Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-02-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 202, Heifers 274, Bulls 164)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $415.34/cwt on 82 head, up $29.66 from the prior sale. That ranks 32 of 32 comparable sales and sits +30.47 against this barn's trailing median of $384.87.

Average price

$415.34

▲ 29.66 vs prior sale

82 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,244

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$370

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$65.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.70

vs VA average

−15.07 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	541	430.62	2,330	35
Medium and Large 1	543	421.00	2,286	31
Small 1	512	412.50	2,112	2thin
Medium and Large 3	537	365.00	1,960	14thin

One grade step is worth $65.62/cwt here — about $370 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale82 hd

415.34

—

VA average8 barns · 321 hd

421.04

−5.70

National average177 barns · 14,680 hd

430.41

−15.07

This barn, trailing median32 sales

384.87

+30.47

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

53 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	Small 1	450–500	488	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,854	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	524.00/cwt	524.00–524.00	2,358	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,438	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	587.50/cwt	587.50–587.50	1,956	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,880	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,301	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,286	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,083	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	357	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	1,758	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	617	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,314	2
Steers	Small 1	450–500	467	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,985	2
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	443	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,816	3
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	335	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	1,717	2
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	512	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,112	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,576	26
Steers	Small 1	600–650	644	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,190	5
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	368	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	1,660	5
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	641	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,769	3
Steers	Small 1	550–600	585	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,223	3
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	410	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,927	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	749	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,629	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	406.27/cwt	380.00–409.00	2,299	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	500.10/cwt	452.50–502.50	2,055	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,230	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	587.50/cwt	587.50–587.50	2,009	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,279	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	795	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,087	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	527	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,066	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	622	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,664	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	337	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,702	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	347	501.00/cwt	501.00–501.00	1,738	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	556	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,280	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,093	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	352	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,619	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	633	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,437	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,071	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,461	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	537	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,960	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	351	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	2,141	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	541	430.62/cwt	417.50–431.00	2,330	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	658	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,139	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	442	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,100	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	726	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,301	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,090	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,140	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	654	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,354	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	732	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,591	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	592.50/cwt	592.50–592.50	2,103	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	451	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,266	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	466.02/cwt	435.00–469.00	2,200	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,583	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,262	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	549	476.00/cwt	476.00–476.00	2,613	29

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 23, 2026

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

Receipts 640Last week 629Year ago 801

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 202, Heifers 274, Bulls 164)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	512.50	512.50
6	400–450	410	470.00	470.00
3	450–500	488	380.00	380.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	300–350	333	587.50	587.50
16	400–450	410	505.00	505.00
11	450–500	472	435.00–469.00	466.02
13	550–600	556	410.00	410.00
2	600–650	617	375.00	375.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	342	587.50	587.50
21	400–450	411	452.50–502.50	500.10
19	450–500	490	455.00	455.00
32	550–600	566	380.00–409.00	406.27
5	600–650	620	367.50	367.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	355	592.50	592.50
1	400–450	420	447.50	447.50
15	450–500	450	524.00	524.00
29	500–550	549	476.00	476.00
1	550–600	555	407.50	407.50
26	600–650	648	397.50	397.50
5	650–700	671	385.00	385.00
21	700–750	749	351.00	351.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	467	425.00	425.00
3	550–600	585	380.00	380.00
5	600–650	644	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	337	505.00	505.00
8	450–500	465	450.00	450.00
9	500–550	527	392.00	392.00
6	600–650	633	385.00	385.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	351	610.00	610.00
14	450–500	451	502.50	502.50
17	550–600	550	447.50	447.50
21	650–700	654	360.00	360.00
4	700–750	732	354.00	354.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	357	492.50	492.50
30	400–450	448	465.00	465.00
31	500–550	543	421.00	421.00
19	650–700	650	375.00	375.00
8	700–750	726	317.00	317.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	368	451.00	451.00
3	400–450	443	410.00	410.00
2	500–550	512	412.50	412.50
3	600–650	641	276.00	276.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	352	460.00	460.00
15	400–450	440	475.00	475.00
14	500–550	537	365.00	365.00
2	600–650	622	267.50	267.50
1	750–800	795	262.50	262.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	300–350	347	501.00	501.00
36	400–450	442	475.00	475.00
2	450–500	492	435.00	435.00
35	500–550	541	417.50–431.00	430.62
14	650–700	658	325.00	325.00
3	700–750	726	317.00	317.00

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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