Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-03-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 454, Heifers 628, Bulls 359)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $371.82/cwt on 187 head, down $43.52 from the prior sale. That ranks 9 of 31 comparable sales and sits −13.20 against this barn's trailing median of $385.02.

Average price

$371.82

▼ 43.52 vs prior sale

187 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,020

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$294

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$61.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.85

vs VA average

−49.14 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	384.91	2,075	54
Medium and Large 2	548	379.77	2,082	64
Medium and Large 3	539	365.15	1,968	51
Small 1	551	323.22	1,781	18thin

One grade step is worth $61.69/cwt here — about $294 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 sale187 hd

371.82

—

VA average6 barns · 558 hd

391.67

−19.85

National average181 barns · 13,944 hd

420.96

−49.14

This barn, trailing median31 sales

385.02

−13.20

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

66 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	400–450	413	451.64/cwt	430.00–452.50	1,865	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	342	577.50/cwt	577.50–577.50	1,975	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	359	607.50/cwt	607.50–607.50	2,181	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	646	372.08/cwt	372.00–373.00	2,404	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,201	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	384.91/cwt	380.00–385.00	2,075	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	436.97/cwt	415.00–437.50	1,993	45
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	547	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,401	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	433.68/cwt	415.00–435.00	2,390	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,494	52
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	489	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,834	23
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	563	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,948	18
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	357	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,642	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	327.12/cwt	326.50–332.00	2,100	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,461	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,698	9
Steers	Small 1	550–600	569	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,120	9
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	470	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,774	1
Steers	Small 1	600–650	631	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,114	8
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	365	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,542	11
Heifers	Small 1	700–750	745	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,956	3
Steers	Small 1	450–500	464	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,984	8
Steers	Small 1	750–800	752	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,218	6
Steers	Small 1	300–350	342	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,710	5
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	445	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,691	24
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	551	323.22/cwt	310.00–324.00	1,781	18
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	635	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,670	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	498.90/cwt	457.50–500.00	2,085	40
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	416.80/cwt	397.00–419.00	2,342	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	2,201	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,813	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,167	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,200	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	538	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,969	50
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	454	467.00/cwt	467.00–467.00	2,120	36
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	552	398.82/cwt	350.00–401.00	2,201	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	358	476.00/cwt	476.00–476.00	1,704	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	646	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,857	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	731	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,083	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,902	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,082	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	351	485.87/cwt	450.00–487.50	1,705	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	345	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,466	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	585	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,887	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	448	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	1,953	58
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	487.00/cwt	487.00–487.00	2,192	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,260	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	622	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,140	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	569.85/cwt	500.00–587.50	2,080	15
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	642	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,253	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	747	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,297	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	448	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	2,003	86
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	491	451.87/cwt	437.50–452.50	2,219	48
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	503.78/cwt	450.00–505.00	2,091	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	642	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,106	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,231	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	553	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,074	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	749	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,434	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	552	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,249	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,013	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,153	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,933	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,194	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	477.05/cwt	460.00–477.50	2,180	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	349.31/cwt	334.00–352.00	2,564	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,078	10

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 Mar 2, 2026

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

Receipts 1,441Last week 640Year ago 1,490

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 454, Heifers 628, Bulls 359)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	357	460.00	460.00
28	400–450	413	430.00–452.50	451.64
23	450–500	489	375.00	375.00
18	550–600	563	346.00	346.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	300–350	342	577.50	577.50
48	400–450	415	450.00–505.00	503.78
48	450–500	491	437.50–452.50	451.87
1	500–550	545	395.00	395.00
28	550–600	558	405.00	405.00
9	600–650	622	344.00	344.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	342	530.00	530.00
40	400–450	418	457.50–500.00	498.90
23	450–500	488	451.00	451.00
3	500–550	500	440.00	440.00
30	550–600	562	397.00–419.00	416.80
10	600–650	621	349.00	349.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	350–400	359	607.50	607.50
1	400–450	440	457.50	457.50
25	450–500	450	487.00	487.00
49	500–550	547	439.00	439.00
2	550–600	552	407.50	407.50
24	600–650	646	372.00–373.00	372.08
10	700–750	749	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	371	560.00	560.00
42	450–500	457	460.00–477.50	477.05
61	550–600	551	415.00–435.00	433.68
52	600–650	646	386.00	386.00
27	700–750	734	334.00–352.00	349.31
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	342	500.00	500.00
8	450–500	464	427.50	427.50
9	550–600	569	372.50	372.50
8	600–650	631	335.00	335.00
6	750–800	752	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	365	500.00–587.50	569.85
1	400–450	445	427.50	427.50
36	450–500	454	467.00	467.00
25	550–600	552	350.00–401.00	398.82
9	600–650	642	351.00	351.00
4	700–750	747	307.50	307.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	350	485.00	485.00
45	450–500	456	415.00–437.50	436.97
54	500–550	539	380.00–385.00	384.91
35	600–650	642	326.50–332.00	327.12
1	700–750	710	310.00	310.00
10	750–800	755	326.00	326.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	365	422.50	422.50
24	400–450	445	380.00	380.00
1	450–500	470	377.50	377.50
18	550–600	551	310.00–324.00	323.22
11	600–650	635	263.00	263.00
3	700–750	745	262.50	262.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	425.00	425.00
46	350–400	358	476.00	476.00
58	400–450	448	436.00	436.00
50	500–550	538	366.00	366.00
1	550–600	585	322.50	322.50
13	600–650	646	287.50	287.50
6	700–750	731	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
48	350–400	351	450.00–487.50	485.87
86	400–450	448	447.00	447.00
3	450–500	463	417.50	417.50
61	500–550	548	380.00	380.00
3	550–600	553	375.00	375.00
25	600–650	642	328.00	328.00
1	650–700	675	325.00	325.00
3	750–800	750	297.50	297.50

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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