Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-04-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 385, Heifers 497, Bulls 250)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $397.36/cwt on 134 head, up $1.84 from the prior sale. That ranks 29 of 31 comparable sales and sits +12.33 against this barn's trailing median of $385.02.

Average price

$397.36

▲ 1.84 vs prior sale

134 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,144

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$171

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$35.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.49

vs VA average

−24.81 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	537	400.83	2,152	49
Medium and Large 1	538	398.47	2,144	67
Medium and Large 3	555	387.50	2,151	15thin
Small 1	543	365.00	1,982	3thin

One grade step is worth $35.83/cwt here — about $171 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 sale134 hd

397.36

—

VA average10 barns · 520 hd

377.87

+19.49

National average167 barns · 11,519 hd

422.17

−24.81

This barn, trailing median31 sales

385.02

+12.33

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
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	487	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,216	7
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	355	494.00/cwt	494.00–494.00	1,754	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,824	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	2,047	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,220	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,615	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,167	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	1,949	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,731	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	519.35/cwt	487.00–521.00	1,922	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,381	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,910	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,892	3
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	455	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,831	11
Steers	Small 1	600–650	630	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,583	4
Steers	Small 1	350–400	395	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,896	1
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	367	461.00/cwt	461.00–461.00	1,692	7
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	419	488.00/cwt	488.00–488.00	2,045	5
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	527	399.37/cwt	387.50–425.00	2,105	3
Steers	Small 1	500–550	545	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,289	7
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	543	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,982	3
Steers	Small 1	450–500	451	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,075	5
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	641	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,147	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	344	529.00/cwt	529.00–529.00	1,820	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,238	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	458.12/cwt	458.00–472.50	2,478	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	503.00/cwt	503.00–503.00	2,324	68
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	454.00/cwt	454.00–454.00	2,220	46
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,331	29
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	333	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,682	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	630	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,192	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	523	456.00/cwt	456.00–456.00	2,385	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	400.83/cwt	392.50–401.00	2,152	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	360	494.93/cwt	467.50–496.00	1,782	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,151	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	746	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,148	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,976	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	453	457.73/cwt	420.00–459.00	2,074	33
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	461	494.00/cwt	494.00–494.00	2,277	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	642	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	2,722	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	538.42/cwt	502.50–540.00	1,831	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	627	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,383	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	444	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,042	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	705	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,133	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	640	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	2,707	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	464.00/cwt	464.00–464.00	2,543	33
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	456	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,257	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	493	449.78/cwt	445.00–450.00	2,217	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	491.98/cwt	465.00–493.00	2,066	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	518.00/cwt	518.00–518.00	1,865	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	637	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,210	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,742	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	551	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	2,336	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	398.47/cwt	397.50–398.50	2,144	67
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	2,031	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	359	551.00/cwt	551.00–551.00	1,978	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	2,027	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,500	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 Apr 20, 2026

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

Receipts 1,132Last week 1,296Year ago 669

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 385, Heifers 497, Bulls 250)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	355	494.00	494.00
5	400–450	419	488.00	488.00
7	450–500	487	455.00	455.00
3	500–550	527	387.50–425.00	399.37
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	300–350	344	529.00	529.00
2	350–400	382	500.00	500.00
26	400–450	421	482.50	482.50
46	450–500	489	454.00	454.00
1	500–550	500	447.50	447.50
29	550–600	563	414.00	414.00
10	600–650	625	381.00	381.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	300–350	340	502.50–540.00	538.42
29	400–450	420	465.00–493.00	491.98
22	450–500	493	445.00–450.00	449.78
18	550–600	551	424.00	424.00
4	600–650	627	380.00	380.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	359	551.00	551.00
29	450–500	456	495.00	495.00
33	500–550	548	464.00	464.00
17	600–650	642	424.00	424.00
1	700–750	715	395.00	395.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	500.00	500.00
8	350–400	373	522.50	522.50
1	400–450	420	482.50	482.50
68	450–500	462	503.00	503.00
111	500–550	541	458.00–472.50	458.12
44	600–650	641	408.00	408.00
2	650–700	655	417.00	417.00
13	700–750	741	370.00	370.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	480.00	480.00
5	450–500	451	460.00	460.00
7	500–550	545	420.00	420.00
4	600–650	630	410.00	410.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	333	505.00	505.00
13	450–500	461	494.00	494.00
3	500–550	523	456.00	456.00
3	600–650	640	423.00	423.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	370	487.00–521.00	519.35
3	400–450	440	430.00	430.00
85	450–500	458	447.00	447.00
67	500–550	538	397.50–398.50	398.47
21	600–650	645	336.00	336.00
4	700–750	740	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	367	461.00	461.00
11	450–500	455	402.50	402.50
3	500–550	543	365.00	365.00
3	600–650	641	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
26	350–400	360	467.50–496.00	494.93
33	450–500	453	420.00–459.00	457.73
15	550–600	555	387.50	387.50
10	600–650	630	348.00	348.00
1	700–750	705	302.50	302.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
63	350–400	360	518.00	518.00
62	400–450	444	460.00	460.00
3	450–500	465	425.00	425.00
49	500–550	537	392.50–401.00	400.83
8	600–650	637	347.00	347.00
3	700–750	746	288.00	288.00

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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