Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-07-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 154, Heifers 209, Bulls 100)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $315.72/cwt on 78 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −69.15 against this barn's trailing median of $384.87.

Average price

$315.72

78 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,714

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$152

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$20.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.61

vs VA average

−25.81 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	550	323.00	1,777	12thin
Medium and Large 1	544	315.82	1,718	55
Medium and Large 3	527	310.00	1,634	7thin
Small 1	537	302.50	1,624	4thin

One grade step is worth $20.50/cwt here — about $152 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale78 hd

315.72

—

VA average3 barns · 128 hd

318.33

−2.61

National average157 barns · 9,726 hd

341.53

−25.81

This barn, trailing median32 sales

384.87

−69.15

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

47 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	350–400	365	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,387	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,942	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,397	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,092	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,697	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	485	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	1,887	1
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	582	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,618	5
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	455	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,456	2
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	380	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,254	1
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	537	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,624	4
Steers	Small 1	500–550	535	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,792	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	452	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,510	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	351	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,408	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,389	1
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	352	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,364	4
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	415	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,577	2
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	492	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,673	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	673	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,147	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,777	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	542	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,054	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	675	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,735	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	378	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,276	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,782	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	266.75/cwt	265.00–268.50	1,969	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	365.89/cwt	362.00–366.00	2,049	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,548	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,190	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	315.82/cwt	311.00–316.00	1,718	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	329.50/cwt	329.50–329.50	2,363	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	453	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,635	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,296	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,067	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	276.50/cwt	276.50–276.50	1,775	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,876	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	379.66/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,822	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	634	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,759	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,859	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,880	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,769	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,273	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	404	404.17/cwt	382.50–407.00	1,633	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	740	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,687	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	527	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,634	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,560	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	1,891	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,343	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	646	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,293	11

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 Jul 7, 2025

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

Receipts 463Last week 458Year ago 981

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 154, Heifers 209, Bulls 100)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	345	405.00	405.00
1	350–400	365	380.00	380.00
11	400–450	414	410.00	410.00
14	450–500	480	375.00–380.00	379.66
5	550–600	578	336.00	336.00
9	600–650	619	338.00	338.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	352	387.50	387.50
2	400–450	415	380.00	380.00
4	450–500	492	340.00	340.00
5	550–600	582	278.00	278.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	351	401.00	401.00
9	400–450	404	382.50–407.00	404.17
12	450–500	490	386.00	386.00
9	550–600	560	332.00	332.00
1	650–700	650	318.00	318.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	389.00	389.00
2	500–550	535	333.00	333.00
3	650–700	673	319.00	319.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	390	400.00	400.00
11	450–500	470	400.00	400.00
18	500–550	542	379.00	379.00
11	600–650	646	355.00	355.00
1	700–750	735	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	450–500	469	400.00	400.00
35	550–600	560	362.00–366.00	365.89
33	600–650	631	347.00	347.00
3	650–700	655	347.00	347.00
14	700–750	717	329.50	329.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	330.00	330.00
2	450–500	455	320.00	320.00
4	500–550	537	302.50	302.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	378	337.50	337.50
7	450–500	452	334.00	334.00
7	500–550	527	310.00	310.00
1	650–700	675	257.00	257.00
1	700–750	740	228.00	228.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	355	365.00	365.00
29	450–500	453	361.00	361.00
12	550–600	550	323.00	323.00
12	600–650	634	277.50	277.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	367	366.00	366.00
33	450–500	462	335.00	335.00
55	500–550	544	311.00–316.00	315.82
20	600–650	642	276.50	276.50
1	650–700	660	268.00	268.00
8	700–750	738	265.00–268.50	266.75

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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