Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-05-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 343, Heifers 253, Bulls 91)

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $446.64/cwt on 143 head, up $0.37 from the prior sale. That ranks 21 of 31 comparable sales and sits +7.14 against this barn's trailing median of $439.50.

Average price

$446.64

▲ 0.37 vs prior sale

143 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,470

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$655

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$101.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.74

vs VA average

−13.73 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	544	451.78	2,458	39
Medium and Large 1	559	446.78	2,498	97
Medium and Large 3	524	427.00	2,237	6thin
Small 1	515	350.00	1,803	1thin

One grade step is worth $101.78/cwt here — about $655 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

31 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $484.39, low $397.61, median $439.50 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 sale143 hd

446.64

—

VA average4 barns · 201 hd

453.38

−6.74

National average128 barns · 4,767 hd

460.37

−13.73

This barn, trailing median31 sales

439.50

+7.14

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

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	485.00/cwt	477.50–492.50	1,819	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,001	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,417	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	395.54/cwt	388.00–396.00	2,247	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	421.33/cwt	410.00–422.00	2,060	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,699	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	470	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,810	2
Steers	Small 1	500–550	515	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,803	1
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	415	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,826	1
Steers	Small 1	650–700	675	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,606	1
Steers	Small 1	300–350	310	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,457	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	396.01/cwt	360.00–398.00	2,154	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	353.58/cwt	353.00–360.00	2,599	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,021	27
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	340	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	1,607	1
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	455	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,820	2
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	385	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,521	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	544	451.78/cwt	451.78–451.78	2,458	39
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	456	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	2,269	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	629	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,013	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,041	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	1,773	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,192	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	364	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,729	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,140	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,886	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	481.00/cwt	481.00–481.00	2,241	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	639	395.48/cwt	395.00–400.00	2,527	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	446.78/cwt	446.78–446.78	2,498	97
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	559	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,281	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	745	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,667	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	524	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	2,237	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	732	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,730	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,084	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	2,605	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	538	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,937	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	635	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,451	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	324	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	1,677	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	451	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,962	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	617	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,431	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	1,803	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	634	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,918	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	335	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	1,566	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	348	501.00/cwt	501.00–501.00	1,743	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	444	423.13/cwt	382.50–425.00	1,879	21
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	450	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,138	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	739	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,106	5

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 25, 2026

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

Receipts 689Last week 980Year ago 748

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 343, Heifers 253, Bulls 91)

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	375	477.50–492.50	485.00
3	400–450	435	460.00	460.00
18	450–500	489	410.00–422.00	421.33
17	550–600	568	388.00–396.00	395.54
4	600–650	631	383.00	383.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	472.50	472.50
1	400–450	415	440.00	440.00
2	450–500	455	400.00	400.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	348	501.00	501.00
15	400–450	419	450.00	450.00
10	450–500	495	421.00	421.00
8	550–600	559	408.00	408.00
2	600–650	617	394.00	394.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	430.00	430.00
27	450–500	462	437.50	437.50
55	500–550	544	360.00–398.00	396.01
19	600–650	633	322.50	322.50
5	700–750	743	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	395.00	395.00
2	450–500	470	385.00	385.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	364	475.00	475.00
35	450–500	451	435.00	435.00
33	500–550	535	400.00	400.00
6	600–650	629	320.00	320.00
5	700–750	739	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	335	467.50	467.50
21	400–450	444	382.50–425.00	423.13
10	500–550	538	360.00	360.00
6	600–650	634	302.50	302.50
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	470.00	470.00
1	500–550	515	350.00	350.00
1	650–700	675	386.00	386.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	492.50	492.50
25	450–500	466	481.00	481.00
97	550–600	559	446.78	446.78
61	600–650	637	409.00	409.00
12	700–750	735	353.00–360.00	353.58
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	350–400	366	492.50	492.50
47	450–500	456	497.50	497.50
39	500–550	544	451.78	451.78
10	600–650	639	395.00–400.00	395.48
2	700–750	732	373.00	373.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	324	517.50	517.50
11	450–500	450	475.00	475.00
6	500–550	524	427.00	427.00
4	600–650	635	386.00	386.00
1	700–750	745	358.00	358.00

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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