Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-09-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 175, Heifers 329, Bulls 204)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $326.17/cwt on 117 head, up $1.61 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 34 comparable sales and sits −58.14 against this barn's trailing median of $384.31.

Average price

$326.17

▲ 1.61 vs prior sale

117 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,803

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$369

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$60.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.67

vs VA average

−26.79 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	550	335.50	1,845	36
Medium and Large 1	555	328.81	1,826	67
Medium and Large 3	549	292.00	1,603	12thin
Small 1	537	275.00	1,477	2thin

One grade step is worth $60.50/cwt here — about $369 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

34 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $415.34, low $324.56, median $384.31 across 34 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 sale117 hd

326.17

—

VA average8 barns · 391 hd

320.50

+5.67

National average179 barns · 12,503 hd

352.96

−26.79

This barn, trailing median34 sales

384.31

−58.14

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

55 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	300–350	345	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,492	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	547	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,975	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,577	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,038	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	392.69/cwt	375.00–395.00	1,893	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	377.04/cwt	340.00–380.00	2,115	28
Steers	Small 1	400–450	448	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,460	5
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	338	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,180	9
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	370	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,360	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	455	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,365	8
Steers	Small 1	350–400	385	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,444	1
Steers	Small 1	550–600	551	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,686	3
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	537	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,477	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,643	1
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	479	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,600	9
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	605	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,649	1
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	586	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,817	5
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	423	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,523	4
Steers	Small 1	600–650	648	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,976	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,353	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,829	66
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,077	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,184	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,609	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	307.65/cwt	293.00–309.00	1,957	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	298.50/cwt	298.50–298.50	1,919	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	659	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,208	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	405	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,499	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	620	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,693	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	544	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,007	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	376	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,376	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	360	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,422	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	549	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,603	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	1,470	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	416.23/cwt	390.00–417.00	1,744	34
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	554	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,055	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	468	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,591	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	539	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,124	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	705	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,988	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	353	430.59/cwt	417.50–432.50	1,520	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	511	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,916	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,182	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	461	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,775	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,354	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	335.50/cwt	335.50–335.50	1,845	36
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,047	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,959	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	359	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,598	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	381.50/cwt	381.50–381.50	1,755	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,191	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,944	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	621	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,037	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	366.60/cwt	330.00–368.50	1,734	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,378	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,955	17

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 28, 2026

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

Receipts 708Last week 534Year ago 820

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 175, Heifers 329, Bulls 204)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	432.50	432.50
6	400–450	415	380.00	380.00
27	450–500	482	375.00–395.00	392.69
4	500–550	547	361.00	361.00
29	550–600	569	365.00	365.00
10	600–650	625	326.00	326.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	367.50	367.50
4	400–450	423	360.00	360.00
9	450–500	479	334.00	334.00
5	550–600	586	310.00	310.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	353	417.50–432.50	430.59
34	400–450	419	390.00–417.00	416.23
29	450–500	486	400.00	400.00
3	500–550	511	375.00	375.00
28	550–600	554	371.00	371.00
6	600–650	621	328.00	328.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	383	420.00	420.00
17	450–500	471	415.00	415.00
28	550–600	561	340.00–380.00	377.04
32	650–700	652	336.00	336.00
14	700–750	733	321.00	321.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	375.00	375.00
5	400–450	448	326.00	326.00
3	550–600	551	306.00	306.00
3	600–650	648	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	359	445.00	445.00
15	450–500	472	415.00	415.00
17	500–550	539	394.00	394.00
1	550–600	590	347.00	347.00
8	650–700	659	335.00	335.00
6	700–750	745	316.00	316.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	395.00	395.00
1	400–450	405	370.00	370.00
9	450–500	461	385.00	385.00
6	500–550	544	369.00	369.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	338	349.00	349.00
8	450–500	455	300.00	300.00
2	500–550	537	275.00	275.00
1	600–650	605	272.50	272.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	372.50	372.50
21	450–500	473	330.00–368.50	366.60
1	500–550	520	316.00	316.00
66	550–600	556	329.00	329.00
47	600–650	636	293.00–309.00	307.65
5	700–750	743	294.00	294.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	373	394.00	394.00
46	450–500	460	381.50	381.50
36	550–600	550	335.50	335.50
27	600–650	643	298.50	298.50
5	750–800	755	289.00	289.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	376	366.00	366.00
13	450–500	468	340.00	340.00
12	500–550	549	292.00	292.00
6	600–650	620	273.00	273.00
1	700–750	705	282.00	282.00

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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