Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-01-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 278, Heifers 431, Bulls 287)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $348.08/cwt on 121 head, down $11.70 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 32 comparable sales and sits −36.79 against this barn's trailing median of $384.87.

Average price

$348.08

▼ 11.70 vs prior sale

121 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,913

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$153

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$23.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.91

vs VA average

−65.40 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	353.23	1,971	47
Medium and Large 2	543	350.16	1,901	46
Medium and Large 3	545	337.00	1,837	24
Small 1	551	330.00	1,818	4thin

One grade step is worth $23.23/cwt here — about $153 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 sale121 hd

348.08

—

VA average8 barns · 485 hd

352.98

−4.91

National average188 barns · 26,809 hd

413.48

−65.40

This barn, trailing median32 sales

384.87

−36.79

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
Steers	Small 1	450–500	452	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,582	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	367	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,624	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	559	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,119	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	450	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,805	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	647	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,070	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	731	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,208	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	620	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,114	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,680	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	477.00/cwt	477.00–477.00	2,147	31
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	410	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	1,550	7
Heifers	Small 1	650–700	650	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,788	2
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	360	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	1,397	6
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	565	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,893	1
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	485	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	1,833	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	352	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	1,591	22
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	423	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,375	8
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	346	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,180	3
Steers	Small 1	650–700	655	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,194	2
Heifers	Small 1	700–750	740	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,776	1
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	551	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,818	4
Steers	Small 1	500–550	508	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,803	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,837	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	629	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,013	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,978	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	466	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	2,069	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	538	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,044	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	1,780	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	748	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,618	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	423.91/cwt	397.00–425.00	2,357	51
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	1,931	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,152	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	644	371.57/cwt	350.00–373.50	2,393	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	353.23/cwt	342.00–354.00	1,971	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,457	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	1,932	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,591	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	328.53/cwt	325.00–329.00	2,119	51
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	348	532.00/cwt	532.00–532.00	1,851	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,820	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	352	533.00/cwt	533.00–533.00	1,876	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	301.15/cwt	282.50–304.00	2,232	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,009	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	544	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	2,296	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	619	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,055	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	496.00/cwt	496.00–496.00	2,068	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	350.16/cwt	342.50–350.50	1,901	46
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,001	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	491.00/cwt	491.00–491.00	2,028	34
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	724	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,404	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,706	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,022	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	1,983	51
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	639	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,339	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,853	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	725	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,939	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 Jan 12, 2026

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

Receipts 996Last week 708Year ago 300

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 278, Heifers 431, Bulls 287)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	452	350.00	350.00
3	500–550	508	355.00	355.00
2	650–700	655	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	367	442.50	442.50
1	400–450	420	400.00	400.00
12	450–500	466	444.00	444.00
10	500–550	538	380.00	380.00
1	550–600	565	350.00	350.00
1	600–650	620	341.00	341.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	382	485.00	485.00
31	450–500	450	477.00	477.00
29	500–550	544	422.00	422.00
26	600–650	639	366.00	366.00
5	700–750	724	332.00	332.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	364	500.00	500.00
23	450–500	453	475.00	475.00
51	550–600	556	397.00–425.00	423.91
47	600–650	644	350.00–373.50	371.57
17	700–750	748	350.00	350.00
2	750–800	775	317.00	317.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	300–350	348	532.00	532.00
34	400–450	413	491.00	491.00
35	450–500	488	410.00	410.00
25	550–600	559	379.00	379.00
6	600–650	619	332.00	332.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	360	388.00	388.00
7	400–450	410	378.00	378.00
6	450–500	485	378.00	378.00
1	550–600	565	335.00	335.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	352	533.00	533.00
35	400–450	417	496.00	496.00
40	450–500	490	394.00	394.00
28	550–600	560	361.00	361.00
19	600–650	626	321.00	321.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
22	350–400	352	452.00	452.00
39	450–500	450	401.00	401.00
24	500–550	545	337.00	337.00
6	600–650	629	320.00	320.00
1	700–750	725	267.50	267.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	350–400	363	470.00	470.00
51	450–500	460	431.00	431.00
46	500–550	543	342.50–350.50	350.16
22	600–650	647	320.00	320.00
9	700–750	731	302.00	302.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	346	341.00	341.00
8	400–450	423	325.00	325.00
4	550–600	551	330.00	330.00
2	650–700	650	275.00	275.00
1	700–750	740	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	370	430.00	430.00
4	400–450	432	412.00	412.00
39	450–500	459	421.00	421.00
47	550–600	558	342.00–354.00	353.23
51	600–650	645	325.00–329.00	328.53
15	700–750	741	282.50–304.00	301.15

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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