Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-08-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 348, Heifers 465, Bulls 245)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $345.35/cwt on 177 head. That ranks 2 of 32 comparable sales and sits −39.51 against this barn's trailing median of $384.87.

Average price

$345.35

177 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,880

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$174

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$28.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.20

vs VA average

−24.46 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	350.14	1,912	81
Medium and Large 2	544	343.88	1,871	68
Medium and Large 3	540	342.50	1,850	18thin
Small 1	540	321.72	1,737	10thin

One grade step is worth $28.42/cwt here — about $174 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 sale177 hd

345.35

—

VA average6 barns · 418 hd

341.15

+4.20

National average160 barns · 10,603 hd

369.81

−24.46

This barn, trailing median32 sales

384.87

−39.51

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

57 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	350–400	364	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,492	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	1,566	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,114	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,668	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,437	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	423.69/cwt	385.00–425.00	1,983	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,653	30
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	440	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,683	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	378.85/cwt	375.00–379.00	2,091	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,384	64
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	369.95/cwt	361.00–371.00	2,087	47
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	429.09/cwt	390.00–435.00	1,798	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,160	1
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	443	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,511	5
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	365	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,360	5
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	620	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,845	1
Steers	Small 1	450–500	472	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,794	4
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	544	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,741	6
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	540	321.72/cwt	310.00–323.00	1,737	10
Steers	Small 1	500–550	530	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,974	3
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	491	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,866	6
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	346	385.50/cwt	385.50–385.50	1,334	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,577	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	335.50/cwt	335.50–335.50	2,130	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	363.50/cwt	363.50–363.50	1,650	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,155	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	350.14/cwt	346.00–350.25	1,912	81
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	497	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,023	51
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	610	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,239	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	374.71/cwt	372.00–375.00	2,042	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	720	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,347	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	444	343.97/cwt	327.50–344.50	1,527	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,850	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	385.91/cwt	370.00–387.50	1,409	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	1,988	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,672	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	648	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,398	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	362	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,665	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	544	343.88/cwt	340.00–344.00	1,871	68
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	350	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,461	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	546	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,113	46
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	457	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	1,883	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,048	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	776	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,794	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	571	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,901	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	643	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,929	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,798	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,158	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,556	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	437.19/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,845	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	344	468.00/cwt	468.00–468.00	1,610	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	452	364.85/cwt	332.50–365.50	1,649	55
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	346	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,548	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	433.00/cwt	433.00–433.00	1,949	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,881	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,521	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	642	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,138	30

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 25, 2025

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

Receipts 1,058Last week 689Year ago 964

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 348, Heifers 465, Bulls 245)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	350–400	364	410.00	410.00
55	450–500	452	332.50–365.50	364.85
68	500–550	544	340.00–344.00	343.88
30	600–650	642	333.00	333.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	365	429.00	429.00
2	400–450	435	362.50	362.50
39	450–500	454	363.50	363.50
81	500–550	546	346.00–350.25	350.14
52	600–650	635	335.50	335.50
1	650–700	675	320.00	320.00
14	700–750	743	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	365	372.50	372.50
5	400–450	443	341.00	341.00
10	500–550	540	310.00–323.00	321.72
1	600–650	620	297.50	297.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	365	370.00–387.50	385.91
30	400–450	444	327.50–344.50	343.97
18	500–550	540	342.50	342.50
5	600–650	643	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	346	447.50	447.50
1	350–400	360	422.50	422.50
24	400–450	419	390.00–435.00	429.09
51	450–500	497	407.00	407.00
3	500–550	505	372.50	372.50
47	550–600	564	361.00–371.00	369.95
21	600–650	620	341.00	341.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	346	385.50	385.50
1	400–450	440	382.50	382.50
6	450–500	491	380.00	380.00
6	500–550	544	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	300–350	344	468.00	468.00
1	350–400	375	415.00	415.00
21	400–450	422	410.00–440.00	437.19
14	450–500	492	404.00	404.00
1	500–550	540	333.00	333.00
15	550–600	571	333.00	333.00
4	600–650	620	348.00	348.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	379	440.00	440.00
32	450–500	468	385.00–425.00	423.69
82	550–600	552	375.00–379.00	378.85
64	600–650	646	369.00	369.00
4	650–700	663	367.50	367.50
30	700–750	737	360.00	360.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	472	380.00	380.00
3	500–550	530	372.50	372.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	350	417.50	417.50
1	400–450	440	380.00	380.00
9	450–500	457	412.00	412.00
10	500–550	545	372.00–375.00	374.71
2	600–650	610	367.00	367.00
1	700–750	720	326.00	326.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	362	460.00	460.00
24	450–500	450	433.00	433.00
46	500–550	546	387.00	387.00
3	550–600	555	369.00	369.00
13	600–650	648	370.00	370.00
3	750–800	776	360.00	360.00

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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