Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-09-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 126, Heifers 170, Bulls 105)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $333.57/cwt on 66 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −51.46 against this barn's trailing median of $385.02.

Average price

$333.57

66 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,833

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$184

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$19.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.15

vs VA average

−37.94 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	338.73	1,861	33
Medium and Large 2	551	337.50	1,860	15thin
Medium and Large 3	563	322.00	1,813	11thin
Small 1	526	319.00	1,678	7thin

One grade step is worth $19.73/cwt here — about $184 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 sale66 hd

333.57

—

VA average6 barns · 297 hd

340.72

−7.15

National average145 barns · 7,681 hd

371.51

−37.94

This barn, trailing median31 sales

385.02

−51.46

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

49 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	312	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,388	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,905	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,398	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	749	360.50/cwt	360.50–360.50	2,700	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	748	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,177	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,025	15
Steers	Small 1	600–650	632	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,199	2
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	526	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,678	7
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	458	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,502	6
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	425	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,437	3
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	625	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,594	1
Steers	Small 1	350–400	390	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,316	1
Steers	Small 1	400–450	441	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	1,702	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,107	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	2,013	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,596	24
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	553	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,908	5
Steers	Small 1	550–600	559	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,026	5
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	490	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	1,833	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,865	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,878	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,132	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,420	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,112	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,106	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,117	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,628	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	716	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,578	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,005	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,766	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	372.75/cwt	372.75–372.75	2,427	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	645	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,854	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	656	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,421	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,611	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,601	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	561	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,048	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	352	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	1,545	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	345	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,283	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	326	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	1,330	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	563	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,813	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	443	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	1,931	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	551	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,860	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	362	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	1,408	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,030	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,904	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,541	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,033	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,087	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	627	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,182	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 Sep 1, 2025

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

Receipts 401Last week 1,058Year ago 363

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 126, Heifers 170, Bulls 105)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	312	445.00	445.00
6	400–450	433	440.00	440.00
17	450–500	484	416.00	416.00
21	550–600	574	367.00	367.00
12	600–650	625	337.00	337.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	425	338.00	338.00
2	450–500	490	374.00	374.00
5	550–600	553	345.00	345.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	352	439.00	439.00
7	400–450	422	445.00	445.00
13	450–500	486	412.50	412.50
5	550–600	561	365.00	365.00
4	600–650	627	348.00	348.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	368	435.00	435.00
15	450–500	455	445.00	445.00
20	550–600	551	387.00	387.00
6	600–650	648	370.00	370.00
29	650–700	651	372.75	372.75
16	700–750	749	360.50	360.50
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	337.50	337.50
4	400–450	441	386.00	386.00
5	550–600	559	362.50	362.50
2	600–650	632	348.00	348.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	370	440.00	440.00
5	400–450	443	436.00	436.00
4	500–550	520	391.00	391.00
3	650–700	656	369.00	369.00
3	700–750	716	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	326	408.00	408.00
1	450–500	470	405.00	405.00
1	500–550	530	383.00	383.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	355	400.00	400.00
24	450–500	456	350.00	350.00
1	500–550	535	330.00	330.00
32	550–600	550	339.00	339.00
15	650–700	652	324.00	324.00
6	700–750	748	291.00	291.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	458	328.00	328.00
7	500–550	526	319.00	319.00
1	600–650	625	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	362	389.00	389.00
22	450–500	450	358.00	358.00
15	550–600	551	337.50	337.50
5	650–700	650	321.00	321.00
3	700–750	735	288.00	288.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	345	372.00	372.00
12	450–500	460	335.00	335.00
11	550–600	563	322.00	322.00
2	600–650	645	287.50	287.50

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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