Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-02-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 162, Heifers 287, Bulls 180)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $385.67/cwt on 84 head, up $37.61 from the prior sale. That ranks 18 of 31 comparable sales and sits +0.65 against this barn's trailing median of $385.02.

Average price

$385.67

▲ 37.61 vs prior sale

84 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,102

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$195

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$31.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.12

vs VA average

−43.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	545	393.38	2,144	36
Medium and Large 1	551	392.78	2,163	27
Medium and Large 3	537	365.00	1,960	11thin
Small 1	539	361.49	1,948	10thin

One grade step is worth $31.89/cwt here — about $195 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 sale84 hd

385.67

—

VA average7 barns · 305 hd

389.80

−4.12

National average184 barns · 15,729 hd

429.17

−43.50

This barn, trailing median31 sales

385.02

+0.65

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

58 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	Small 1	500–550	539	361.49/cwt	330.00–365.00	1,948	10
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	374	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,590	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	401.92/cwt	380.00–403.00	2,616	22
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	625	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,250	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	353	503.00/cwt	503.00–503.00	1,776	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	795	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,345	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	644	398.12/cwt	370.00–400.00	2,564	16
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	725	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,084	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	464.00/cwt	464.00–464.00	2,612	23
Steers	Small 1	650–700	661	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,148	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,146	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,953	2
Steers	Small 1	450–500	456	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,075	3
Steers	Small 1	350–400	350	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,663	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,466	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	456	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,371	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	741	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,579	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	387	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,129	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	597.00/cwt	597.00–597.00	2,173	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,685	2
Steers	Small 1	750–800	750	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,025	1
Steers	Small 1	550–600	568	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,244	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,671	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	517.82/cwt	450.00–522.50	2,382	16
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	414	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	1,915	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	494.80/cwt	457.50–500.00	2,068	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,057	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,250	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	586.82/cwt	567.50–602.50	2,013	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,291	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,052	1
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	363	462.80/cwt	400.00–480.00	1,680	5
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	555	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,804	4
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	475	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	1,881	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,350	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,669	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	393.38/cwt	375.00–395.00	2,144	36
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	602.86/cwt	570.00–604.00	2,050	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	559	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	2,225	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	493.37/cwt	445.00–498.00	1,791	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,180	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,516	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	452	431.22/cwt	360.00–433.00	1,949	45
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	411	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,034	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	409.14/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,956	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	463	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	1,977	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	735	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,985	2
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	600	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,680	1
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	447	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,889	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	435.66/cwt	395.00–437.50	1,995	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,195	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	537	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,960	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	355	468.00/cwt	468.00–468.00	1,661	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,139	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	547	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,174	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	654	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,109	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	658	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,777	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,072	7

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 16, 2026

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

Receipts 629Last week 227Year ago 257

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 162, Heifers 287, Bulls 180)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	374	425.00	425.00
15	400–450	447	422.50	422.50
10	500–550	539	330.00–365.00	361.49
1	600–650	600	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	452.50	452.50
30	350–400	353	503.00	503.00
45	450–500	452	360.00–433.00	431.22
36	500–550	545	375.00–395.00	393.38
10	650–700	654	322.50	322.50
1	750–800	795	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	363	445.00–498.00	493.37
25	450–500	458	395.00–437.50	435.66
2	500–550	535	365.00	365.00
25	550–600	552	395.00	395.00
13	650–700	665	330.00	330.00
7	700–750	722	287.00	287.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	355	468.00	468.00
1	400–450	445	375.00	375.00
18	450–500	463	427.00	427.00
11	500–550	537	365.00	365.00
3	650–700	658	270.00	270.00
2	700–750	735	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	364	597.00	597.00
16	450–500	460	450.00–522.50	517.82
1	500–550	505	425.00	425.00
23	550–600	563	464.00	464.00
22	650–700	651	380.00–403.00	401.92
15	700–750	740	361.00	361.00
2	750–800	767	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	470	455.00	455.00
4	500–550	547	397.50	397.50
1	600–650	625	360.00	360.00
1	700–750	725	287.50	287.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	387	550.00	550.00
13	450–500	456	520.00	520.00
15	500–550	548	450.00	450.00
16	600–650	644	370.00–400.00	398.12
6	700–750	741	348.00	348.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	350	475.00	475.00
3	450–500	456	455.00	455.00
7	550–600	568	395.00	395.00
4	650–700	661	325.00	325.00
1	750–800	750	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	363	400.00–480.00	462.80
5	400–450	414	462.50	462.50
7	450–500	475	396.00	396.00
4	550–600	555	325.00	325.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	343	567.50–602.50	586.82
25	400–450	418	457.50–500.00	494.80
18	450–500	484	425.00	425.00
12	550–600	561	401.00	401.00
8	600–650	626	366.00	366.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	300–350	340	570.00–604.00	602.86
26	400–450	411	495.00	495.00
23	450–500	478	400.00–410.00	409.14
1	500–550	540	380.00	380.00
6	550–600	559	398.00	398.00
2	600–650	635	370.00	370.00

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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