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	723	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,822	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	742	251.62/cwt	235.00–253.00	1,867	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	358.99/cwt	315.00–359.75	1,648	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	457	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,572	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,643	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,399	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	639	296.24/cwt	281.00–299.00	1,893	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	355.48/cwt	345.00–356.50	1,745	33
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	537	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,595	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,804	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	444	410.51/cwt	395.00–411.50	1,823	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	502	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,722	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,692	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	1,414	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	317.75/cwt	317.75–317.75	1,741	57
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	345	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,114	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	328.50/cwt	328.50–328.50	1,840	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	369.75/cwt	369.75–369.75	1,812	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,079	2
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	503	345.29/cwt	320.00–349.00	1,737	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,870	34

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 Apr 21, 2025

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

Receipts 669Last week 973Year ago 915

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 202, Heifers 291, Bulls 176)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	359	345.00–386.00	381.40
1	400–450	440	318.00	318.00
27	450–500	458	359.50	359.50
25	500–550	544	319.00	319.00
13	600–650	639	281.00–299.00	296.24
3	700–750	723	252.00	252.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	376	377.50	377.50
62	450–500	459	315.00–359.75	358.99
57	500–550	548	317.75	317.75
4	550–600	566	299.00	299.00
30	600–650	644	260.00–281.00	280.32
13	700–750	742	235.00–253.00	251.62
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	307.50	307.50
3	450–500	466	293.00	293.00
2	500–550	537	297.00	297.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	353	351.00	351.00
7	450–500	457	344.00	344.00
10	500–550	530	310.00	310.00
2	600–650	640	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	347	397.00	397.00
39	450–500	467	382.00	382.00
3	500–550	533	360.00	360.00
53	550–600	555	364.25	364.25
44	600–650	640	345.50	345.50
10	750–800	759	297.25	297.25
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	374	394.00	394.00
13	450–500	455	387.00	387.00
13	550–600	557	350.00–364.50	363.35
7	600–650	640	343.50	343.50
1	650–700	680	336.00	336.00
3	700–750	733	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	369.00	369.00
1	450–500	450	376.00	376.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	320.00	320.00
2	550–600	590	322.50	322.50
1	600–650	625	312.50	312.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	345	399.00	399.00
18	400–450	421	409.00	409.00
33	450–500	491	345.00–356.50	355.48
1	500–550	540	334.00	334.00
34	550–600	565	331.00	331.00
9	600–650	617	332.00	332.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	323.00	323.00
1	350–400	375	340.00	340.00
2	400–450	412	341.00	341.00
1	450–500	450	341.00	341.00
8	500–550	503	320.00–349.00	345.29
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	350	404.00	404.00
15	400–450	444	395.00–411.50	410.51
23	450–500	490	369.75	369.75
2	500–550	502	343.00	343.00
13	550–600	560	328.50	328.50
2	600–650	630	330.00	330.00

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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