Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-12-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 54, Heifers 143, Bulls 65)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $312.91/cwt on 36 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −72.11 against this barn's trailing median of $385.02.

Average price

$312.91

36 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,709

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$172

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$34.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.99

vs VA average

−65.05 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	320.00	1,754	15thin
Medium and Large 2	541	319.69	1,730	7thin
Medium and Large 3	544	308.30	1,677	10thin
Small 1	553	286.00	1,582	4thin

One grade step is worth $34.00/cwt here — about $172 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 sale36 hd

312.91

—

VA average8 barns · 284 hd

314.90

−1.99

National average184 barns · 19,282 hd

377.96

−65.05

This barn, trailing median31 sales

385.02

−72.11

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	317	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,300	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,903	3
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	490	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,470	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,527	7
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	556	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,571	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,831	9
Steers	Small 1	650–700	660	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,841	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	647	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,193	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	559	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,057	9
Steers	Small 1	550–600	590	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,475	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	648	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,106	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,152	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	640	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,798	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,411	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,074	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	449	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,585	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,451	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	521	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,782	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,203	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	449	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,482	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	705	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,030	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,026	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,225	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,281	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,657	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	541	319.69/cwt	305.00–322.00	1,730	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,154	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	444	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,476	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	650	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,528	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,479	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,867	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,754	15
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	445	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,326	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,296	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,832	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,568	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	725	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,849	3
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	424	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,399	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	642	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,637	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	991	4
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	356	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,041	3
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	645	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,451	3
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	553	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,582	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,759	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	541	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,688	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,494	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	617	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,808	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	325.63/cwt	305.00–331.00	1,879	5
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	345	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,147	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 Dec 8, 2025

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

Receipts 262Last week 484Year ago 706

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 54, Heifers 143, Bulls 65)

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	317	410.00	410.00
7	400–450	423	361.00	361.00
9	500–550	503	364.00	364.00
3	550–600	558	341.00	341.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	332.50	332.50
6	400–450	424	330.00	330.00
6	450–500	490	300.00	300.00
3	550–600	556	282.50	282.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	333	297.50	297.50
5	400–450	418	357.50	357.50
10	450–500	482	365.00	365.00
5	550–600	577	305.00–331.00	325.63
4	600–650	617	293.00	293.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	590	250.00	250.00
1	650–700	660	279.00	279.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	397.50	397.50
4	400–450	436	380.00	380.00
6	550–600	559	371.00	371.00
4	600–650	647	339.00	339.00
1	700–750	715	301.00	301.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	397.50	397.50
7	400–450	426	282.50	282.50
9	550–600	559	368.00	368.00
5	600–650	648	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	355.00	355.00
5	400–450	449	353.00	353.00
4	500–550	521	342.00	342.00
2	600–650	640	281.00	281.00
1	700–750	705	288.00	288.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	350	350.00	350.00
9	400–450	449	330.00	330.00
15	500–550	548	320.00	320.00
15	600–650	633	295.00	295.00
3	700–750	721	281.00	281.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	350	366.00	366.00
20	400–450	444	332.50	332.50
7	500–550	541	305.00–322.00	319.69
7	600–650	623	294.00	294.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	365	355.00	355.00
12	450–500	455	325.00	325.00
9	500–550	541	312.00	312.00
1	550–600	570	275.00	275.00
5	600–650	642	255.00	255.00
1	650–700	650	235.00	235.00
3	700–750	725	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	356	292.50	292.50
7	400–450	445	298.00	298.00
4	550–600	553	286.00	286.00
3	600–650	645	225.00	225.00

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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