Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-11-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 92, Heifers 262, Bulls 109)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $310.84/cwt on 88 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −74.03 against this barn's trailing median of $384.87.

Average price

$310.84

88 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,681

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$475

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$79.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.92

vs VA average

−38.53 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	324.74	1,773	44
Medium and Large 2	538	310.00	1,668	25
Medium and Large 3	535	300.00	1,605	12thin
Small 1	530	245.00	1,299	7thin

One grade step is worth $79.74/cwt here — about $475 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale88 hd

310.84

—

VA average6 barns · 277 hd

317.76

−6.92

National average34 barns · 3,821 hd

349.37

−38.53

This barn, trailing median32 sales

384.87

−74.03

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

51 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	350–400	353	354.93/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,253	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	457	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,467	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	637	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,599	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	341	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,129	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,064	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	710	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,846	1
Steers	Small 1	350–400	375	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,125	1
Steers	Small 1	650–700	655	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,703	1
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	407	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,272	2
Heifers	Small 1	650–700	675	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,434	1
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	355	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	967	2
Steers	Small 1	450–500	470	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,481	2
Steers	Small 1	550–600	577	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,673	2
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	461	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,383	5
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	530	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,299	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	518	331.12/cwt	305.00–358.00	1,715	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	665	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,463	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	361	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,202	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	446	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,583	6
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	590	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,460	3
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	342	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,084	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	641	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,737	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,331	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,729	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,668	25
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	680	275.50/cwt	275.50–275.50	1,873	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,605	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,313	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,456	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,943	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,108	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	536	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,871	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	742	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,966	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	561	312.99/cwt	302.50–320.00	1,756	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,683	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	347.25/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,469	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	339.84/cwt	330.00–341.00	1,648	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	493	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,716	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	449	322.28/cwt	307.50–323.00	1,447	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	324.74/cwt	298.00–326.00	1,773	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	1,992	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,182	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	357.30/cwt	335.00–360.00	1,669	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	616	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,694	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	327	367.55/cwt	342.50–375.00	1,202	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,850	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,209	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,768	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,761	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,444	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	301.83/cwt	298.00–302.00	1,379	24

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 Nov 24, 2025

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

Receipts 463Last week 747Year ago 539

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 92, Heifers 262, Bulls 109)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	353	340.00–365.00	354.93
16	400–450	423	335.00–350.00	347.25
19	450–500	485	330.00–341.00	339.84
13	550–600	571	324.00	324.00
8	600–650	620	284.00	284.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	342	317.00	317.00
2	400–450	407	312.50	312.50
3	550–600	590	247.50	247.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	327	342.50–375.00	367.55
1	350–400	395	332.50	332.50
11	400–450	416	350.00	350.00
13	450–500	493	348.00	348.00
5	550–600	561	302.50–320.00	312.99
3	600–650	616	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	341	331.00	331.00
16	450–500	457	321.00	321.00
12	500–550	535	300.00	300.00
8	600–650	637	251.00	251.00
1	650–700	665	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	355	272.50	272.50
5	450–500	461	300.00	300.00
7	500–550	530	245.00	245.00
1	650–700	675	212.50	212.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	361	333.00	333.00
42	400–450	449	307.50–323.00	322.28
25	500–550	538	310.00	310.00
12	600–650	641	271.00	271.00
1	650–700	680	247.50	247.50
5	700–750	742	265.00	265.00
1	750–800	760	227.50	227.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	361	335.00	335.00
24	450–500	457	298.00–302.00	301.83
44	500–550	546	298.00–326.00	324.74
15	600–650	643	275.00	275.00
5	700–750	736	264.00	264.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	375.00	375.00
6	400–450	446	355.00	355.00
11	500–550	536	349.00	349.00
1	650–700	650	317.50	317.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	518	305.00–358.00	331.12
1	650–700	680	275.50	275.50
1	700–750	710	260.00	260.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	300.00	300.00
2	450–500	470	315.00	315.00
2	550–600	577	290.00	290.00
1	650–700	655	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	375.00	375.00
18	450–500	467	335.00–360.00	357.30
16	500–550	534	373.00	373.00
16	600–650	640	341.00	341.00
11	700–750	737	286.00	286.00

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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