Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-07-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 255, Heifers 359, Bulls 188)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $324.91/cwt on 131 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −59.95 against this barn's trailing median of $384.87.

Average price

$324.91

131 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,774

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$161

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$15.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.90

vs VA average

−15.27 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	325.75	1,795	68
Medium and Large 2	542	325.74	1,766	51
Medium and Large 3	535	318.00	1,701	10thin
Small 1	527	310.00	1,634	2thin

One grade step is worth $15.75/cwt here — about $161 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 sale131 hd

324.91

—

VA average8 barns · 435 hd

337.81

−12.90

National average146 barns · 6,788 hd

340.18

−15.27

This barn, trailing median32 sales

384.87

−59.95

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

50 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,343	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	325.75/cwt	310.00–326.00	1,795	68
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	338	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	1,457	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,862	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	366.50/cwt	366.50–366.50	1,997	50
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	415	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,453	3
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	366	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,171	6
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	527	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,634	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,041	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,908	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	324.38/cwt	319.00–325.00	2,410	19
Heifers	Small 1	700–750	730	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,898	1
Steers	Small 1	450–500	462	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,594	2
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	548	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,710	7
Steers	Small 1	500–550	542	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,856	2
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	305	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,019	1
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	490	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,671	7
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	430	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,342	8
Steers	Small 1	350–400	375	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,322	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	494	368.02/cwt	368.00–369.00	1,818	45
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,821	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	1,696	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,984	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	346	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,479	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,685	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,550	38
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	632	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,086	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	352	365.54/cwt	325.00–367.00	1,287	31
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,595	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	551	361.48/cwt	342.00–362.00	1,992	39
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,175	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	408.22/cwt	365.00–410.00	1,849	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	352	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,162	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	645	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,806	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,679	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,215	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,587	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	1,888	18
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	462	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,686	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	441	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,389	19
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	531	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,859	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	542	325.74/cwt	312.00–326.00	1,766	51
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,291	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	448	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,519	49
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	342	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,359	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	605	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,936	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,701	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	717	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,072	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,886	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	561	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,851	9

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 21, 2025

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

Receipts 802Last week 814Year ago 887

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 255, Heifers 359, Bulls 188)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	373	360.00	360.00
38	450–500	460	337.00	337.00
68	550–600	551	310.00–326.00	325.75
27	600–650	638	299.00	299.00
9	700–750	737	277.00	277.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	366	320.00	320.00
8	400–450	430	312.00	312.00
2	500–550	527	310.00	310.00
1	700–750	730	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	350–400	352	325.00–367.00	365.54
49	400–450	448	339.00	339.00
51	500–550	542	312.00–326.00	325.74
12	600–650	633	298.00	298.00
2	700–750	717	289.00	289.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	352	330.00	330.00
19	400–450	441	315.00	315.00
10	500–550	535	318.00	318.00
3	600–650	645	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	338	431.00	431.00
22	400–450	423	397.00	397.00
12	450–500	490	380.00	380.00
9	550–600	561	330.00	330.00
2	600–650	632	330.00	330.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	334.00	334.00
3	400–450	415	350.00	350.00
7	450–500	490	341.00	341.00
7	500–550	548	312.00	312.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	346	427.50	427.50
19	400–450	422	402.00	402.00
45	450–500	494	368.00–369.00	368.02
1	500–550	530	318.00	318.00
31	550–600	569	320.00	320.00
8	600–650	620	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	369	430.00	430.00
26	450–500	453	365.00–410.00	408.22
50	500–550	545	366.50	366.50
60	600–650	642	345.00	345.00
19	700–750	743	319.00–325.00	324.38
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	352.50	352.50
2	450–500	462	345.00	345.00
2	500–550	542	342.50	342.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	373	427.50	427.50
18	450–500	465	406.00	406.00
39	550–600	551	342.00–362.00	361.48
16	600–650	635	342.50	342.50
1	700–750	705	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	342	397.50	397.50
4	450–500	462	365.00	365.00
4	500–550	531	350.00	350.00
1	600–650	605	320.00	320.00

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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