Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-07-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 223, Heifers 394, Bulls 192)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $354.39/cwt on 159 head, down $30.64 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 31 comparable sales and sits −30.64 against this barn's trailing median of $385.02.

Average price

$354.39

▼ 30.64 vs prior sale

159 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,951

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$222

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$32.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.24

vs VA average

−21.42 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	541	357.80	1,935	49
Medium and Large 1	558	355.45	1,983	91
Medium and Large 3	542	344.64	1,868	15thin
Small 1	527	325.00	1,713	4thin

One grade step is worth $32.80/cwt here — about $222 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale159 hd

354.39

—

VA average9 barns · 455 hd

358.62

−4.24

National average148 barns · 5,785 hd

375.81

−21.42

This barn, trailing median31 sales

385.02

−30.64

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
Steers	Small 1	600–650	612	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,111	2
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	479	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,753	5
Steers	Small 1	450–500	467	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,821	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,704	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	355.45/cwt	351.00–356.00	1,983	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,152	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	384.37/cwt	377.50–385.00	1,791	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	644	381.58/cwt	381.00–395.00	2,457	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	2,438	50
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	355	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,393	2
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	615	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,768	1
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	420	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,701	1
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	527	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,713	4
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	457	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,645	9
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	360	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,530	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	448.00/cwt	448.00–448.00	1,891	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,758	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,591	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	427.06/cwt	422.50–427.50	2,003	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,022	38
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	572	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,008	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	2,300	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	349	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,710	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	494	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,001	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	553	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,919	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	389.82/cwt	388.00–390.00	2,195	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,314	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	459	459.58/cwt	425.00–461.00	2,109	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	549	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,388	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	461	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,890	55
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	557	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,239	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	476.00/cwt	476.00–476.00	1,618	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	354	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,487	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	648	315.50/cwt	315.50–315.50	2,044	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,212	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	358.50/cwt	358.50–358.50	1,936	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	367	424.75/cwt	416.00–425.50	1,559	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	1,778	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	492	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,956	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	340	429.33/cwt	397.50–432.00	1,460	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,355	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	410.79/cwt	410.00–422.50	1,721	33
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,615	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	760	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,432	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,560	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	377	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,678	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,305	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	459	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	2,070	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	650	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,386	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	542	344.64/cwt	325.00–346.00	1,868	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	645	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,951	2

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 20, 2026

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

Receipts 809Last week 794Year ago 802

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 223, Heifers 394, Bulls 192)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	467	390.00	390.00
2	600–650	612	345.00	345.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	370	475.00	475.00
22	450–500	469	422.50–427.50	427.06
1	500–550	545	422.00	422.00
50	550–600	558	437.00	437.00
47	600–650	644	381.00–395.00	381.58
10	700–750	736	352.00	352.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	340	476.00	476.00
27	450–500	459	425.00–461.00	459.58
29	500–550	549	435.00	435.00
8	600–650	640	400.00	400.00
2	700–750	745	351.00	351.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	377	445.00	445.00
6	450–500	459	451.00	451.00
4	550–600	565	408.00	408.00
1	650–700	650	367.00	367.00
1	750–800	760	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	425.00	425.00
1	400–450	420	405.00	405.00
5	450–500	479	366.00	366.00
2	550–600	572	351.00	351.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	355	480.00	480.00
17	400–450	422	448.00	448.00
27	450–500	492	397.50	397.50
22	550–600	563	388.00–390.00	389.82
13	600–650	622	372.00	372.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	300–350	349	490.00	490.00
33	400–450	419	410.00–422.50	410.79
22	450–500	494	405.00	405.00
16	550–600	557	402.00	402.00
10	600–650	628	375.00	375.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	354	420.00	420.00
36	450–500	466	377.50–385.00	384.37
91	550–600	558	351.00–356.00	355.45
38	600–650	640	316.00	316.00
9	700–750	732	294.00	294.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	355	392.50	392.50
9	450–500	457	360.00	360.00
4	500–550	527	325.00	325.00
1	600–650	615	287.50	287.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	350–400	367	416.00–425.50	424.75
55	450–500	461	410.00	410.00
46	500–550	540	358.50	358.50
3	550–600	553	347.00	347.00
13	600–650	648	315.50	315.50
3	750–800	755	293.00	293.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	340	397.50–432.00	429.33
23	400–450	440	404.00	404.00
15	500–550	542	325.00–346.00	344.64
2	600–650	645	302.50	302.50

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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