Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-10-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 215, Heifers 303, Bulls 207)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $343.64/cwt on 91 head. That ranks 2 of 32 comparable sales and sits −41.22 against this barn's trailing median of $384.87.

Average price

$343.64

91 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,891

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$264

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$46.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.21

vs VA average

−47.18 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	351.18	1,929	38
Medium and Large 2	553	349.05	1,930	32
Medium and Large 3	548	327.00	1,792	16thin
Small 1	546	305.00	1,665	5thin

One grade step is worth $46.18/cwt here — about $264 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 sale91 hd

343.64

—

VA average8 barns · 350 hd

342.43

+1.21

National average186 barns · 24,193 hd

390.82

−47.18

This barn, trailing median32 sales

384.87

−41.22

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

62 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 2	600–650	620	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,096	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	459	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,620	18
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	371	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,465	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,454	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,266	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	1,487	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	444.38/cwt	427.50–450.00	1,555	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	644	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,209	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	456	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,642	53
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	439.46/cwt	410.00–447.50	1,622	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	1,623	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,939	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	447	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,569	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	424.49/cwt	409.00–425.00	2,088	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,366	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,653	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	492	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,091	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,141	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	456	441.26/cwt	407.50–443.00	2,012	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	649	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,330	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	369.25/cwt	369.25–369.25	2,371	33
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	419	395.68/cwt	375.00–400.00	1,658	6
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	567	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,928	5
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	480	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,944	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,087	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,078	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,759	2
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	355	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,264	1
Steers	Small 1	350–400	355	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,234	2
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	340	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,114	1
Steers	Small 1	400–450	440	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,683	4
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	546	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,665	5
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	442	307.65/cwt	280.00–310.00	1,360	12
Steers	Small 1	550–600	566	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,958	3
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	632	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,770	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,198	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,389	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	369.00/cwt	368.00–370.00	1,948	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,116	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,432	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	1,785	15
Steers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	760	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,432	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	648	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,138	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,573	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	345	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,139	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	454	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	1,889	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	548	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,792	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	362	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,484	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,214	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	546	406.68/cwt	401.00–407.00	2,220	18
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	532	374.33/cwt	360.00–376.00	1,991	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	720	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,836	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,412	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	559	368.30/cwt	343.00–370.00	2,059	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	553	349.05/cwt	325.00–352.50	1,930	32
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,424	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,540	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	640	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,920	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	359	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,364	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	442.54/cwt	400.00–444.00	1,863	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	347	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,596	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,096	1

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 Oct 20, 2025

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

Receipts 725Last week 674Year ago 1,222

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 215, Heifers 303, Bulls 207)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	300–350	347	460.00	460.00
2	350–400	350	440.00	440.00
29	400–450	421	400.00–444.00	442.54
29	450–500	492	409.00–425.00	424.49
16	550–600	559	343.00–370.00	368.30
4	600–650	620	338.00	338.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	369	410.00–447.50	439.46
15	400–450	419	426.00	426.00
22	450–500	492	425.00	425.00
2	500–550	528	368.00–370.00	369.00
29	550–600	567	368.00	368.00
12	600–650	624	333.00	333.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	356.00	356.00
6	400–450	419	375.00–400.00	395.68
8	450–500	480	405.00	405.00
5	550–600	567	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	330.00	330.00
17	350–400	359	380.00	380.00
1	400–450	440	321.00	321.00
18	450–500	459	353.00	353.00
16	500–550	548	327.00	327.00
5	600–650	640	300.00	300.00
1	700–750	720	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	370	402.00	402.00
1	400–450	405	343.00	343.00
25	450–500	453	365.00	365.00
2	500–550	537	327.50	327.50
36	550–600	550	352.50	352.50
22	600–650	643	333.00	333.00
4	700–750	735	299.00	299.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	350–400	362	410.00	410.00
2	400–450	447	351.00	351.00
53	450–500	456	360.00	360.00
32	550–600	553	325.00–352.50	349.05
15	600–650	644	343.00	343.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	327.50	327.50
12	400–450	442	280.00–310.00	307.65
5	500–550	546	305.00	305.00
2	600–650	632	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	371	395.00	395.00
1	400–450	425	370.00	370.00
10	450–500	454	416.00	416.00
9	500–550	532	360.00–376.00	374.33
3	600–650	648	330.00	330.00
3	750–800	760	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	427.00	427.00
14	450–500	465	455.00	455.00
1	500–550	515	407.00	407.00
40	550–600	550	412.00	412.00
33	600–650	642	369.25	369.25
4	650–700	661	358.00	358.00
11	700–750	737	330.00	330.00
3	750–800	755	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	350	427.50–450.00	444.38
21	450–500	456	407.50–443.00	441.26
18	500–550	546	401.00–407.00	406.68
16	600–650	649	359.00	359.00
1	650–700	675	328.00	328.00
8	700–750	730	332.00	332.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	355	347.50	347.50
4	400–450	440	382.50	382.50
3	550–600	566	346.00	346.00

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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