Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-08-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 437, Heifers 567, Bulls 314)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $340.65/cwt on 221 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −44.37 against this barn's trailing median of $385.02.

Average price

$340.65

221 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,882

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$50

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$24.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.34

vs VA average

−9.92 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	344.17	1,903	128
Medium and Large 2	548	338.91	1,857	70
Medium and Large 3	554	329.77	1,827	15thin
Small 1	579	320.00	1,853	8thin

One grade step is worth $24.17/cwt here — about $50 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

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 sale221 hd

340.65

—

VA average8 barns · 461 hd

339.31

+1.34

National average149 barns · 9,537 hd

350.57

−9.92

This barn, trailing median31 sales

385.02

−44.37

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

61 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 3	450–500	460	348.50/cwt	348.50–348.50	1,603	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,273	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,852	31
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	1,572	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	345	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,225	1
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	484	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,660	10
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	413	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,507	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	637	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,892	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	318.39/cwt	311.00–319.50	2,038	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	722	280.50/cwt	280.50–280.50	2,025	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	638	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,010	4
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	395	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,383	1
Steers	Small 1	550–600	550	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,887	5
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	569	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,872	6
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	641	287.93/cwt	275.00–291.00	1,846	5
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	345	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,259	4
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	505	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,641	1
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	579	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,853	8
Steers	Small 1	450–500	456	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,614	11
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	325	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	975	1
Steers	Small 1	700–750	735	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,352	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	450	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,530	10
Steers	Small 1	350–400	368	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	1,450	3
Steers	Small 1	600–650	628	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,041	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,641	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	464	381.35/cwt	370.00–383.00	1,769	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,515	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	542	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,902	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	1,864	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,523	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,711	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	373.98/cwt	372.00–374.00	2,083	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,502	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	744	336.42/cwt	335.00–336.50	2,503	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,908	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	344.17/cwt	337.00–344.58	1,903	128
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	1,780	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	358.78/cwt	356.00–359.00	2,056	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	349.75/cwt	349.75–349.75	2,280	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	349.50/cwt	349.50–349.50	2,209	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	355.95/cwt	353.00–356.00	2,018	57
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	1,685	47
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	549	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,026	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	338.91/cwt	332.50–339.00	1,857	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	316.82/cwt	313.00–317.00	2,047	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	368.50/cwt	368.50–368.50	1,684	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	1,519	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	489	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,892	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,674	52
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	777	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,587	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	411.58/cwt	405.00–412.00	1,420	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	339.50/cwt	339.50–339.50	2,125	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,074	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,275	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	362	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,376	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	556	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,840	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	629	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,164	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	347	420.97/cwt	385.00–425.00	1,461	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	356	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	1,456	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	644	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,270	24
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	735	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,279	2

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 Aug 4, 2025

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

Receipts 1,318Last week 416Year ago 641

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 437, Heifers 567, Bulls 314)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	355.00	355.00
12	350–400	362	380.00	380.00
20	450–500	460	348.50	348.50
1	500–550	525	312.50	312.50
14	550–600	556	331.00	331.00
6	600–650	637	297.00	297.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	380.00	380.00
14	350–400	356	409.00	409.00
52	450–500	455	368.00	368.00
70	500–550	548	332.50–339.00	338.91
30	600–650	640	311.00–319.50	318.39
7	700–750	722	280.50	280.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	300.00	300.00
1	350–400	395	350.00	350.00
10	450–500	450	340.00	340.00
8	550–600	579	320.00	320.00
5	600–650	641	275.00–291.00	287.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	376	404.00	404.00
5	400–450	435	350.00	350.00
75	450–500	457	368.50	368.50
128	550–600	553	337.00–344.58	344.17
66	600–650	646	313.00–317.00	316.82
22	700–750	734	282.50	282.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	376	418.00	418.00
31	450–500	455	407.00	407.00
37	500–550	549	369.00	369.00
24	600–650	644	352.50	352.50
2	650–700	650	350.00	350.00
5	750–800	777	333.00	333.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	365	415.00	415.00
8	450–500	464	370.00–383.00	381.35
8	500–550	542	351.00	351.00
4	600–650	638	315.00	315.00
2	700–750	735	310.00	310.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	368	394.00	394.00
11	450–500	456	354.00	354.00
5	550–600	550	343.00	343.00
5	600–650	628	325.00	325.00
1	700–750	735	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	362	415.00	415.00
3	400–450	431	397.00	397.00
33	450–500	471	405.00	405.00
93	550–600	557	372.00–374.00	373.98
4	600–650	632	349.50	349.50
88	650–700	652	349.75	349.75
55	700–750	744	335.00–336.50	336.42
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	345	365.00	365.00
4	400–450	413	365.00	365.00
10	450–500	484	343.00	343.00
1	500–550	505	325.00	325.00
6	550–600	569	329.00	329.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	345	405.00–412.00	411.58
47	400–450	415	406.00	406.00
53	450–500	493	378.00	378.00
57	550–600	567	353.00–356.00	355.95
30	600–650	626	339.50	339.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	300–350	347	385.00–425.00	420.97
22	400–450	415	429.00	429.00
24	450–500	489	387.00	387.00
13	550–600	573	356.00–359.00	358.78
5	600–650	629	344.00	344.00

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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