Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-08-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded feeder Cattle (Steers 205, Heifers 331, Bulls 93)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $354.94/cwt on 95 head, down $32.43 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 32 comparable sales and sits −29.93 against this barn's trailing median of $384.87.

Average price

$354.94

▼ 32.43 vs prior sale

95 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,942

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$92

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$41.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.36

vs VA average

+3.76 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	543	359.63	1,953	45
Medium and Large 1	552	353.73	1,952	45
Small 1	535	325.00	1,739	4thin
Medium and Large 3	585	318.00	1,860	1thin

One grade step is worth $41.63/cwt here — about $92 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

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 sale95 hd

354.94

—

VA average8 barns · 486 hd

366.30

−11.36

National average122 barns · 3,757 hd

351.18

+3.76

This barn, trailing median32 sales

384.87

−29.93

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 3	600–650	612	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,879	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	439	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	1,853	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	355	383.08/cwt	372.50–385.00	1,360	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	585	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,860	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	1,810	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	343	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,518	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	627	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,157	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	532	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,123	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,142	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	359.63/cwt	340.00–360.50	1,953	45
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	1,844	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	448	368.05/cwt	368.00–370.00	1,649	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	654	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,076	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,936	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	358	392.20/cwt	360.00–395.00	1,404	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,363	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	2,181	38
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	357	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,535	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	1,926	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	732	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,342	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	454	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,952	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	534	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	2,157	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,093	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	452	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	1,736	46
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	352	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,584	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,641	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	744	329.50/cwt	329.50–329.50	2,451	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	419.34/cwt	412.50–420.00	1,950	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,918	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,057	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	317.63/cwt	317.50–319.00	2,004	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,954	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,285	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,599	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,414	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	626	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,222	11
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	376	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,269	4
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	435	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,610	1
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	535	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,739	4
Steers	Small 1	600–650	607	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,003	2
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	491	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,660	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,261	23
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	426	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,353	5
Steers	Small 1	450–500	475	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,793	3
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	612	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,790	2
Heifers	Small 1	700–750	715	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,948	1
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	571	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,884	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,075	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,262	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,898	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	1,801	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,505	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,873	1

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 17, 2026

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

Receipts 629Last week 631Year ago 689

State Graded feeder Cattle (Steers 205, Heifers 331, Bulls 93)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	355	372.50–385.00	383.08
36	400–450	448	368.00–370.00	368.05
1	550–600	585	318.00	318.00
2	600–650	612	307.00	307.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	350–400	358	360.00–395.00	392.20
46	450–500	452	384.00	384.00
45	500–550	543	340.00–360.50	359.63
1	600–650	605	320.00	320.00
13	650–700	654	317.50	317.50
4	750–800	755	313.00	313.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	377	375.00	375.00
30	450–500	460	347.50	347.50
3	500–550	548	350.00	350.00
42	550–600	552	354.00	354.00
33	600–650	631	317.50–319.00	317.63
11	700–750	737	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	376	337.50	337.50
5	400–450	426	317.50	317.50
4	500–550	535	325.00	325.00
2	600–650	612	292.50	292.50
1	700–750	715	272.50	272.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	357	430.00	430.00
7	400–450	439	422.00	422.00
7	500–550	532	399.00	399.00
2	600–650	627	344.00	344.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	352	450.00	450.00
1	400–450	440	419.00	419.00
29	450–500	454	430.00	430.00
28	500–550	534	404.00	404.00
11	600–650	626	355.00	355.00
2	700–750	732	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	375	437.50	437.50
22	450–500	465	412.50–420.00	419.34
1	500–550	545	384.00	384.00
38	550–600	555	393.00	393.00
23	600–650	637	355.00	355.00
13	700–750	744	329.50	329.50
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	475	377.50	377.50
2	600–650	607	330.00	330.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	343	442.50	442.50
13	400–450	419	432.00	432.00
8	450–500	495	389.00	389.00
11	550–600	565	364.00	364.00
2	600–650	630	340.00	340.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	370.00	370.00
3	450–500	491	338.00	338.00
5	550–600	571	330.00	330.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	350	430.00	430.00
4	400–450	433	416.00	416.00
6	450–500	493	385.00	385.00
1	500–550	535	350.00	350.00
13	550–600	567	366.00	366.00
11	600–650	630	359.00	359.00

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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