Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-06-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 376, Heifers 374, Bulls 147)

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $360.93/cwt on 118 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −78.57 against this barn's trailing median of $439.50.

Average price

$360.93

118 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,991

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$282

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$69.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.92

vs VA average

−20.08 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	367.00	2,037	87
Medium and Large 2	546	356.86	1,948	22
Medium and Large 3	524	314.00	1,645	8thin
Small 1	590	297.50	1,755	1thin

One grade step is worth $69.50/cwt here — about $282 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 sale118 hd

360.93

—

VA average8 barns · 630 hd

367.84

−6.92

National average158 barns · 9,089 hd

381.01

−20.08

This barn, trailing median31 sales

439.50

−78.57

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

55 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 2	400–450	449	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,760	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,830	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	652	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,949	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	695	293.50/cwt	293.50–293.50	2,040	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	722	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,087	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	546	356.86/cwt	340.00–358.50	1,948	22
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	361	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	1,495	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	543	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,727	4
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	497	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,665	7
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	410	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,456	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	347	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	1,464	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	318.96/cwt	317.50–319.00	1,738	35
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	710	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,910	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,287	1
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	546	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,652	3
Steers	Small 1	450–500	481	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,597	3
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	567	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,687	2
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	360	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,296	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	464	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,462	5
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	645	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,887	1
Steers	Small 1	550–600	590	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,755	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	450	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,503	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	524	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,645	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	432	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	1,689	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,639	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,969	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,357	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,101	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	282.07/cwt	282.00–282.50	2,079	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,037	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	286.64/cwt	286.00–298.00	1,826	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,217	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	1,606	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	619	307.07/cwt	295.00–310.00	1,901	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,930	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,160	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,782	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	318.25/cwt	318.25–318.25	1,760	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	647	331.53/cwt	331.53–331.53	2,145	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	364	385.50/cwt	385.50–385.50	1,403	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,937	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,718	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,564	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,712	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	557	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,838	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,359	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,623	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,486	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	352	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,341	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	453	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,540	51
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,871	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	347	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,241	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	752	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,113	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	1,722	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	342	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	1,467	12

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 9, 2025

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

Receipts 897Last week 1,291Year ago 1,186

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 376, Heifers 374, Bulls 147)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	347	422.00	422.00
26	400–450	449	392.00	392.00
1	450–500	465	349.00	349.00
22	500–550	546	340.00–358.50	356.86
9	600–650	645	290.00	290.00
2	700–750	722	289.00	289.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	390.00	390.00
4	350–400	361	414.00	414.00
4	400–450	432	391.00	391.00
8	500–550	524	314.00	314.00
1	650–700	695	293.50	293.50
1	700–750	710	269.00	269.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	481	332.00	332.00
1	550–600	590	297.50	297.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	388	414.00	414.00
27	450–500	457	376.00	376.00
87	550–600	555	367.00	367.00
127	600–650	647	331.53	331.53
1	650–700	675	320.00	320.00
37	700–750	732	287.00	287.00
2	750–800	767	289.00	289.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	342	429.00	429.00
1	350–400	360	377.50	377.50
12	400–450	417	413.00	413.00
7	500–550	500	366.00	366.00
9	550–600	557	330.00	330.00
5	600–650	619	295.00–310.00	307.07
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	360.00	360.00
2	400–450	410	355.00	355.00
7	450–500	497	335.00	335.00
2	550–600	567	297.50	297.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	358	415.00	415.00
21	400–450	415	395.00	395.00
24	450–500	487	366.00	366.00
20	550–600	566	341.00	341.00
15	600–650	623	316.00	316.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	347	357.50	357.50
8	450–500	450	334.00	334.00
4	500–550	543	318.00	318.00
4	650–700	652	299.00	299.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	350–400	364	385.50	385.50
51	450–500	453	340.00	340.00
35	500–550	545	317.50–319.00	318.96
8	600–650	635	305.00	305.00
2	750–800	752	281.00	281.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	464	315.00	315.00
3	500–550	546	302.50	302.50
1	600–650	645	292.50	292.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	352	381.00	381.00
1	400–450	405	335.00	335.00
53	450–500	460	340.00	340.00
1	500–550	535	320.00	320.00
94	550–600	553	318.25	318.25
57	600–650	637	286.00–298.00	286.64
7	700–750	737	282.00–282.50	282.07

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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