Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-08-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 226, Heifers 325, Bulls 138)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $343.72/cwt on 130 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −41.31 against this barn's trailing median of $385.02.

Average price

$343.72

130 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,871

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$221

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$33.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.07

vs VA average

−16.08 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	547	348.50	1,906	64
Medium and Large 1	544	343.41	1,868	46
Medium and Large 3	538	333.83	1,796	15thin
Small 1	535	315.00	1,685	5thin

One grade step is worth $33.50/cwt here — about $221 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 sale130 hd

343.72

—

VA average8 barns · 380 hd

338.65

+5.07

National average158 barns · 7,895 hd

359.80

−16.08

This barn, trailing median31 sales

385.02

−41.31

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

53 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 2	400–450	447	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,576	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,351	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	551	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,055	32
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,632	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	634	321.96/cwt	321.00–322.00	2,041	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	354	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,451	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,287	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	395.13/cwt	350.00–400.00	1,845	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,965	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	343.75/cwt	343.75–343.75	1,867	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,378	1
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	430	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,656	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	376.72/cwt	370.00–377.25	2,102	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	354	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,566	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,905	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	363.91/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,689	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,112	25
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	580	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,920	2
Steers	Small 1	350–400	360	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,395	2
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	484	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,747	7
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	344	430.02/cwt	390.00–437.50	1,479	6
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	535	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,685	5
Steers	Small 1	450–500	452	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,718	6
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	635	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,889	3
Steers	Small 1	650–700	665	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,201	1
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	320	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,072	1
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	400	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,270	1
Steers	Small 1	500–550	546	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,955	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,399	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,219	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	494	386.55/cwt	379.00–387.00	1,910	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	359.50/cwt	359.50–359.50	2,031	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,802	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,088	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	367	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,523	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,921	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	447	339.86/cwt	337.50–340.00	1,519	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	344	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,273	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	603	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,899	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	358	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,432	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	728	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,038	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	538	333.83/cwt	317.50–335.00	1,796	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	408	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	1,779	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	541	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,980	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,748	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	547	348.50/cwt	348.50–348.50	1,906	64
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,463	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,796	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	339	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,517	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,702	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,072	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	641	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,269	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	632	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,092	4

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 18, 2025

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

Receipts 689Last week 888Year ago 1,043

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 226, Heifers 325, Bulls 138)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	390.00	390.00
7	350–400	367	415.00	415.00
2	400–450	447	352.50	352.50
46	450–500	460	370.00	370.00
64	500–550	547	348.50	348.50
22	600–650	634	321.00–322.00	321.96
6	700–750	728	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	354	410.00	410.00
28	450–500	464	350.00–365.00	363.91
44	500–550	543	343.75	343.75
2	550–600	567	336.00	336.00
25	650–700	652	324.00	324.00
10	700–750	740	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	335.00	335.00
1	400–450	400	317.50	317.50
5	500–550	535	315.00	315.00
3	600–650	635	297.50	297.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	344	370.00	370.00
17	400–450	447	337.50–340.00	339.86
15	500–550	538	317.50–335.00	333.83
3	600–650	603	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	373	437.50	437.50
27	450–500	463	415.00	415.00
32	550–600	551	373.00	373.00
16	600–650	641	354.00	354.00
1	700–750	730	322.00	322.00
3	750–800	765	322.00	322.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	417.50	417.50
5	350–400	354	442.50	442.50
10	450–500	467	350.00–400.00	395.13
55	550–600	558	370.00–377.25	376.72
30	600–650	645	344.00	344.00
13	700–750	738	325.00	325.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	360	387.50	387.50
6	450–500	452	380.00	380.00
4	500–550	546	358.00	358.00
1	650–700	665	331.00	331.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	358	400.00	400.00
5	450–500	460	380.00	380.00
8	500–550	541	366.00	366.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	339	447.50	447.50
12	400–450	408	436.00	436.00
11	450–500	479	375.00	375.00
4	550–600	578	340.00	340.00
4	600–650	632	331.00	331.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	344	390.00–437.50	430.02
1	400–450	430	385.00	385.00
7	450–500	484	361.00	361.00
2	550–600	580	331.00	331.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	400–450	424	425.00	425.00
35	450–500	494	379.00–387.00	386.55
25	550–600	565	359.50	359.50
5	600–650	627	333.00	333.00

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More

Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.