Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-09-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 102, Heifers 170, Bulls 84)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $327.76/cwt on 64 head, down $14.98 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 33 comparable sales and sits −56.95 against this barn's trailing median of $384.71.

Average price

$327.76

▼ 14.98 vs prior sale

64 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,805

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$256

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$29.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.52

vs VA average

−10.03 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	334.09	1,851	29
Medium and Large 2	548	330.96	1,815	23
Medium and Large 3	560	307.00	1,719	8thin
Small 1	523	305.00	1,595	4thin

One grade step is worth $29.09/cwt here — about $256 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

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 sale64 hd

327.76

—

VA average7 barns · 242 hd

324.24

+3.52

National average138 barns · 5,113 hd

337.79

−10.03

This barn, trailing median33 sales

384.71

−56.95

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

50 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	352	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,654	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,026	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,644	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	377.38/cwt	355.00–379.00	1,800	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	360.07/cwt	336.00–365.00	2,049	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,020	6
Steers	Small 1	600–650	620	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,978	1
Steers	Small 1	750–800	750	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,269	1
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	520	297.69/cwt	292.50–302.50	1,548	2
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	580	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,697	2
Steers	Small 1	500–550	515	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,730	4
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	453	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,427	4
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	430	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,344	1
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	630	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,701	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	449	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	1,868	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,013	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	644	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,884	10
Steers	Small 1	300–350	335	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,265	1
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	410	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,304	6
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	523	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,595	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,178	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	547	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,816	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	459	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,572	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	367.67/cwt	356.00–370.00	2,066	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,568	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	447	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,475	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	353	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,659	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,876	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	718	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,334	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	334.09/cwt	322.00–335.00	1,851	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	561	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,053	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,575	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	560	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,719	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	462	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,536	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,019	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,501	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,651	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	441	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	1,799	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	362	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,285	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	627	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,787	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,320	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	329.50/cwt	329.50–329.50	2,125	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,585	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	503	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,871	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	605	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,863	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,868	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	479	370.49/cwt	350.00–379.00	1,775	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,798	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,872	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	361.71/cwt	357.50–362.50	1,356	13

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 Sep 7, 2026

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

Receipts 356Last week 688Year ago 1,030

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 102, Heifers 170, Bulls 84)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	352	470.00	470.00
9	400–450	427	385.00	385.00
14	450–500	477	355.00–379.00	377.38
18	550–600	569	336.00–365.00	360.07
4	600–650	635	319.00	319.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	410	318.00	318.00
2	500–550	520	292.50–302.50	297.69
2	550–600	580	292.50	292.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	353	470.00	470.00
6	400–450	417	380.00	380.00
1	450–500	465	355.00	355.00
8	500–550	503	372.00	372.00
2	550–600	550	341.00	341.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	447	330.00	330.00
1	450–500	475	330.00	330.00
29	550–600	554	322.00–335.00	334.09
10	600–650	644	292.50	292.50
6	700–750	740	273.00	273.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	312.50	312.50
4	450–500	453	315.00	315.00
4	500–550	523	305.00	305.00
1	600–650	630	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	375	357.50–362.50	361.71
29	450–500	459	342.50	342.50
21	500–550	547	332.00	332.00
2	550–600	562	320.00	320.00
8	600–650	640	292.50	292.50
1	700–750	745	271.00	271.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	362	355.00	355.00
10	450–500	462	332.50	332.50
8	550–600	560	307.00	307.00
5	600–650	627	285.00	285.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	377.50	377.50
4	500–550	515	336.00	336.00
1	600–650	620	319.00	319.00
1	750–800	750	302.50	302.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	449	416.00	416.00
18	550–600	562	356.00–370.00	367.67
2	600–650	627	321.00	321.00
10	650–700	650	335.00	335.00
3	750–800	758	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	470.00	470.00
10	400–450	441	408.00	408.00
11	550–600	561	366.00	366.00
6	600–650	645	329.50	329.50
4	700–750	718	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	400.00	400.00
7	450–500	479	350.00–379.00	370.49
6	500–550	540	346.00	346.00
1	600–650	605	308.00	308.00

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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