Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-02-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 68, Heifers 103, Bulls 56)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $348.06/cwt on 31 head, down $4.58 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 32 comparable sales and sits −36.80 against this barn's trailing median of $384.87.

Average price

$348.06

▼ 4.58 vs prior sale

31 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,904

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$359

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$60.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.41

vs VA average

−75.89 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	360.00	1,994	9thin
Medium and Large 2	553	350.00	1,936	13thin
Medium and Large 3	530	337.50	1,789	8thin
Small 1	545	300.00	1,635	1thin

One grade step is worth $60.00/cwt here — about $359 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 sale31 hd

348.06

—

VA average3 barns · 49 hd

359.48

−11.41

National average187 barns · 18,214 hd

423.95

−75.89

This barn, trailing median32 sales

384.87

−36.80

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

43 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	600–650	630	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,252	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	567.50/cwt	567.50–567.50	1,850	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,410	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,037	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,110	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,711	7
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	545	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,635	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	482	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,663	2
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	390	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,970	1
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	310	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,659	1
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	462	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,975	2
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	567	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,070	2
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	335	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,943	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,077	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	356	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,780	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,863	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,439	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,886	7
Steers	Small 1	450–500	475	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,781	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,184	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	2,546	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,070	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,256	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	426.79/cwt	405.00–430.00	2,057	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	1,688	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,330	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	332	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,776	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	476.00/cwt	476.00–476.00	2,213	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	353	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,065	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	381.76/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,737	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,994	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,477	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	551	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,121	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	658	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,191	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	437	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	1,805	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,789	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	661	373.95/cwt	370.00–375.00	2,472	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	736	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,079	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	673	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,002	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	775	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,938	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	360	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,629	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	344	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,737	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	553	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,936	13

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 Feb 9, 2026

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

Receipts 227Last week 988Year ago 842

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 68, Heifers 103, Bulls 56)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	326	567.50	567.50
6	400–450	420	485.00	485.00
6	450–500	485	435.00	435.00
4	550–600	567	425.00	425.00
1	600–650	630	357.50	357.50
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	580.00	580.00
1	350–400	390	505.00	505.00
2	450–500	462	427.50	427.50
2	550–600	567	365.00	365.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	353	585.00	585.00
7	400–450	410	460.00	460.00
8	450–500	482	405.00–430.00	426.79
3	550–600	551	385.00	385.00
1	600–650	640	352.50	352.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	455	480.00	480.00
16	500–550	548	445.00	445.00
19	600–650	643	396.00	396.00
7	750–800	753	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	356	500.00	500.00
3	450–500	465	476.00	476.00
4	550–600	558	417.50	417.50
5	650–700	661	370.00–375.00	373.95
1	700–750	745	332.50	332.50
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	475	375.00	375.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	452.50	452.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	535.00	535.00
2	450–500	482	345.00	345.00
1	500–550	545	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	365	462.50	462.50
7	450–500	460	405.00	405.00
9	550–600	554	360.00	360.00
8	600–650	639	325.00	325.00
1	700–750	720	287.50	287.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	332	535.00	535.00
7	400–450	437	413.00	413.00
13	550–600	553	350.00	350.00
8	650–700	658	333.00	333.00
5	700–750	736	282.50	282.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	344	505.00	505.00
12	450–500	455	380.00–400.00	381.76
8	500–550	530	337.50	337.50
5	650–700	673	297.50	297.50
1	750–800	775	250.00	250.00

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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