Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-05-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 377, Heifers 404, Bulls 255)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $318.46/cwt on 145 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −66.56 against this barn's trailing median of $385.02.

Average price

$318.46

145 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,752

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$177

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$33.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.70

vs VA average

−14.36 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	549	320.78	1,761	45
Medium and Large 1	550	319.39	1,757	84
Medium and Large 3	555	316.00	1,754	11thin
Small 1	551	287.50	1,584	5thin

One grade step is worth $33.28/cwt here — about $177 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 sale145 hd

318.46

—

VA average8 barns · 459 hd

323.17

−4.70

National average172 barns · 12,542 hd

332.82

−14.36

This barn, trailing median31 sales

385.02

−66.56

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	328.42/cwt	316.00–329.00	1,846	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	309.25/cwt	309.25–309.25	2,304	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	361.22/cwt	341.00–362.50	1,662	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,802	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	319.39/cwt	316.50–319.50	1,757	84
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	395.21/cwt	367.50–396.00	1,668	34
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	409	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	1,611	5
Steers	Small 1	550–600	590	311.25/cwt	300.00–322.50	1,836	2
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	445	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,522	7
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	551	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,584	5
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	354	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,257	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,138	12
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	533	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,684	3
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	325	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,333	6
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	494	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,724	8
Steers	Small 1	450–500	451	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,691	3
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	616	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,709	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	327.79/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,862	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	354	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	1,490	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,841	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	392	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,454	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	375.92/cwt	360.00–377.00	1,834	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,056	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	449	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,630	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	374.80/cwt	374.00–375.25	2,061	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	1,558	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,754	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	485	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,625	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,749	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	447	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,605	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	401.70/cwt	370.00–402.50	1,671	39
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	370.38/cwt	370.00–379.00	1,993	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	350	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,299	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	580	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,885	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	1,871	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,083	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	404.33/cwt	385.00–405.00	1,819	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	630	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,802	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,530	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	298.50/cwt	298.50–298.50	1,895	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,241	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,755	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	396.58/cwt	375.00–397.00	1,832	54
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	387	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	1,544	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	1,874	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	364	398.27/cwt	372.00–399.50	1,450	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	723	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,046	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,333	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	358	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	1,511	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	549	320.78/cwt	316.00–321.00	1,761	45
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	342	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	1,440	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	354.58/cwt	354.50–356.00	2,266	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	346	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	1,346	3

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 May 5, 2025

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

Receipts 1,036Last week 1,073Year ago 1,002

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 377, Heifers 404, Bulls 255)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	354	421.00	421.00
34	400–450	422	367.50–396.00	395.21
31	450–500	488	360.00–377.00	375.92
44	550–600	562	316.00–329.00	328.42
20	600–650	625	329.00	329.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	325	410.00	410.00
5	400–450	409	394.00	394.00
8	450–500	494	349.00	349.00
3	500–550	533	316.00	316.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	342	421.00	421.00
39	400–450	416	370.00–402.50	401.70
23	450–500	483	388.00	388.00
18	550–600	568	310.00–330.00	327.79
2	600–650	635	328.00	328.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	379	411.00	411.00
54	450–500	462	375.00–397.00	396.58
132	550–600	550	374.00–375.25	374.80
79	600–650	639	354.50–356.00	354.58
24	700–750	745	309.25	309.25
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	451	375.00	375.00
2	550–600	590	300.00–322.50	311.25
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	387	399.00	399.00
5	450–500	470	398.00	398.00
3	500–550	530	330.00	330.00
2	550–600	580	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	358	422.00	422.00
30	450–500	450	385.00–405.00	404.33
23	500–550	538	370.00–379.00	370.38
4	600–650	633	354.00	354.00
1	750–800	765	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	346	389.00	389.00
2	350–400	392	371.00	371.00
50	450–500	460	341.00–362.50	361.22
84	550–600	550	316.50–319.50	319.39
38	600–650	637	289.00	289.00
1	650–700	665	271.00	271.00
12	700–750	745	287.00	287.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	354	355.00	355.00
7	400–450	445	342.00	342.00
5	550–600	551	287.50	287.50
4	600–650	616	277.50	277.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	350–400	364	372.00–399.50	398.27
58	400–450	449	363.00	363.00
4	450–500	450	340.00	340.00
45	500–550	549	316.00–321.00	320.78
20	600–650	635	298.50	298.50
1	650–700	650	270.00	270.00
3	700–750	723	283.00	283.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	350	371.00	371.00
15	400–450	447	359.00	359.00
1	450–500	485	335.00	335.00
11	550–600	555	316.00	316.00
3	600–650	630	286.00	286.00

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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