Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-05-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 420, Heifers 429, Bulls 137)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $388.24/cwt on 141 head, up $2.69 from the prior sale. That ranks 22 of 31 comparable sales and sits +3.22 against this barn's trailing median of $385.02.

Average price

$388.24

▲ 2.69 vs prior sale

141 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,104

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$250

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$42.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.55

vs VA average

−28.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	394.72	2,135	77
Medium and Large 2	547	386.13	2,111	46
Medium and Large 3	533	371.11	1,978	13thin
Small 1	535	352.50	1,886	5thin

One grade step is worth $42.22/cwt here — about $250 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $415.34, low $348.06, median $385.02 across 31 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 sale141 hd

388.24

—

VA average8 barns · 416 hd

377.70

+10.55

National average171 barns · 11,385 hd

417.11

−28.87

This barn, trailing median31 sales

385.02

+3.22

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

52 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 2	600–650	644	336.50/cwt	336.50–336.50	2,167	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	443	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,927	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	494	438.00/cwt	438.00–438.00	2,164	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	521.00/cwt	521.00–521.00	1,928	24
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	495	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	2,119	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	355	484.00/cwt	484.00–484.00	1,718	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	533	371.11/cwt	371.00–372.50	1,978	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	620	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,031	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	454	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,998	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	518.93/cwt	485.00–521.00	1,884	35
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	347	438.00/cwt	438.00–438.00	1,520	8
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	535	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,886	5
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	442	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	1,976	10
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	411	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,911	9
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	565	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,189	4
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	334	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	1,578	8
Steers	Small 1	550–600	558	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,204	8
Steers	Small 1	300–350	332	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,627	2
Steers	Small 1	400–450	423	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,988	9
Steers	Small 1	600–650	620	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,269	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	600	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,310	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	548	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	2,389	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	459	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,180	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	340	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	1,675	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,014	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	496.00/cwt	496.00–496.00	1,800	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	467.00/cwt	467.00–467.00	2,125	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,063	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	546	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,113	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,269	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	509.00/cwt	509.00–509.00	1,695	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	2,411	34
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	446	502.00/cwt	502.00–502.00	2,239	57
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	642	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,491	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	499	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,196	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	420.50/cwt	420.50–420.50	2,346	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,239	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,862	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	566	417.53/cwt	415.00–419.00	2,363	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	412	493.00/cwt	493.00–493.00	2,031	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,457	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,243	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,284	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,260	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	346	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,765	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,143	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	394.72/cwt	384.00–395.00	2,135	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,887	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	742	370.50/cwt	370.50–370.50	2,749	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	454.94/cwt	454.94–454.94	2,516	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	404.67/cwt	396.00–405.00	2,594	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	456.00/cwt	456.00–456.00	2,143	59

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 May 11, 2026

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

Receipts 986Last week 1,287Year ago 942

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 420, Heifers 429, Bulls 137)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	350–400	363	485.00–521.00	518.93
6	400–450	443	435.00	435.00
83	450–500	455	467.00	467.00
44	500–550	546	387.00	387.00
2	550–600	562	367.00	367.00
10	600–650	644	336.50	336.50
1	750–800	750	302.50	302.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	355	484.00	484.00
30	450–500	454	440.00	440.00
13	500–550	533	371.00–372.50	371.11
2	600–650	620	327.50	327.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	347	438.00	438.00
10	400–450	442	447.00	447.00
5	500–550	535	352.50	352.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	346	510.00	510.00
59	450–500	470	456.00	456.00
77	500–550	541	384.00–395.00	394.72
20	600–650	636	337.00	337.00
1	650–700	685	327.50	327.50
1	700–750	740	302.50	302.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	333	509.00	509.00
1	350–400	380	490.00	490.00
18	400–450	412	493.00	493.00
17	450–500	494	438.00	438.00
8	550–600	566	415.00–419.00	417.53
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	334	472.50	472.50
9	400–450	411	465.00	465.00
6	450–500	495	428.00	428.00
4	550–600	565	387.50	387.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	363	496.00	496.00
5	400–450	424	475.00	475.00
16	450–500	499	440.00	440.00
23	550–600	558	420.50	420.50
6	600–650	630	390.00	390.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	350–400	370	521.00	521.00
57	400–450	446	502.00	502.00
34	500–550	537	449.00	449.00
6	600–650	642	388.00	388.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	332	490.00	490.00
9	400–450	423	470.00	470.00
8	550–600	558	395.00	395.00
1	600–650	620	366.00	366.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	340	492.50	492.50
12	450–500	459	475.00	475.00
12	500–550	548	436.00	436.00
1	600–650	600	385.00	385.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	370	510.00	510.00
32	450–500	466	485.00	485.00
1	500–550	525	435.00	435.00
104	550–600	553	454.94	454.94
82	600–650	641	396.00–405.00	404.67
20	700–750	742	370.50	370.50

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.

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