Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-06-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 314, Heifers 434, Bulls 209)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $386.99/cwt on 152 head, down $6.69 from the prior sale. That ranks 20 of 31 comparable sales and sits +1.96 against this barn's trailing median of $385.02.

Average price

$386.99

▼ 6.69 vs prior sale

152 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,101

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$242

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$24.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.48

vs VA average

−17.77 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	391.00	2,143	84
Medium and Large 2	537	383.74	2,062	54
Medium and Large 3	539	377.73	2,035	11thin
Small 1	518	366.97	1,901	3thin

One grade step is worth $24.03/cwt here — about $242 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 sale152 hd

386.99

—

VA average6 barns · 340 hd

375.51

+11.48

National average170 barns · 11,904 hd

404.76

−17.77

This barn, trailing median31 sales

385.02

+1.96

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

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,138	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	433.59/cwt	433.00–445.00	2,125	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,491	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	341	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,620	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	425.13/cwt	425.00–427.50	1,807	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,184	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	457.78/cwt	422.50–459.00	2,161	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	413.59/cwt	400.00–414.00	1,915	67
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	355	432.32/cwt	420.00–435.00	1,535	6
Steers	Small 1	400–450	447	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,754	2
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	472	380.27/cwt	380.00–382.50	1,795	9
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	580	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,190	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,143	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	409.88/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,890	40
Steers	Small 1	650–700	652	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,608	4
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	424	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	1,658	7
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	352	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,302	4
Steers	Small 1	350–400	356	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,477	3
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	518	366.97/cwt	365.00–368.00	1,901	3
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	414	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,697	9
Steers	Small 1	550–600	580	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,175	1
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	612	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,714	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,686	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,026	34
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,370	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	445.23/cwt	420.00–446.00	2,467	101
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	438.00/cwt	438.00–438.00	2,142	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	399.88/cwt	399.00–400.00	2,239	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,475	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	346	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,661	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	436.85/cwt	432.50–437.00	1,817	31
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	536	434.00/cwt	434.00–434.00	2,326	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,441	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	564	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,267	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,639	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,758	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	447	479.00/cwt	479.00–479.00	2,141	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	751	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,103	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,062	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,035	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,613	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,776	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	557	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	2,390	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	352	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,566	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	434	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	1,957	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	441	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,852	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,386	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	316.20/cwt	312.00–337.50	1,954	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	355	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,491	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,984	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	670	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,060	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,038	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	357	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,571	41
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	347	462.48/cwt	457.00–463.00	1,605	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	710	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,024	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	342	443.00/cwt	443.00–443.00	1,515	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 Jun 1, 2026

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

Receipts 957Last week 689Year ago 1,291

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 314, Heifers 434, Bulls 209)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	370	480.00	480.00
26	400–450	447	479.00	479.00
1	450–500	475	450.00	450.00
23	500–550	536	434.00	434.00
8	600–650	625	418.00	418.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	346	480.00	480.00
31	450–500	472	422.50–459.00	457.78
101	550–600	554	420.00–446.00	445.23
58	600–650	636	415.00	415.00
3	650–700	655	421.00	421.00
9	700–750	726	370.00	370.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	356	415.00	415.00
2	400–450	447	392.50	392.50
1	550–600	580	375.00	375.00
4	650–700	652	400.00	400.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	352	445.00	445.00
11	400–450	434	451.00	451.00
5	550–600	557	429.00	429.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	300–350	347	457.00–463.00	462.48
31	400–450	416	432.50–437.00	436.85
20	450–500	490	433.00–445.00	433.59
13	550–600	564	402.00	402.00
3	600–650	630	387.50	387.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	341	475.00	475.00
19	400–450	425	425.00–427.50	425.13
35	450–500	489	438.00	438.00
26	550–600	560	399.00–400.00	399.88
11	600–650	622	381.00	381.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	355	420.00–435.00	432.32
9	400–450	414	410.00	410.00
9	450–500	472	380.00–382.50	380.27
2	550–600	580	377.50	377.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	427.50	427.50
12	350–400	355	420.00	420.00
40	450–500	461	405.00–410.00	409.88
84	500–550	548	391.00	391.00
34	600–650	638	317.50	317.50
3	700–750	743	294.00	294.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	420.00	420.00
41	350–400	357	440.00	440.00
67	450–500	463	400.00–414.00	413.59
53	500–550	537	384.00	384.00
1	550–600	550	370.00	370.00
12	600–650	618	312.00–337.50	316.20
3	750–800	751	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	352	370.00	370.00
7	400–450	424	391.00	391.00
3	500–550	518	365.00–368.00	366.97
2	600–650	612	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	342	443.00	443.00
1	350–400	355	420.00	420.00
32	400–450	441	420.00	420.00
10	500–550	535	381.00	381.00
1	550–600	575	345.00	345.00
3	650–700	670	307.50	307.50
2	700–750	710	285.00	285.00

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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