Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-01-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 173, Heifers 339, Bulls 196)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $359.78/cwt on 103 head. That ranks 7 of 31 comparable sales and sits −25.25 against this barn's trailing median of $385.02.

Average price

$359.78

103 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,966

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$129

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$33.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.03

vs VA average

−50.32 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	363.48	1,981	46
Medium and Large 2	547	363.14	1,985	40
Medium and Large 3	540	350.50	1,893	10thin
Small 1	562	329.50	1,852	7thin

One grade step is worth $33.98/cwt here — about $129 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale103 hd

359.78

—

VA average3 barns · 251 hd

355.74

+4.03

National average199 barns · 28,725 hd

410.10

−50.32

This barn, trailing median31 sales

385.02

−25.25

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

55 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 2	500–550	546	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,987	37
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	481.00/cwt	481.00–481.00	1,659	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	542	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	2,293	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,627	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	497	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,948	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,270	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,757	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	647	327.15/cwt	327.00–330.00	2,117	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	459	406.73/cwt	390.00–408.00	1,867	44
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	468.00/cwt	468.00–468.00	1,984	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,006	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	622	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,941	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	352	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	1,552	29
Steers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	795	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,484	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	451	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	1,818	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	450	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,764	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,762	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,102	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,503	2
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	410	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	1,583	7
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	487	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,656	6
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	348	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,305	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,956	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	642	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,183	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,295	4
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	562	329.50/cwt	329.50–329.50	1,852	7
Steers	Small 1	300–350	320	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,216	1
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	644	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,707	5
Steers	Small 1	600–650	643	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,977	4
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	450	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,496	2
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	566	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,783	3
Steers	Small 1	500–550	548	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,055	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	660	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,059	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,624	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,921	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	386	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,602	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,987	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,916	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	496	382.85/cwt	370.00–384.00	1,899	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	705	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,833	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	350.50/cwt	350.50–350.50	1,893	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	364	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	1,441	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	473.46/cwt	428.00–489.00	1,681	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,953	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	356	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,611	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	2,332	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	1,956	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,979	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	409.50/cwt	409.50–409.50	1,867	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	1,650	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,093	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,628	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	441.67/cwt	405.00–452.50	2,089	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	367.33/cwt	362.50–367.50	2,402	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,980	45

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 Jan 5, 2026

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State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 173, Heifers 339, Bulls 196)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	350–400	352	441.00	441.00
44	450–500	459	390.00–408.00	406.73
37	500–550	546	364.00	364.00
3	550–600	555	352.50	352.50
20	600–650	647	327.00–330.00	327.15
4	750–800	750	306.00	306.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	374	435.00	435.00
34	450–500	456	409.50	409.50
45	500–550	544	364.00	364.00
1	550–600	590	340.00	340.00
39	600–650	640	327.00	327.00
9	700–750	730	311.00	311.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	364	396.00	396.00
1	400–450	445	365.00	365.00
19	450–500	450	392.00	392.00
10	500–550	540	350.50	350.50
5	650–700	660	312.00	312.00
1	700–750	705	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	450	332.50	332.50
7	550–600	562	329.50	329.50
5	600–650	644	265.00	265.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	345	481.00	481.00
3	350–400	356	452.50	452.50
13	400–450	423	462.50	462.50
24	450–500	496	370.00–384.00	382.85
15	550–600	567	349.00	349.00
8	600–650	622	312.00	312.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	355	428.00–489.00	473.46
18	400–450	424	468.00	468.00
23	450–500	497	392.00	392.00
1	500–550	525	372.00	372.00
26	550–600	566	351.00	351.00
18	600–650	626	306.00	306.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	348	375.00	375.00
7	400–450	410	386.00	386.00
6	450–500	487	340.00	340.00
3	550–600	566	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	366	480.00	480.00
1	400–450	435	405.00	405.00
20	450–500	467	450.00	450.00
22	500–550	542	423.00	423.00
16	600–650	642	340.00	340.00
2	750–800	770	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	386	415.00	415.00
4	450–500	451	403.00	403.00
2	550–600	565	340.00	340.00
1	750–800	795	312.50	312.50
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	380.00	380.00
3	500–550	548	375.00	375.00
4	600–650	643	307.50	307.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	342	482.50	482.50
9	450–500	473	405.00–452.50	441.67
33	550–600	550	424.00	424.00
32	650–700	654	362.50–367.50	367.33
13	750–800	753	349.00	349.00

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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