Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-07-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 251, Heifers 383, Bulls 160)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $385.02/cwt on 132 head, up $0.31 from the prior sale. That ranks 17 of 32 comparable sales and sits +0.16 against this barn's trailing median of $384.87.

Average price

$385.02

▲ 0.31 vs prior sale

132 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,101

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$242

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$42.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.12

vs VA average

−11.03 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	544	392.50	2,135	54
Medium and Large 1	550	389.00	2,140	45
Medium and Large 3	543	371.23	2,016	27
Small 1	541	350.00	1,894	6thin

One grade step is worth $42.50/cwt here — about $242 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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $415.34, low $341.76, median $384.87 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 sale132 hd

385.02

—

VA average6 barns · 371 hd

378.90

+6.12

National average163 barns · 8,583 hd

396.05

−11.03

This barn, trailing median32 sales

384.87

+0.16

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

55 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	350–400	363	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	1,842	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	1,654	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,140	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	351.50/cwt	351.50–351.50	2,285	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,902	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,615	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,734	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,814	3
Steers	Small 1	450–500	465	443.00/cwt	443.00–443.00	2,060	6
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	365	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,487	1
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	489	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,103	7
Steers	Small 1	650–700	665	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,394	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	2,621	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,187	3
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	457	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,851	9
Steers	Small 1	500–550	543	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,294	4
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	541	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,894	6
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	567	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,121	13
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	633	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,146	3
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	408	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,805	4
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	375	417.13/cwt	415.00–417.50	1,564	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	448.00/cwt	448.00–448.00	2,195	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,185	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,309	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	473.53/cwt	445.00–480.00	1,918	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	1,731	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,115	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,568	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,301	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	430.50/cwt	430.50–430.50	1,976	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	544	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,135	54
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,199	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	2,128	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	453.06/cwt	415.00–457.50	2,125	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	2,460	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,262	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	724	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,664	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	631	356.14/cwt	348.00–356.50	2,247	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	1,683	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	456	430.25/cwt	430.25–430.25	1,962	46
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	459	479.00/cwt	479.00–479.00	2,199	33
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	457	472.00/cwt	472.00–472.00	2,157	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	1,982	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	633	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,190	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	381	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	1,800	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,881	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	541	433.44/cwt	433.00–440.00	2,345	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	454	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	1,920	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	626	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,316	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,816	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	361	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,543	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	640	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,451	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	543	371.23/cwt	350.00–372.00	2,016	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	727	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,181	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	534	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	2,328	18

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 Jul 13, 2026

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

Receipts 794Last week 281Year ago 814

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 251, Heifers 383, Bulls 160)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	363	507.50	507.50
33	450–500	459	479.00	479.00
31	500–550	541	433.00–440.00	433.44
12	600–650	630	416.00	416.00
7	700–750	724	368.00	368.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	378	480.00	480.00
10	450–500	469	415.00–457.50	453.06
46	550–600	554	444.00	444.00
30	600–650	642	400.00	400.00
17	700–750	743	368.00	368.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	465	443.00	443.00
4	500–550	543	422.50	422.50
2	650–700	665	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	381	472.50	472.50
19	450–500	457	472.00	472.00
18	500–550	534	436.00	436.00
4	600–650	640	383.00	383.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	366	452.00	452.00
1	400–450	435	432.50	432.50
46	450–500	456	430.25	430.25
54	500–550	544	392.50	392.50
24	600–650	631	348.00–356.50	356.14
3	700–750	725	312.00	312.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	355	455.00	455.00
3	400–450	445	427.50	427.50
38	450–500	459	430.50	430.50
45	550–600	550	389.00	389.00
3	600–650	623	351.00	351.00
34	650–700	650	351.50	351.50
7	700–750	735	313.00	313.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	375	415.00–417.50	417.13
9	450–500	457	405.00	405.00
6	500–550	541	350.00	350.00
3	600–650	633	339.00	339.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	361	427.50	427.50
1	400–450	435	417.50	417.50
28	450–500	454	423.00	423.00
27	500–550	543	350.00–372.00	371.23
10	600–650	633	346.00	346.00
2	700–750	727	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	407.50	407.50
4	400–450	408	442.50	442.50
7	450–500	489	430.00	430.00
13	550–600	567	374.00	374.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	355	487.50	487.50
11	400–450	405	445.00–480.00	473.53
21	450–500	490	448.00	448.00
2	500–550	545	388.00	388.00
20	550–600	566	386.00	386.00
11	600–650	624	370.00	370.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	335	502.50	502.50
20	400–450	415	477.50	477.50
20	450–500	488	436.00	436.00
15	550–600	558	394.00	394.00
5	600–650	626	370.00	370.00

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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