Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-08-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 159, Heifers 337, Bulls 192)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $342.74/cwt on 110 head, down $10.38 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 33 comparable sales and sits −41.97 against this barn's trailing median of $384.71.

Average price

$342.74

▼ 10.38 vs prior sale

110 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,892

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$267

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$47.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.06

vs VA average

+11.22 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	349.54	1,931	54
Medium and Large 2	553	344.09	1,903	42
Medium and Large 3	547	320.00	1,750	8thin
Small 1	550	302.50	1,664	6thin

One grade step is worth $47.04/cwt here — about $267 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

33 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $415.34, low $324.56, median $384.71 across 33 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 sale110 hd

342.74

—

VA average5 barns · 201 hd

337.69

+5.06

National average157 barns · 5,611 hd

331.52

+11.22

This barn, trailing median33 sales

384.71

−41.97

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

60 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	500–550	537	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,812	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,374	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,544	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,589	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,936	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,982	29
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	339	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,178	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,338	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,100	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	494	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,877	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,484	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,888	2
Steers	Small 1	550–600	558	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,827	7
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	443	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,329	6
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	365	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,205	3
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	580	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,740	2
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	485	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,460	11
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	401	331.38/cwt	322.50–332.50	1,329	9
Steers	Small 1	450–500	466	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,701	3
Steers	Small 1	600–650	635	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,048	2
Heifers	Small 1	650–700	650	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,755	2
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	325	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,040	1
Steers	Small 1	350–400	390	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,385	1
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	550	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,664	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,751	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,115	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	339.41/cwt	339.00–342.00	1,924	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	547	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,018	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,261	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	422.11/cwt	417.50–423.00	1,925	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,123	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,035	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	341	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,654	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	369	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,697	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	661	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,366	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,629	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	553	344.09/cwt	322.50–347.00	1,903	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	459	358.88/cwt	325.00–361.00	1,647	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,093	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,820	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,768	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	746	357.69/cwt	334.00–360.00	2,668	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	551	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,088	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	347	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	1,588	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	442	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	1,848	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	746	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,693	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	364	384.90/cwt	370.00–387.50	1,401	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	1,997	16
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	315	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,394	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	450	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,868	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	657	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,102	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	551	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,033	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	547	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,750	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	493	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,859	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	637	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,854	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	358	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,325	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	446	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,481	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	705	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,956	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,437	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	649	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,992	20

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 31, 2026

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

Receipts 688Last week 670Year ago 401

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 159, Heifers 337, Bulls 192)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	377	355.00	355.00
3	400–450	443	335.00	335.00
24	450–500	459	355.00	355.00
2	500–550	537	337.50	337.50
52	550–600	553	350.00	350.00
2	600–650	640	295.00	295.00
29	650–700	652	304.00	304.00
4	750–800	750	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	320.00	320.00
3	350–400	365	330.00	330.00
6	400–450	443	300.00	300.00
6	550–600	550	302.50	302.50
2	650–700	650	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	364	370.00–387.50	384.90
52	450–500	459	325.00–361.00	358.88
42	550–600	553	322.50–347.00	344.09
20	600–650	649	307.00	307.00
2	750–800	775	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	358	370.00	370.00
27	400–450	446	332.00	332.00
3	450–500	475	302.50	302.50
8	500–550	547	320.00	320.00
10	600–650	637	291.00	291.00
1	700–750	705	277.50	277.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	447.50	447.50
13	450–500	456	417.50–423.00	422.11
32	500–550	547	369.00	369.00
22	600–650	646	350.00	350.00
1	650–700	665	357.00	357.00
11	700–750	746	334.00–360.00	357.69
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	355.00	355.00
3	450–500	466	365.00	365.00
7	550–600	558	327.50	327.50
2	600–650	635	322.50	322.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	347	457.50	457.50
8	350–400	369	460.00	460.00
2	400–450	442	418.00	418.00
16	450–500	472	423.00	423.00
16	550–600	551	379.00	379.00
8	650–700	661	358.00	358.00
4	700–750	746	361.00	361.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	442.50	442.50
2	450–500	450	415.00	415.00
5	550–600	551	369.00	369.00
2	650–700	657	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	355	447.50	447.50
14	400–450	427	410.00	410.00
16	450–500	494	380.00	380.00
22	550–600	567	339.00–342.00	339.41
7	600–650	635	333.00	333.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	339	347.50	347.50
9	400–450	401	322.50–332.50	331.38
11	450–500	485	301.00	301.00
2	550–600	580	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	300–350	341	485.00	485.00
28	400–450	416	425.00	425.00
30	450–500	493	377.00	377.00
1	500–550	520	350.00	350.00
16	550–600	570	357.00	357.00
3	600–650	628	338.00	338.00

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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