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Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-10-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-05

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, Oct 5

● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184

← Sep 28Oct 5Oct 12 →

Receipts

549 head

▼ 159 vs last sale 708▼ 296 vs year ago 845 · −35.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 195, Heifers 242, Bulls 112)

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $329.96/cwt on 93 head, up $3.79 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 35 comparable sales and sits −52.02 against this barn's trailing median of $381.97.

Average price

$329.96

▲ 3.79 vs prior sale

93 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,810

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$160

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$35.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.05

vs VA average

−37.95 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	335.38	1,831	43
Medium and Large 2	550	331.95	1,826	37
Small 1	549	316.00	1,735	5thin
Medium and Large 3	556	300.31	1,671	8thin

One grade step is worth $35.07/cwt here — about $160 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale93 hd

329.96

—

VA average9 barns · 443 hd

324.90

+5.05

National average187 barns · 16,614 hd

367.91

−37.95

This barn, trailing median35 sales

381.97

−52.02

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

35 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $401.58, low $316.96, median $381.97 across 35 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

47 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	330	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,370	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	395	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,649	2
Steers	400–450	Small 1	446	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,617	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	461	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	1,964	15
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,892	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	485	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,843	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	521	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,889	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	549	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,163	25
Steers	550–600	Small 1	553	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,949	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	559	389.14/cwt	379.00–390.00	2,175	53
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,992	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	641	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,301	14
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	647	347.56/cwt	347.00–350.00	2,249	43
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	334.48/cwt	328.00–335.00	2,432	13
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	728	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,330	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	358	369.25/cwt	345.00–372.50	1,322	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	360	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,305	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	371	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,365	3
Heifers	350–400	Small 1	387	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,355	2
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	447	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,448	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	452	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,614	35
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	455	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,520	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	349.09/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,634	29
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	510	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,543	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	546	335.38/cwt	322.50–336.00	1,831	43
Heifers	500–550	Small 1	549	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,735	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	550	331.95/cwt	320.00–333.00	1,826	37
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	563	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,689	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	643	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,929	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	646	301.73/cwt	295.00–302.00	1,949	25
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	652	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,858	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,059	6
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	750	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,093	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,378	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	352	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,461	9
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	381.21/cwt	375.00–387.50	1,441	2
Bulls	350–400	Small 1	397	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,469	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	415	388.26/cwt	362.50–390.00	1,611	16
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,546	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	481	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,809	23
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	492	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,604	7
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	503	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,886	15
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,044	12
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	566	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,038	6
Bulls	550–600	Small 1	575	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,788	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,085	8
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	632	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,092	4

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 Oct 5, 2026

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

Receipts 549Last week 708Year ago 845

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 195, Heifers 242, Bulls 112)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	417.50	417.50
2	350–400	378	375.00–387.50	381.21
4	400–450	415	372.50	372.50
15	500–550	503	375.00	375.00
12	550–600	560	365.00	365.00
8	600–650	630	331.00	331.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	397	370.00	370.00
7	450–500	492	326.00	326.00
2	550–600	575	311.00	311.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	352	415.00	415.00
16	400–450	415	362.50–390.00	388.26
23	450–500	481	376.00	376.00
6	550–600	566	360.00	360.00
4	600–650	632	331.00	331.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	387	350.00	350.00
6	400–450	447	324.00	324.00
5	500–550	549	316.00	316.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	360	362.50	362.50
29	450–500	468	325.00–350.00	349.09
43	500–550	546	322.50–336.00	335.38
25	600–650	646	295.00–302.00	301.73
6	700–750	730	282.00	282.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	358	345.00–372.50	369.25
35	450–500	452	357.00	357.00
37	550–600	550	320.00–333.00	331.95
13	600–650	643	300.00	300.00
2	750–800	750	279.00	279.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	371	368.00	368.00
11	450–500	455	334.00	334.00
1	500–550	510	302.50	302.50
7	550–600	563	300.00	300.00
6	650–700	652	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	446	362.50	362.50
3	550–600	553	352.50	352.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	470	402.50	402.50
53	550–600	559	379.00–390.00	389.14
43	600–650	647	347.00–350.00	347.56
13	700–750	727	328.00–335.00	334.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	395	417.50	417.50
15	450–500	461	426.00	426.00
25	500–550	549	394.00	394.00
1	550–600	565	352.50	352.50
14	600–650	641	359.00	359.00
4	700–750	728	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	415.00	415.00
4	450–500	485	380.00	380.00
3	500–550	521	362.50	362.50

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.