Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-12-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 147, Heifers 272, Bulls 140)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $341.76/cwt on 85 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −43.11 against this barn's trailing median of $384.87.

Average price

$341.76

85 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,876

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$267

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$38.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.51

vs VA average

−48.15 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	545	348.72	1,901	38
Medium and Large 1	554	346.83	1,922	29
Medium and Large 3	551	320.00	1,763	16thin
Small 1	527	310.00	1,634	2thin

One grade step is worth $38.72/cwt here — about $267 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 sale85 hd

341.76

—

VA average8 barns · 332 hd

339.24

+2.51

National average175 barns · 15,310 hd

389.91

−48.15

This barn, trailing median32 sales

384.87

−43.11

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

54 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	450–500	490	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,887	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,869	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	551	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,763	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	450	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,602	17
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,591	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	660	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,053	2
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	355	308.30/cwt	305.00–324.00	1,094	6
Steers	Small 1	400–450	420	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,365	4
Steers	Small 1	650–700	652	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,826	5
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	433	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,347	9
Steers	Small 1	350–400	355	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,278	1
Steers	Small 1	500–550	545	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,458	2
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	365	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,241	1
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	565	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,582	1
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	490	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,548	2
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	426	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,453	5
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	527	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,634	2
Heifers	Small 1	650–700	678	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,610	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,819	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	451	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	1,786	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	376.91/cwt	365.00–377.50	1,726	42
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	653	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,272	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,483	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	745	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,840	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	647	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,763	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	356	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,339	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	2,052	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	363.91/cwt	363.00–364.00	2,333	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,219	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	324.12/cwt	323.00–331.00	2,408	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,931	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	372.97/cwt	357.50–375.00	1,742	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	647	310.47/cwt	310.00–310.50	2,009	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	2,069	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,659	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,061	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	415.85/cwt	385.00–425.00	1,738	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	342	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,607	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,953	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	487	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	1,880	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,142	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,508	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,794	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,349	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	362	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,683	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,135	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,872	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	354.25/cwt	315.00–361.00	2,002	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	1,828	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	544	349.50/cwt	349.50–349.50	1,901	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	367	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,505	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	626	322.71/cwt	318.00–323.00	2,020	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	743	276.07/cwt	260.00–278.00	2,051	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	552	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,158	16

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 15, 2025

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

Receipts 559Last week 262Year ago 740

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 147, Heifers 272, Bulls 140)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	353	470.00	470.00
9	400–450	418	385.00–425.00	415.85
17	450–500	490	385.00	385.00
17	550–600	563	366.00	366.00
6	600–650	623	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	340.00	340.00
5	400–450	426	341.00	341.00
2	450–500	490	316.00	316.00
1	550–600	565	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	342	470.00	470.00
14	400–450	426	429.00	429.00
29	450–500	487	386.00	386.00
14	550–600	565	315.00–361.00	354.25
6	600–650	628	311.00	311.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	356	376.00	376.00
1	400–450	425	349.00	349.00
17	450–500	450	356.00	356.00
16	550–600	551	320.00	320.00
6	600–650	647	272.50	272.50
1	700–750	745	247.00	247.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	355	305.00–324.00	308.30
9	400–450	433	311.00	311.00
2	500–550	527	310.00	310.00
3	650–700	678	237.50	237.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	367	410.00	410.00
42	450–500	458	365.00–377.50	376.91
37	500–550	544	349.50	349.50
1	550–600	585	320.00	320.00
17	600–650	626	318.00–323.00	322.71
9	700–750	743	260.00–278.00	276.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	376	401.00	401.00
18	450–500	467	357.50–375.00	372.97
2	500–550	542	331.00	331.00
27	550–600	555	348.00	348.00
14	600–650	647	310.00–310.50	310.47
9	750–800	765	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	430.00	430.00
9	450–500	451	396.00	396.00
3	500–550	535	340.00	340.00
2	650–700	660	311.00	311.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	360.00	360.00
4	400–450	420	325.00	325.00
2	500–550	545	267.50	267.50
5	650–700	652	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	362	465.00	465.00
15	450–500	460	446.00	446.00
16	550–600	552	391.00	391.00
21	650–700	653	348.00	348.00
1	700–750	700	305.00	305.00
2	750–800	770	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	464	446.00	446.00
20	550–600	566	392.00	392.00
22	600–650	641	363.00–364.00	363.91
14	700–750	743	323.00–331.00	324.12

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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