Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-09-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 353, Heifers 456, Bulls 221)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $350.82/cwt on 152 head. That ranks 4 of 31 comparable sales and sits −34.20 against this barn's trailing median of $385.02.

Average price

$350.82

152 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,917

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$175

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$31.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.30

vs VA average

−17.52 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	541	359.73	1,946	49
Medium and Large 1	553	349.29	1,933	73
Medium and Large 3	538	348.00	1,872	18thin
Small 1	540	328.00	1,771	12thin

One grade step is worth $31.73/cwt here — about $175 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 sale152 hd

350.82

—

VA average8 barns · 556 hd

350.52

+0.30

National average171 barns · 13,169 hd

368.34

−17.52

This barn, trailing median31 sales

385.02

−34.20

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

56 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	333.45/cwt	326.00–336.00	2,534	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	454.21/cwt	435.00–455.00	1,899	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	367.80/cwt	350.00–369.00	1,688	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	349.50/cwt	349.50–349.50	1,936	67
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	354	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,699	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	440.61/cwt	390.00–445.00	1,890	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	348	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,601	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,869	1
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	431	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,832	6
Steers	Small 1	350–400	376	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,372	3
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	485	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,838	12
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	342	423.72/cwt	410.00–425.00	1,449	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,167	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,390	64
Steers	Small 1	450–500	460	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,852	4
Steers	Small 1	650–700	661	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,221	3
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	621	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,863	3
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	365	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,414	3
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	540	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,771	12
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	566	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,128	8
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	459	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,602	13
Steers	Small 1	500–550	537	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,933	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	449.97/cwt	422.00–453.00	2,074	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,891	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,567	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,838	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	422.94/cwt	400.00–424.00	2,072	45
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	389.70/cwt	370.00–391.50	2,178	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	638	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,978	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	458	368.17/cwt	347.50–369.00	1,686	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	444	374.51/cwt	362.00–375.00	1,663	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	338.50/cwt	338.50–338.50	2,166	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	356	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,424	20
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	451	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,883	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	538	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,872	18
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	730	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,321	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,142	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,212	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	536	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,010	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	648	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,210	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	1,961	32
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	368.24/cwt	355.00–369.00	2,357	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	547	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,051	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	337	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,584	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	400.50/cwt	400.50–400.50	2,203	50
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,639	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	361	426.76/cwt	400.00–429.00	1,541	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,958	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,275	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	402.25/cwt	402.25–402.25	2,188	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	541	359.73/cwt	347.00–360.00	1,946	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	753	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,206	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	487	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	2,065	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	355.65/cwt	340.00–357.00	2,625	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	751	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,238	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	342.59/cwt	331.00–343.00	2,199	57

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 8, 2025

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

Receipts 1,030Last week 401Year ago 1,381

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 353, Heifers 456, Bulls 221)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	337	470.00	470.00
1	350–400	395	415.00	415.00
1	400–450	445	420.00	420.00
32	450–500	455	431.00	431.00
2	500–550	547	375.00	375.00
50	550–600	550	400.50	400.50
18	600–650	640	355.00–369.00	368.24
4	750–800	760	326.00–336.00	333.45
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	376	365.00	365.00
4	450–500	460	402.50	402.50
12	500–550	537	360.00	360.00
3	650–700	661	336.00	336.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	383	480.00	480.00
40	450–500	461	422.00–453.00	449.97
56	500–550	544	402.25	402.25
3	550–600	576	395.00	395.00
64	600–650	639	374.00	374.00
25	700–750	738	340.00–357.00	355.65
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	451	417.50	417.50
6	500–550	536	375.00	375.00
4	600–650	648	341.00	341.00
1	700–750	730	318.00	318.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	348	460.00	460.00
25	400–450	418	435.00–455.00	454.21
20	450–500	487	424.00	424.00
2	500–550	535	366.00	366.00
9	550–600	555	386.00	386.00
3	600–650	623	355.00	355.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	354	480.00	480.00
13	400–450	429	390.00–445.00	440.61
45	450–500	490	400.00–424.00	422.94
36	550–600	559	370.00–391.50	389.70
13	600–650	630	344.00	344.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	342	410.00–425.00	423.72
6	400–450	431	425.00	425.00
12	450–500	485	379.00	379.00
8	550–600	566	376.00	376.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	373	420.00	420.00
48	450–500	459	350.00–369.00	367.80
6	500–550	545	347.00	347.00
67	550–600	554	349.50	349.50
57	600–650	642	331.00–343.00	342.59
14	750–800	751	298.00	298.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	365	387.50	387.50
13	450–500	459	349.00	349.00
12	500–550	540	328.00	328.00
3	600–650	621	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	356	400.00	400.00
27	450–500	458	347.50–369.00	368.17
18	500–550	538	348.00	348.00
7	600–650	638	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	350–400	361	400.00–429.00	426.76
50	400–450	444	362.00–375.00	374.51
49	500–550	541	347.00–360.00	359.73
22	600–650	640	338.50	338.50
5	750–800	753	293.00	293.00

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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