Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-07-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Grader Feeder Cattle (Steers 239, Heifers 400, Bulls 156)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $350.65/cwt on 125 head, down $3.74 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 31 comparable sales and sits −34.37 against this barn's trailing median of $385.02.

Average price

$350.65

▼ 3.74 vs prior sale

125 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,909

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$251

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$35.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.02

vs VA average

−9.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	355.36	1,940	54
Medium and Large 2	543	351.00	1,906	43
Medium and Large 3	550	351.00	1,931	19thin
Small 1	528	320.00	1,690	9thin

One grade step is worth $35.36/cwt here — about $251 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

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 sale125 hd

350.65

—

VA average5 barns · 229 hd

353.67

−3.02

National average152 barns · 4,754 hd

360.52

−9.87

This barn, trailing median31 sales

385.02

−34.37

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

53 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 1	350–400	381	386.10/cwt	375.00–387.50	1,471	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,301	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	544	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,230	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	447	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,810	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	647	330.05/cwt	315.00–331.00	2,135	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,153	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,632	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	756	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,586	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,212	2
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	555	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,901	1
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	528	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,690	9
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	325	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,219	1
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	431	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,659	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,330	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,575	1
Steers	Small 1	400–450	444	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,721	6
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	455	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,529	11
Steers	Small 1	550–600	558	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,126	3
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	480	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,752	6
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	352	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,294	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	494	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	1,867	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	1,822	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,174	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,313	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	451.14/cwt	439.00–460.00	1,701	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,479	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	382.81/cwt	378.00–383.00	2,481	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,852	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	355.36/cwt	347.50–355.50	1,940	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	367.81/cwt	357.50–368.00	1,692	55
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	1,798	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,251	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	373.50/cwt	373.50–373.50	2,465	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,674	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,426	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	647	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,045	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	649	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,233	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	334	516.95/cwt	465.00–520.00	1,727	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	380.61/cwt	380.00–381.00	1,972	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	1,408	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,054	21
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,133	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	356	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	1,346	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	338	491.00/cwt	491.00–491.00	1,660	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	452	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	2,029	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,183	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	357	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,624	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	357.67/cwt	345.00–358.00	1,627	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,906	43
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	446	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	1,945	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,198	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	550	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,931	19
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	742	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,315	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 27, 2026

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

Receipts 795Last week 809Year ago 416

State Grader Feeder Cattle (Steers 239, Heifers 400, Bulls 156)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	381	375.00–387.50	386.10
1	400–450	440	358.00	358.00
22	450–500	461	354.00	354.00
54	500–550	546	347.50–355.50	355.36
50	600–650	647	315.00–331.00	330.05
10	700–750	725	297.00	297.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	382.50	382.50
25	350–400	363	388.00	388.00
55	450–500	460	357.50–368.00	367.81
43	500–550	543	351.00	351.00
21	600–650	640	321.00	321.00
1	700–750	745	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	352	367.50	367.50
11	450–500	455	336.00	336.00
9	500–550	528	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	356	378.00	378.00
41	450–500	455	345.00–358.00	357.67
19	550–600	550	351.00	351.00
8	600–650	647	316.00	316.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	338	491.00	491.00
27	450–500	452	449.00	449.00
37	500–550	544	410.00	410.00
1	600–650	620	363.00	363.00
9	650–700	660	373.50	373.50
6	700–750	735	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	368	455.00	455.00
2	400–450	447	405.00	405.00
24	450–500	463	400.00	400.00
2	500–550	537	412.00	412.00
36	550–600	556	419.00	419.00
26	600–650	648	378.00–383.00	382.81
13	750–800	756	342.00	342.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	444	387.50	387.50
3	550–600	558	381.00	381.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	357	455.00	455.00
14	400–450	446	436.00	436.00
11	500–550	540	395.00	395.00
5	600–650	649	344.00	344.00
2	700–750	742	312.00	312.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	375.00	375.00
4	400–450	431	385.00	385.00
6	450–500	480	365.00	365.00
1	550–600	555	342.50	342.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	455.00	455.00
5	350–400	377	439.00–460.00	451.14
22	400–450	418	436.00	436.00
30	450–500	494	378.00	378.00
20	550–600	569	382.00	382.00
8	600–650	625	370.00	370.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	334	465.00–520.00	516.95
20	400–450	419	429.00	429.00
19	500–550	518	380.00–381.00	380.61
1	600–650	615	355.00	355.00

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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