Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-07-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 130, Heifers 201, Bulls 85)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $334.29/cwt on 67 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −50.73 against this barn's trailing median of $385.02.

Average price

$334.29

67 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,842

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$109

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$28.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.07

vs VA average

−13.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	338.78	1,870	43
Medium and Large 2	543	335.00	1,819	15thin
Medium and Large 3	553	313.00	1,731	5thin
Small 1	568	310.00	1,761	4thin

One grade step is worth $28.78/cwt here — about $109 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $415.34, low $348.06, median $385.02 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 sale67 hd

334.29

—

VA average5 barns · 177 hd

327.22

+7.07

National average149 barns · 6,369 hd

347.50

−13.21

This barn, trailing median31 sales

385.02

−50.73

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

46 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	340	433.00/cwt	433.00–433.00	1,472	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,122	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	368.83/cwt	367.00–369.00	1,789	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,009	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	414.12/cwt	390.00–416.00	1,739	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	376.93/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,413	5
Steers	Small 1	450–500	450	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,575	2
Steers	Small 1	550–600	552	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,863	2
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	490	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,593	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	451	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,506	9
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	410	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,568	3
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	385	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,444	1
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	568	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,761	4
Steers	Small 1	650–700	660	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,046	3
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	610	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,617	1
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	560	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,764	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	268.50/cwt	268.50–268.50	1,968	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,981	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,571	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	338.78/cwt	330.00–339.00	1,870	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	649	343.50/cwt	343.50–343.50	2,229	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,046	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,445	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	638	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,952	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	457	341.37/cwt	320.00–344.00	1,560	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	534	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,965	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	444	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	1,767	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,853	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,967	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	1,635	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	344	433.00/cwt	433.00–433.00	1,490	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,819	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,610	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,379	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	1,835	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,680	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	743	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,378	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	550	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,953	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	355.50/cwt	355.50–355.50	2,186	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	398	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,652	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	335	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,340	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	553	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,731	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	450	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,521	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	342	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,257	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	353	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	1,363	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,016	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 Jul 28, 2025

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

Receipts 416Last week 802Year ago 870

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 130, Heifers 201, Bulls 85)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	340	433.00	433.00
14	400–450	420	390.00–416.00	414.12
11	450–500	485	367.00–369.00	368.83
12	550–600	569	353.00	353.00
6	600–650	626	339.00	339.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	410	382.50	382.50
1	450–500	490	325.00	325.00
4	550–600	560	315.00	315.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	344	433.00	433.00
6	350–400	398	415.00	415.00
4	450–500	492	373.00	373.00
9	550–600	562	350.00	350.00
1	600–650	630	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	375	375.00–380.00	376.93
22	450–500	458	343.00	343.00
43	550–600	552	330.00–339.00	338.78
24	600–650	641	309.00	309.00
13	700–750	733	268.50	268.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	375.00	375.00
9	450–500	451	334.00	334.00
4	550–600	568	310.00	310.00
1	600–650	610	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	353	386.00	386.00
19	450–500	457	320.00–344.00	341.37
15	500–550	543	335.00	335.00
13	600–650	638	306.00	306.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	342	367.50	367.50
10	450–500	450	338.00	338.00
5	550–600	553	313.00	313.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	450	350.00	350.00
2	550–600	552	337.50	337.50
3	650–700	660	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	435.00	435.00
11	450–500	475	390.00	390.00
23	550–600	559	366.00	366.00
35	600–650	649	343.50	343.50
12	700–750	732	334.00	334.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	375	436.00	436.00
13	400–450	444	398.00	398.00
11	500–550	534	368.00	368.00
2	600–650	615	355.50	355.50
1	700–750	710	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	400.00	400.00
3	450–500	480	350.00	350.00
1	550–600	550	355.00	355.00
3	700–750	743	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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