Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-08-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 178, Heifers 237, Bulls 117)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $383.51/cwt on 82 head, up $32.86 from the prior sale. That ranks 14 of 32 comparable sales and sits −1.36 against this barn's trailing median of $384.87.

Average price

$383.51

▲ 32.86 vs prior sale

82 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,099

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$252

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$39.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.56

vs VA average

+9.48 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	389.00	2,132	36
Medium and Large 2	549	385.00	2,114	36
Medium and Large 3	539	364.00	1,962	6thin
Small 1	537	350.00	1,880	4thin

One grade step is worth $39.00/cwt here — about $252 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale82 hd

383.51

—

VA average6 barns · 244 hd

365.95

+17.56

National average160 barns · 6,700 hd

374.03

+9.48

This barn, trailing median32 sales

384.87

−1.36

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

57 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	350–400	357	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,571	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,845	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	1,531	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,033	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,482	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	461	431.01/cwt	400.00–432.00	1,987	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	638	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,220	17
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	630	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,890	1
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	483	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	1,855	7
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	424	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	1,734	5
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	570	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,910	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	1,930	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,418	36
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	366	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,556	5
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	537	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,880	4
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	447	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,799	2
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	305	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,327	1
Steers	Small 1	450–500	468	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,895	7
Heifers	Small 1	700–750	715	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,966	1
Steers	Small 1	350–400	385	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,694	1
Steers	Small 1	600–650	615	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,999	2
Steers	Small 1	500–550	525	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,021	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	1,938	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	647	338.50/cwt	338.50–338.50	2,190	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,132	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,192	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,552	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,806	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,245	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,139	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,268	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,145	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	2,115	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,609	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,235	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	549	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,114	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,318	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,400	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	733	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,170	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	755	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,341	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,336	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,239	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	411	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	1,880	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	326	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,500	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	498	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	2,037	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	433	418.35/cwt	410.00–419.00	1,811	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	636	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,124	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,475	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,834	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	449	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,976	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	553	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	2,190	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	539	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,962	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	358	425.39/cwt	425.00–427.50	1,523	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	453	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	2,043	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,283	18
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	678	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,305	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	337	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,634	5

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 Aug 3, 2026

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

Receipts 532Last week 795Year ago 1,318

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 178, Heifers 237, Bulls 117)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	437.50	437.50
12	350–400	357	440.00	440.00
34	450–500	461	400.00–432.00	431.01
36	500–550	549	385.00	385.00
17	600–650	638	348.00	348.00
3	700–750	733	296.00	296.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	366	425.00	425.00
2	400–450	447	402.50	402.50
4	500–550	537	350.00	350.00
1	600–650	630	300.00	300.00
1	700–750	715	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	361	430.00	430.00
1	400–450	425	425.00	425.00
24	450–500	455	426.00	426.00
36	500–550	548	389.00	389.00
17	600–650	647	338.50	338.50
6	700–750	738	297.00	297.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	358	425.00–427.50	425.39
14	400–450	433	410.00–419.00	418.35
6	500–550	539	364.00	364.00
4	600–650	636	334.00	334.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	331	462.50	462.50
11	400–450	417	442.50	442.50
11	450–500	491	393.00	393.00
1	500–550	535	380.00	380.00
11	550–600	578	370.00	370.00
12	600–650	630	360.00	360.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	435.00	435.00
5	400–450	424	409.00	409.00
7	450–500	483	384.00	384.00
4	550–600	570	335.00	335.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	326	460.00	460.00
10	400–450	411	457.50	457.50
20	450–500	498	409.00	409.00
5	550–600	574	390.00	390.00
2	600–650	615	365.00	365.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	469	451.00	451.00
1	500–550	520	412.50	412.50
31	550–600	552	420.00	420.00
36	600–650	638	379.00	379.00
11	700–750	741	335.00	335.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	440.00	440.00
7	450–500	468	405.00	405.00
2	500–550	525	385.00	385.00
2	600–650	615	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	495.00	495.00
2	350–400	382	480.00	480.00
15	450–500	453	451.00	451.00
1	500–550	545	410.00	410.00
18	550–600	550	415.00	415.00
10	600–650	640	365.00	365.00
1	750–800	750	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	337	485.00	485.00
10	400–450	449	440.00	440.00
10	550–600	553	396.00	396.00
3	650–700	678	340.00	340.00
1	750–800	755	310.00	310.00

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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