Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-06-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 461, Heifers 445, Bulls 152)

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $448.73/cwt on 171 head, up $6.65 from the prior sale. That ranks 23 of 32 comparable sales and sits +9.74 against this barn's trailing median of $438.99.

Average price

$448.73

▲ 6.65 vs prior sale

171 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,488

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$590

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$94.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−25.90

vs VA average

−4.99 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	454.33	2,534	90
Medium and Large 2	551	448.00	2,468	59
Medium and Large 3	551	431.00	2,375	21
Small 1	540	360.00	1,944	1thin

One grade step is worth $94.33/cwt here — about $590 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $484.39, low $381.73, median $438.99 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 sale171 hd

448.73

—

VA average7 barns · 723 hd

474.63

−25.90

National average163 barns · 9,671 hd

453.72

−4.99

This barn, trailing median32 sales

438.99

+9.74

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

59 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	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	1,725	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,314	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,028	41
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	464.20/cwt	450.00–465.00	1,931	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,139	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,304	2
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	491	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,903	6
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	426	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	1,772	3
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	345	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,492	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	370.50/cwt	370.50–370.50	2,705	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	1,834	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	343.91/cwt	338.00–344.50	2,194	55
Steers	Small 1	750–800	751	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,486	3
Steers	Small 1	650–700	678	368.78/cwt	360.00–377.50	2,500	2
Steers	Small 1	500–550	540	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,944	1
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	435	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	1,818	15
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	370	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,536	6
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	562	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,967	7
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	540	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,966	1
Steers	Small 1	450–500	456	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,756	4
Steers	Small 1	350–400	370	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,665	3
Steers	Small 1	400–450	400	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,590	1
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	544	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,948	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	432.96/cwt	408.00–434.00	2,134	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	1,929	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,316	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	377.42/cwt	361.00–378.50	2,087	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,774	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	2,351	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,333	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,262	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,096	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,539	88
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,325	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	444.55/cwt	422.00–450.00	1,689	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,014	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	748	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,334	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,106	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	717	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,581	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	637	410.15/cwt	410.00–414.00	2,613	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	359	493.94/cwt	475.00–495.00	1,773	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	451	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,142	43
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	551	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	2,375	21
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	633	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,405	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	622	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,407	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	557	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,345	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	644	412.67/cwt	402.00–416.00	2,658	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	458	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,924	27
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	449	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,987	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	354	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	1,589	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	453	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,016	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	454.21/cwt	435.00–455.00	1,658	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	551	448.00/cwt	448.00–448.00	2,468	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	548	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,006	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	628	335.49/cwt	332.00–336.00	2,107	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	342	497.00/cwt	497.00–497.00	1,700	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	362	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	1,531	17
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	740	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,501	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	491	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,092	16

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 Jun 8, 2026

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

Receipts 1,058Last week 957Year ago 897

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 461, Heifers 445, Bulls 152)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	472.50	472.50
7	400–450	417	462.50	462.50
24	450–500	493	408.00–434.00	432.96
1	500–550	545	425.00	425.00
23	550–600	557	422.00	422.00
11	600–650	630	369.00	369.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	342	497.00	497.00
18	400–450	416	450.00–465.00	464.20
16	450–500	491	426.00	426.00
12	550–600	557	421.00	421.00
4	600–650	622	387.00	387.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	345	432.50	432.50
3	400–450	426	416.00	416.00
6	450–500	491	387.50	387.50
1	500–550	540	364.00	364.00
7	550–600	562	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	380	422.00–450.00	444.55
41	450–500	462	439.00	439.00
65	550–600	553	361.00–378.50	377.42
55	600–650	638	338.00–344.50	343.91
9	700–750	737	314.00	314.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	370	415.00	415.00
15	400–450	435	418.00	418.00
8	500–550	544	358.00	358.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	350–400	365	435.00–455.00	454.21
76	450–500	453	445.00	445.00
2	500–550	540	373.00	373.00
47	550–600	550	381.00	381.00
1	600–650	625	337.00	337.00
13	650–700	650	348.00	348.00
3	700–750	748	312.00	312.00
1	750–800	760	307.00	307.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	362	423.00	423.00
27	450–500	458	420.00	420.00
20	500–550	548	366.00	366.00
8	600–650	628	332.00–336.00	335.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	380	482.50	482.50
26	450–500	470	455.00	455.00
2	500–550	542	425.00	425.00
88	550–600	558	455.00	455.00
98	600–650	644	402.00–416.00	412.67
31	700–750	730	370.50	370.50
1	750–800	760	365.00	365.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	370	450.00	450.00
1	400–450	400	397.50	397.50
4	450–500	456	385.00	385.00
1	500–550	540	360.00	360.00
2	650–700	678	360.00–377.50	368.78
3	750–800	751	331.00	331.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	359	475.00–495.00	493.94
43	450–500	451	475.00	475.00
59	550–600	551	448.00	448.00
27	600–650	637	410.00–414.00	410.15
2	700–750	717	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	354	449.00	449.00
7	400–450	449	442.50	442.50
21	550–600	551	431.00	431.00
3	600–650	633	380.00	380.00
2	700–750	740	338.00	338.00

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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