Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-06-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 529, Heifers 543, Bulls 219)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $317.06/cwt on 185 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −67.81 against this barn's trailing median of $384.87.

Average price

$317.06

185 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,730

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$291

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$44.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.18

vs VA average

−21.18 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	319.44	1,757	127
Medium and Large 2	536	316.07	1,694	46
Medium and Large 3	539	306.00	1,649	8thin
Small 1	533	275.00	1,466	4thin

One grade step is worth $44.44/cwt here — about $291 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 sale185 hd

317.06

—

VA average5 barns · 349 hd

322.24

−5.18

National average164 barns · 13,536 hd

338.24

−21.18

This barn, trailing median32 sales

384.87

−67.81

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

52 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	400–450	426	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,608	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	299.67/cwt	296.00–300.00	2,191	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	361.77/cwt	340.00–362.63	2,008	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	334.79/cwt	317.00–336.25	2,169	143
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	374.22/cwt	340.00–375.00	1,837	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,380	19
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	420	358.23/cwt	350.00–362.50	1,505	3
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	372	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,116	5
Steers	Small 1	600–650	600	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,665	1
Steers	Small 1	550–600	555	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,540	4
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	560	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,484	1
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	500	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,588	2
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	533	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,466	4
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	456	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,277	6
Steers	Small 1	450–500	456	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,528	5
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	643	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,575	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	283.68/cwt	279.00–284.00	2,037	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	301.65/cwt	298.00–302.00	1,922	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	340.17/cwt	330.00–340.50	1,582	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	319.44/cwt	309.50–320.68	1,757	127
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,045	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,941	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	1,844	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	1,533	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	347	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,343	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,296	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,755	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,023	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	730	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,898	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	621	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,757	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	539	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,649	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	352	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	1,450	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	355.31/cwt	339.00–356.00	1,912	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	339	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	1,319	24
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,712	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	452	329.17/cwt	294.00–335.00	1,488	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	358	368.98/cwt	317.50–372.50	1,321	17
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	459	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	1,717	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	308.31/cwt	290.00–318.00	2,050	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	732	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,181	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	447	340.85/cwt	326.00–341.50	1,524	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	294.45/cwt	294.00–300.00	1,855	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	354	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	1,395	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	453	387.74/cwt	358.00–394.00	1,756	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	328.11/cwt	300.00–334.00	1,864	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	762	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,111	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	536	316.07/cwt	309.50–316.50	1,694	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	397.61/cwt	352.50–399.00	1,451	34
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	1,620	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	390.16/cwt	361.00–392.00	1,643	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,788	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,922	1

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 Jun 2, 2025

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

Receipts 1,291Last week 748Year ago 1,296

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 529, Heifers 543, Bulls 219)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	395	388.00	388.00
3	400–450	426	377.50	377.50
64	450–500	468	394.00	394.00
163	550–600	555	340.00–362.63	361.77
143	600–650	648	317.00–336.25	334.79
48	700–750	731	296.00–300.00	299.67
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	456	335.00	335.00
4	550–600	555	277.50	277.50
1	600–650	600	277.50	277.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	352	412.00	412.00
9	450–500	459	374.00	374.00
6	500–550	535	328.00	328.00
1	550–600	565	303.00	303.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	354	394.00	394.00
35	450–500	453	358.00–394.00	387.74
23	500–550	538	339.00–356.00	355.31
3	650–700	665	290.00–318.00	308.31
2	700–750	732	298.00	298.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	347	387.00	387.00
28	400–450	423	383.00	383.00
44	450–500	491	340.00–375.00	374.22
24	550–600	566	343.00	343.00
12	600–650	633	323.00	323.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	420	350.00–362.50	358.23
2	500–550	500	317.50	317.50
1	550–600	560	265.00	265.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	300–350	339	389.00	389.00
1	350–400	355	365.00	365.00
35	400–450	421	361.00–392.00	390.16
26	450–500	482	371.00	371.00
6	550–600	568	300.00–334.00	328.11
1	600–650	620	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	366	377.00	377.00
63	450–500	465	330.00–340.50	340.17
127	550–600	550	309.50–320.68	319.44
80	600–650	637	298.00–302.00	301.65
16	700–750	718	279.00–284.00	283.68
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	372	300.00	300.00
6	450–500	456	280.00	280.00
4	500–550	533	275.00	275.00
5	600–650	643	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
34	350–400	365	352.50–399.00	397.61
71	400–450	447	326.00–341.50	340.85
46	500–550	536	309.50–316.50	316.07
13	600–650	630	294.00–300.00	294.45
1	700–750	720	281.00	281.00
2	750–800	762	277.00	277.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	358	317.50–372.50	368.98
21	450–500	452	294.00–335.00	329.17
8	500–550	539	306.00	306.00
4	600–650	621	283.00	283.00
1	700–750	730	260.00	260.00

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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