Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-09-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 260, Heifers 448. Bulls 316)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $334.35/cwt on 161 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −50.67 against this barn's trailing median of $385.02.

Average price

$334.35

161 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,840

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$167

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Small 1

$25.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.80

vs VA average

−31.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	550	343.50	1,888	20
Medium and Large 1	551	335.55	1,849	62
Medium and Large 2	552	333.92	1,842	65
Small 1	541	318.00	1,720	14thin

One grade step is worth $25.50/cwt here — about $167 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 sale161 hd

334.35

—

VA average9 barns · 585 hd

337.16

−2.80

National average172 barns · 11,458 hd

365.85

−31.50

This barn, trailing median31 sales

385.02

−50.67

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 1	700–750	740	270.50/cwt	270.50–270.50	2,002	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,760	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	452	360.02/cwt	332.00–361.00	1,627	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	501	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,859	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	447.87/cwt	429.00–453.00	2,060	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	644	353.05/cwt	353.00–353.50	2,274	47
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	424.68/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,444	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	335.55/cwt	325.00–336.50	1,849	62
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	374.36/cwt	353.00–375.50	2,130	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,067	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,550	10
Steers	Small 1	650–700	670	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,278	1
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	492	401.63/cwt	380.00–403.00	1,976	16
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	567	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,112	8
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	419	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,467	7
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	370	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,277	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,266	50
Steers	Small 1	450–500	451	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,770	5
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	636	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,832	5
Steers	Small 1	550–600	570	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,066	1
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	443	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,384	14
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	349	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,108	5
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	328	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,287	3
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	541	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,720	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,167	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,560	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	1,833	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	359	388.66/cwt	370.00–391.00	1,395	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,173	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,070	43
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	625	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,000	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	349	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,256	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	580	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,827	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	632	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,953	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	347	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,405	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	360	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,269	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	725	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,248	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	495	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,918	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,065	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,550	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	642	329.57/cwt	315.00–330.00	2,116	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	548	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,891	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	357.79/cwt	330.00–359.25	2,272	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	454	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,646	62
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	737	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,439	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	715	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,895	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	449.91/cwt	397.50–451.00	1,885	49
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	439	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	1,813	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	346	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	1,526	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	353	392.09/cwt	370.00–394.00	1,384	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	551	404.15/cwt	387.50–406.00	2,227	40
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	494	417.70/cwt	350.00–422.50	2,063	30
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	1,661	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	742	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	2,000	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	556	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,074	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,665	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,144	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,181	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	449.50/cwt	437.50–450.00	2,095	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	552	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,844	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	644	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,099	34

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 22, 2025

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

Receipts 1,024Last week 1,131Year ago 674

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 260, Heifers 448. Bulls 316)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	359	370.00–391.00	388.66
32	450–500	452	332.00–361.00	360.02
62	550–600	551	325.00–336.50	335.55
34	600–650	644	326.00	326.00
3	650–700	650	318.00	318.00
16	700–750	740	270.50	270.50
2	750–800	765	284.00	284.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	350–400	353	370.00–394.00	392.09
62	450–500	454	362.50	362.50
1	500–550	535	329.00	329.00
64	550–600	552	334.00	334.00
34	600–650	642	315.00–330.00	329.57
12	700–750	742	269.50	269.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	349	317.50	317.50
14	400–450	443	312.50	312.50
14	500–550	541	318.00	318.00
5	600–650	636	288.00	288.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	349	360.00	360.00
1	350–400	360	352.50	352.50
7	450–500	460	337.00	337.00
19	500–550	548	345.00	345.00
1	550–600	580	315.00	315.00
13	600–650	632	309.00	309.00
1	700–750	715	265.00	265.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	340	420.00–425.00	424.68
1	350–400	395	395.00	395.00
26	400–450	410	447.00	447.00
43	450–500	487	425.00	425.00
3	500–550	501	371.00	371.00
40	550–600	569	353.00–375.50	374.36
18	600–650	630	344.00	344.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	328	392.50	392.50
1	350–400	370	345.00	345.00
7	400–450	419	350.00	350.00
16	450–500	492	380.00–403.00	401.63
8	550–600	567	372.50	372.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	300–350	346	441.00	441.00
49	400–450	419	397.50–451.00	449.91
30	450–500	494	350.00–422.50	417.70
24	550–600	556	373.00	373.00
6	600–650	625	349.00	349.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	370	449.00	449.00
23	450–500	460	429.00–453.00	447.87
40	550–600	551	387.50–406.00	404.15
20	600–650	635	330.00–359.25	357.79
6	700–750	737	331.00	331.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	366	455.00	455.00
24	450–500	466	437.50–450.00	449.50
3	500–550	540	397.00	397.00
50	550–600	556	407.50	407.50
47	600–650	644	353.00–353.50	353.05
10	750–800	750	340.00	340.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	451	392.50	392.50
1	550–600	570	362.50	362.50
1	650–700	670	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	347	405.00	405.00
6	400–450	439	413.00	413.00
1	450–500	495	387.50	387.50
4	500–550	535	386.00	386.00
1	600–650	625	320.00	320.00
1	700–750	725	310.00	310.00

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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