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Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-10-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-26

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, Oct 26

● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184

← Oct 19Oct 26latest

Receipts

770 head

▲ 11 vs last sale 759▼ 263 vs year ago 1,033 · −25.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 252, Heifers 324, Bulls 194)

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 $332.64/cwt on 115 head, up $1.40 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 35 comparable sales and sits −49.33 against this barn's trailing median of $381.97.

Average price

$332.64

▲ 1.40 vs prior sale

115 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,833

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$134

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$23.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.96

vs VA average

−42.79 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	343.67	1,897	42
Medium and Large 2	553	329.52	1,822	42
Medium and Large 3	543	324.00	1,759	15thin
Small 1	551	320.00	1,763	16thin

One grade step is worth $23.67/cwt here — about $134 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale115 hd

332.64

—

VA average10 barns · 626 hd

340.60

−7.96

National average168 barns · 18,275 hd

375.43

−42.79

This barn, trailing median35 sales

381.97

−49.33

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

56 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	342	459.16/cwt	455.00–460.00	1,570	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	437.30/cwt	430.00–445.00	1,618	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	382	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,662	2
Steers	400–450	Small 1	440	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,628	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	452	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	1,903	16
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	1,937	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	470	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,974	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	540	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,111	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	554	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,244	28
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	557	389.93/cwt	355.00–392.00	2,172	56
Steers	550–600	Small 1	585	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,033	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	620	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,139	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	630	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,218	23
Steers	600–650	Small 1	631	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,893	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	643	349.42/cwt	347.00–349.50	2,247	61
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	660	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,185	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	737	324.57/cwt	308.00–326.00	2,392	12
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	738	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,399	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	361	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,426	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	362	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	1,491	12
Heifers	350–400	Small 1	370	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,295	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	372	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,442	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	456	374.51/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,708	52
Heifers	450–500	Small 1	456	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,528	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	460	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,651	19
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	369.00/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,708	32
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,683	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	543	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,759	15
Heifers	550–600	Small 1	551	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,763	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	553	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,902	41
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	553	329.52/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,822	42
Heifers	600–650	Small 1	639	291.21/cwt	291.00–292.50	1,861	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	646	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,983	14
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	649	309.50/cwt	309.50–309.50	2,009	29
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	651	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,807	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,111	7
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	755	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,208	1
Heifers	750–800	Small 1	757	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,101	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	772	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,084	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	336	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,512	17
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	338	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,453	5
Bulls	350–400	Small 1	367	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,486	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,594	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	413	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,578	14
Bulls	400–450	Small 1	420	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,470	11
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,656	16
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	485	333.34/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,617	17
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	492	387.49/cwt	366.00–389.00	1,906	15
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	496	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,944	25
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,915	1
Bulls	500–550	Small 1	540	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,674	1
Bulls	550–600	Small 1	560	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,865	10
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	568	356.77/cwt	351.00–357.00	2,026	26
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,079	17
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,168	7
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	634	354.50/cwt	354.50–354.50	2,248	9

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 26, 2026

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

Receipts 770Last week 759Year ago 1,033

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 252, Heifers 324, Bulls 194)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	382	435.00	435.00
7	450–500	470	420.00	420.00
9	500–550	540	391.00	391.00
4	600–650	620	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	342	455.00–460.00	459.16
16	450–500	452	421.00	421.00
28	550–600	554	405.00	405.00
23	600–650	630	352.00	352.00
1	650–700	660	331.00	331.00
3	700–750	738	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	430.00–445.00	437.30
13	450–500	460	421.00	421.00
56	550–600	557	355.00–392.00	389.93
61	600–650	643	347.00–349.50	349.42
12	700–750	737	308.00–326.00	324.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	440	370.00	370.00
4	550–600	585	347.50	347.50
3	600–650	631	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	372	387.50	387.50
19	450–500	460	359.00	359.00
15	500–550	543	324.00	324.00
3	650–700	651	277.50	277.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	362	412.00	412.00
52	450–500	456	350.00–375.00	374.51
42	550–600	553	320.00–330.00	329.52
14	600–650	646	307.00	307.00
2	750–800	772	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	361	395.00	395.00
32	450–500	463	340.00–370.00	369.00
1	500–550	510	330.00	330.00
41	550–600	553	344.00	344.00
29	600–650	649	309.50	309.50
7	700–750	723	292.00	292.00
1	750–800	755	292.50	292.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	370	350.00	350.00
9	450–500	456	335.00	335.00
16	550–600	551	320.00	320.00
7	600–650	639	291.00–292.50	291.21
2	750–800	757	277.50	277.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	336	450.00	450.00
1	350–400	375	425.00	425.00
14	400–450	413	382.00	382.00
25	450–500	496	392.00	392.00
26	550–600	568	351.00–357.00	356.77
9	600–650	634	354.50	354.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	338	430.00	430.00
16	400–450	422	392.50	392.50
15	450–500	492	366.00–389.00	387.49
1	500–550	535	358.00	358.00
17	550–600	576	361.00	361.00
7	600–650	623	348.00	348.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	367	405.00	405.00
11	400–450	420	350.00	350.00
17	450–500	485	320.00–335.00	333.34
1	500–550	540	310.00	310.00
10	550–600	560	333.00	333.00

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.