Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-05-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 352, Heifers 285, Bulls 111)

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $375.43/cwt on 177 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −64.07 against this barn's trailing median of $439.50.

Average price

$375.43

177 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,074

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$334

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$59.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.38

vs VA average

+1.29 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	539	379.50	2,046	27
Medium and Large 1	555	375.44	2,084	148
Small 1	535	320.00	1,712	2thin

One grade step is worth $59.50/cwt here — about $334 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $484.39, low $397.61, median $439.50 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 sale177 hd

375.43

—

VA average5 barns · 351 hd

383.81

−8.38

National average120 barns · 5,578 hd

374.14

+1.29

This barn, trailing median31 sales

439.50

−64.07

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

45 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	300–350	342	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,428	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,104	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	1,739	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	380.85/cwt	345.00–383.00	1,832	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	353.39/cwt	345.00–353.75	1,990	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,903	3
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	605	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,679	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	467	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,588	4
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	395	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,590	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,655	43
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	553	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,742	3
Steers	Small 1	500–550	535	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,712	2
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	372	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,414	2
Steers	Small 1	400–450	442	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,768	2
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	496	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,736	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,498	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	447	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,565	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	406.75/cwt	406.75–406.75	1,891	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	349.25/cwt	349.25–349.25	2,225	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	332.34/cwt	329.00–332.50	1,821	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,486	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,063	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	385.05/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,413	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	375.44/cwt	375.00–375.45	2,084	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,220	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	315.46/cwt	315.00–315.50	2,303	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,665	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	349	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,420	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	621	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,950	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,884	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,853	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	484	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	1,907	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	646	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,229	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	539	379.50/cwt	379.50–379.50	2,046	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,820	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	443	356.53/cwt	350.00–357.00	1,579	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	441	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,808	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	315	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,213	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	326	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	1,379	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	444	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,854	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	359	412.80/cwt	401.00–415.00	1,482	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	347	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,397	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	675	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,974	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,760	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	425.40/cwt	400.00–427.00	1,770	17

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 26, 2025

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

Receipts 748Last week 0Year ago 616

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 352, Heifers 285, Bulls 111)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	342	417.50	417.50
13	400–450	423	411.00	411.00
18	450–500	481	345.00–383.00	380.85
25	550–600	563	345.00–353.75	353.39
7	600–650	628	335.00	335.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	395	402.50	402.50
3	450–500	496	350.00	350.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	326	423.00	423.00
17	400–450	416	400.00–427.00	425.40
15	450–500	484	394.00	394.00
4	500–550	545	340.00	340.00
1	600–650	605	341.00	341.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	367	380.00–390.00	385.05
4	400–450	447	350.00	350.00
43	450–500	461	359.00	359.00
64	500–550	548	329.00–332.50	332.34
29	600–650	628	300.00	300.00
3	700–750	725	262.50	262.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	372	380.00	380.00
4	450–500	467	340.00	340.00
3	550–600	553	315.00	315.00
1	600–650	605	277.50	277.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	300–350	349	407.00	407.00
1	400–450	425	352.50	352.50
33	450–500	450	370.00	370.00
30	500–550	537	339.00	339.00
7	600–650	621	314.00	314.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	385.00	385.00
14	400–450	443	350.00–357.00	356.53
12	500–550	545	323.00	323.00
1	650–700	675	292.50	292.50
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	442	400.00	400.00
2	500–550	535	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	367	405.00	405.00
42	450–500	465	406.75	406.75
148	550–600	555	375.00–375.45	375.44
64	600–650	637	349.25	349.25
2	650–700	655	339.00	339.00
12	700–750	730	315.00–315.50	315.46
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	359	401.00–415.00	412.80
29	400–450	444	417.50	417.50
27	500–550	539	379.50	379.50
3	600–650	646	345.00	345.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	347	402.50	402.50
4	400–450	441	410.00	410.00

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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