Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-05-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 398, Heifers 395, Bulls 187)

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $446.27/cwt on 165 head, down $2.83 from the prior sale. That ranks 20 of 31 comparable sales and sits +6.77 against this barn's trailing median of $439.50.

Average price

$446.27

▼ 2.83 vs prior sale

165 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,438

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$392

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$79.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−25.75

vs VA average

−28.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	449.94	2,475	107
Medium and Large 2	538	449.67	2,419	43
Medium and Large 3	536	425.00	2,278	11thin
Small 1	563	370.00	2,083	4thin

One grade step is worth $79.94/cwt here — about $392 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

Steers 500–600 lb: high $484.39, low $397.61, median $439.50 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 sale165 hd

446.27

—

VA average7 barns · 842 hd

472.02

−25.75

National average171 barns · 13,387 hd

474.48

−28.21

This barn, trailing median31 sales

439.50

+6.77

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

51 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	Medium and Large 2	500–550	539	399.68/cwt	386.00–400.50	2,154	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,800	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	459	471.54/cwt	427.50–475.50	2,164	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	644	345.50/cwt	345.50–345.50	2,225	10
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	560	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,988	1
Steers	Small 1	550–600	563	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,083	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,936	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,220	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,165	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,274	45
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	448	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,882	6
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	373	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,585	4
Steers	Small 1	650–700	667	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,361	2
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	498	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,955	4
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	350	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	1,601	3
Steers	Small 1	350–400	350	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,575	1
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	536	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,943	8
Steers	Small 1	400–450	440	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,925	1
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	418	426.01/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,781	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	396.50/cwt	396.50–396.50	2,165	84
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	403.48/cwt	375.00–410.00	2,308	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	435.23/cwt	422.50–436.00	2,189	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	436.61/cwt	430.00–437.50	1,834	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,437	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	514.17/cwt	500.00–520.00	1,851	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	449.94/cwt	449.94–449.94	2,475	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,667	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	469.00/cwt	469.00–469.00	2,186	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,158	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	449.67/cwt	422.50–451.00	2,419	43
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,430	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	647	419.25/cwt	419.25–419.25	2,713	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	732	287.61/cwt	270.00–290.00	2,105	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	347	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,856	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	553	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,267	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	760	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,900	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	652	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,086	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	501.00/cwt	501.00–501.00	1,829	36
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,477	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	537.32/cwt	500.00–540.00	1,977	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	502.85/cwt	420.00–505.00	2,288	43
Steers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	790	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,627	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	638	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,424	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	536	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,278	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	2,210	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	359	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	1,804	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	454	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,134	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	352	488.00/cwt	488.00–488.00	1,718	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	450	444.36/cwt	400.00–446.00	2,000	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,143	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	482.46/cwt	440.00–485.00	2,031	35

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 May 18, 2026

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

Receipts 980Last week 986Year ago 1,289

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 398, Heifers 395, Bulls 187)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	350–400	365	501.00	501.00
61	450–500	459	427.50–475.50	471.54
34	500–550	539	386.00–400.50	399.68
10	600–650	644	345.50	345.50
8	700–750	732	270.00–290.00	287.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	375	480.00	480.00
33	450–500	466	469.00	469.00
84	500–550	546	396.50	396.50
31	600–650	632	342.50	342.50
3	750–800	750	296.00	296.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	373	425.00	425.00
6	400–450	448	420.00	420.00
8	500–550	536	362.50	362.50
1	550–600	560	355.00	355.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
25	350–400	352	488.00	488.00
28	450–500	450	400.00–446.00	444.36
12	550–600	570	376.00	376.00
6	650–700	652	320.00	320.00
1	750–800	760	250.00	250.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	450.00	450.00
1	400–450	440	437.50	437.50
4	550–600	563	370.00	370.00
2	650–700	667	354.00	354.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	376	515.00	515.00
45	450–500	464	490.00	490.00
107	550–600	550	449.94	449.94
75	600–650	647	419.25	419.25
13	700–750	745	358.00	358.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	368	500.00–540.00	537.32
43	450–500	455	420.00–505.00	502.85
43	500–550	538	422.50–451.00	449.67
6	600–650	635	390.00	390.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	359	502.50	502.50
13	450–500	454	470.00	470.00
11	500–550	536	425.00	425.00
3	600–650	638	380.00	380.00
1	750–800	790	332.50	332.50
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	350	457.50	457.50
8	400–450	418	400.00–430.00	426.01
4	450–500	498	392.50	392.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	360	500.00–520.00	514.17
17	400–450	420	430.00–437.50	436.61
18	500–550	503	422.50–436.00	435.23
32	550–600	572	375.00–410.00	403.48
12	600–650	628	388.00	388.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	300–350	347	535.00	535.00
35	400–450	421	440.00–485.00	482.46
14	450–500	490	451.00	451.00
1	500–550	520	415.00	415.00
8	550–600	553	410.00	410.00
4	600–650	623	390.00	390.00

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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