Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-03-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 272, Heifers 439, Bulls 329)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $381.97/cwt on 145 head, up $7.90 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 31 comparable sales and sits −3.05 against this barn's trailing median of $385.02.

Average price

$381.97

▲ 7.90 vs prior sale

145 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,081

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$213

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$34.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.88

vs VA average

−43.22 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	545	390.00	2,126	44
Medium and Large 1	545	385.94	2,103	70
Medium and Large 3	547	365.00	1,997	20
Small 1	538	355.48	1,912	11thin

One grade step is worth $34.52/cwt here — about $213 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 sale145 hd

381.97

—

VA average9 barns · 594 hd

373.09

+8.88

National average176 barns · 15,314 hd

425.19

−43.22

This barn, trailing median31 sales

385.02

−3.05

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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	447	482.00/cwt	482.00–482.00	2,155	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	353	520.62/cwt	450.00–524.00	1,838	22
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	467	492.94/cwt	492.50–493.00	2,302	23
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	715	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,288	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,316	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	631	387.07/cwt	350.00–391.00	2,442	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,276	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	554	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,282	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	457	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	2,038	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,807	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,336	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,391	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	2,487	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	484	457.39/cwt	437.50–458.00	2,214	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	508.54/cwt	470.00–511.00	1,678	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,207	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	385.94/cwt	380.00–386.50	2,103	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	447.67/cwt	437.50–448.50	2,086	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	340.06/cwt	315.00–342.00	2,176	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,213	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,716	6
Steers	Small 1	550–600	550	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,980	4
Steers	Small 1	450–500	451	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	2,025	4
Heifers	Small 1	650–700	650	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,820	1
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	530	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,855	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,545	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	359.29/cwt	355.00–360.00	2,641	7
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	566	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,335	14
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	486	412.04/cwt	403.00–414.00	2,003	11
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	454	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,757	19
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	538	355.48/cwt	330.00–361.00	1,912	11
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	421	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,895	11
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	350	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	1,601	10
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	634	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,997	5
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	346	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	1,474	5
Steers	Small 1	700–750	715	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,217	1
Steers	Small 1	600–650	625	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,156	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	501	448.21/cwt	410.00–449.00	2,246	54
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	460.89/cwt	439.00–464.00	1,954	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,919	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,246	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	2,431	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	452	458.44/cwt	442.50–459.00	2,072	61
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	497.57/cwt	490.00–500.00	1,866	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	503.57/cwt	485.00–505.00	1,893	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	553	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	2,383	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,496	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	634	389.91/cwt	380.00–391.00	2,472	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	735	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,065	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	636	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,035	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	485.83/cwt	482.50–486.00	2,026	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	390.00/cwt	385.00–390.50	2,126	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	774	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,361	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	637	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,166	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	547	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,997	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	655	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,932	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	1,667	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,043	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 Mar 23, 2026

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

Receipts 1,040Last week 778Year ago 1,325

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 272, Heifers 439, Bulls 329)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	376	485.00–505.00	503.57
31	400–450	447	482.00	482.00
28	550–600	553	431.00	431.00
10	600–650	634	380.00–391.00	389.91
4	700–750	745	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	375	490.00–500.00	497.57
23	450–500	467	492.50–493.00	492.94
10	500–550	545	425.00	425.00
10	600–650	631	350.00–391.00	387.07
3	700–750	715	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	380	505.00	505.00
42	450–500	463	485.00	485.00
52	500–550	545	446.00	446.00
2	550–600	577	431.00	431.00
18	600–650	633	402.00	402.00
7	700–750	735	355.00–360.00	359.29
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	451	449.00	449.00
4	550–600	550	360.00	360.00
1	600–650	625	345.00	345.00
1	700–750	715	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	350–400	353	450.00–524.00	520.62
61	450–500	452	442.50–459.00	458.44
44	500–550	545	385.00–390.50	390.00
13	600–650	637	340.00	340.00
6	750–800	774	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	365	495.00	495.00
39	450–500	457	446.00	446.00
20	500–550	547	365.00	365.00
8	600–650	636	320.00	320.00
1	650–700	655	295.00	295.00
3	700–750	735	281.00	281.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	365	470.00	470.00
42	450–500	466	437.50–448.50	447.67
70	500–550	545	380.00–386.50	385.94
27	600–650	640	315.00–342.00	340.06
15	700–750	745	297.00	297.00
1	750–800	780	283.00	283.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	346	426.00	426.00
19	450–500	454	387.00	387.00
11	500–550	538	330.00–361.00	355.48
5	600–650	634	315.00	315.00
1	650–700	650	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	300–350	330	470.00–511.00	508.54
41	400–450	417	482.50–486.00	485.83
32	450–500	484	437.50–458.00	457.39
20	550–600	554	412.00	412.00
7	600–650	615	370.00	370.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	342	487.50	487.50
33	400–450	424	439.00–464.00	460.89
1	450–500	475	430.00	430.00
54	500–550	501	410.00–449.00	448.21
30	550–600	563	415.00	415.00
19	600–650	621	385.00	385.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	350	457.50	457.50
11	400–450	421	450.00	450.00
11	450–500	486	403.00–414.00	412.04
1	500–550	530	350.00	350.00
14	550–600	566	412.50	412.50

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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