Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-04-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 329, Heifers 490, Bulls 254)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $317.20/cwt on 159 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −67.67 against this barn's trailing median of $384.87.

Average price

$317.20

159 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,742

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$203

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$27.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.74

vs VA average

−12.14 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	320.22	1,756	82
Medium and Large 3	552	314.95	1,740	29
Medium and Large 2	550	314.78	1,731	45
Small 1	531	292.50	1,553	3thin

One grade step is worth $27.72/cwt here — about $203 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 sale159 hd

317.20

—

VA average8 barns · 544 hd

320.94

−3.74

National average176 barns · 11,721 hd

329.34

−12.14

This barn, trailing median32 sales

384.87

−67.67

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	1,884	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	371.75/cwt	371.75–371.75	2,056	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	267.02/cwt	250.00–268.00	1,965	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	373.50/cwt	373.50–373.50	2,054	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	395.25/cwt	395.25–395.25	1,810	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	354.13/cwt	325.00–354.50	1,647	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	320.50/cwt	320.50–320.50	1,756	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	296.50/cwt	296.50–296.50	2,224	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,444	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,711	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	275.19/cwt	275.00–283.00	1,783	42
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	441	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,491	7
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	370	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,351	2
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	556	287.50/cwt	278.00–290.00	1,599	5
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	531	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,553	3
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	490	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,519	2
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	416	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,654	5
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	362	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,158	4
Steers	Small 1	450–500	460	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,668	3
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	455	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,433	1
Steers	Small 1	550–600	562	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,911	2
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	506	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,645	5
Steers	Small 1	350–400	367	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,358	6
Steers	Small 1	600–650	630	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,978	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	349.32/cwt	345.00–350.00	2,246	52
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	333.50/cwt	333.50–333.50	1,894	50
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	496	384.87/cwt	325.00–387.50	1,909	47
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	409.91/cwt	375.00–414.00	1,722	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,012	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,453	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	543	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,624	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,420	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	347	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,378	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	633	303.83/cwt	290.00–318.00	1,923	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	641	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,705	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	457	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,600	37
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	715	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,009	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	554	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,759	25
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	461	385.43/cwt	370.00–389.00	1,777	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	334.25/cwt	334.25–334.25	1,855	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,853	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	346	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	1,308	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	314.78/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,731	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,871	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	454	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	1,807	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,729	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	757	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,006	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	536	349.12/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,871	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	452	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,614	54
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	413.91/cwt	378.00–417.00	1,726	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	387.56/cwt	366.00–389.00	1,449	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,041	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	646	345.55/cwt	343.00–346.00	2,232	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,672	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	356	411.47/cwt	397.00–413.00	1,465	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,190	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,956	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	1,377	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,065	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,340	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	1,532	7

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 28, 2025

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

Receipts 1,073Last week 669Year ago 1,071

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 329, Heifers 490, Bulls 254)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	384	399.00	399.00
53	450–500	458	395.25	395.25
1	500–550	505	373.00	373.00
89	550–600	553	371.75	371.75
52	600–650	643	345.00–350.00	349.32
1	700–750	700	295.00	295.00
8	750–800	750	296.50	296.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	356	397.00–413.00	411.47
2	400–450	440	380.00	380.00
26	450–500	454	398.00	398.00
1	500–550	530	369.00	369.00
21	550–600	550	373.50	373.50
13	600–650	646	343.00–346.00	345.55
1	700–750	730	300.00	300.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	367	370.00	370.00
3	450–500	460	362.50	362.50
2	550–600	562	340.00	340.00
2	600–650	630	314.00	314.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	347	397.00	397.00
11	450–500	461	370.00–389.00	385.43
11	500–550	536	340.00–350.00	349.12
2	600–650	633	290.00–318.00	303.83
2	700–750	715	281.00	281.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	375	385.00	385.00
84	450–500	465	325.00–354.50	354.13
81	500–550	548	320.50	320.50
1	550–600	575	297.50	297.50
42	600–650	648	275.00–283.00	275.19
18	700–750	736	250.00–268.00	267.02
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	362	320.00	320.00
7	400–450	441	338.00	338.00
1	450–500	455	315.00	315.00
3	500–550	531	292.50	292.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	346	378.00	378.00
2	400–450	425	334.00	334.00
37	450–500	457	350.00	350.00
4	500–550	543	299.00	299.00
25	550–600	554	317.50	317.50
6	600–650	641	266.00	266.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	350–400	374	366.00–389.00	387.56
54	450–500	452	357.00	357.00
45	550–600	550	310.00–315.00	314.78
18	600–650	645	290.00	290.00
2	750–800	757	265.00	265.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	365.00	365.00
5	400–450	416	397.50	397.50
2	450–500	490	310.00	310.00
5	500–550	506	325.00	325.00
5	550–600	556	278.00–290.00	287.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	350	415.00	415.00
29	400–450	420	375.00–414.00	409.91
47	450–500	496	325.00–387.50	384.87
50	550–600	568	333.50	333.50
23	600–650	621	324.00	324.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	335	400.00	400.00
1	350–400	355	388.00	388.00
25	400–450	417	378.00–417.00	413.91
12	450–500	485	382.00	382.00
1	500–550	510	339.00	339.00
17	550–600	555	334.25	334.25
8	600–650	630	324.00	324.00

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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