Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-06-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 361, Heifers 308, bulls 125)

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $456.54/cwt on 157 head, up $7.81 from the prior sale. That ranks 26 of 31 comparable sales and sits +17.04 against this barn's trailing median of $439.50.

Average price

$456.54

▲ 7.81 vs prior sale

157 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,521

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$512

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$87.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.94

vs VA average

−2.51 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	462.13	2,574	101
Medium and Large 2	543	451.40	2,451	51
Medium and Large 3	547	427.50	2,338	2thin
Small 1	550	375.00	2,063	3thin

One grade step is worth $87.13/cwt here — about $512 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale157 hd

456.54

—

VA average8 barns · 413 hd

450.60

+5.94

National average161 barns · 9,107 hd

459.05

−2.51

This barn, trailing median31 sales

439.50

+17.04

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

53 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	300–350	320	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,568	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,085	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	2,073	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,250	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,236	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	409.25/cwt	409.25–409.25	2,619	65
Steers	Small 1	350–400	365	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,570	3
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	625	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,813	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	453	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,835	6
Heifers	Small 1	700–750	710	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,006	1
Steers	Small 1	550–600	550	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,063	3
Steers	Small 1	450–500	456	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,767	3
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	348	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,427	3
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	423	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,798	7
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	487	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	2,011	9
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	505	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,717	1
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	520	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,924	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,683	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	752	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,309	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,145	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,233	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,785	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,097	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,526	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,989	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,237	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,631	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	632	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,307	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	723	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,559	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	462.13/cwt	442.50–464.50	2,574	101
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	451.40/cwt	420.00–452.00	2,451	51
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	347	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,666	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,489	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,287	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,167	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,112	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	453.66/cwt	420.00–455.00	1,660	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	456	448.31/cwt	410.00–449.00	2,044	60
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	434.00/cwt	434.00–434.00	2,053	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	347	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	1,726	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	457	487.00/cwt	487.00–487.00	2,226	33
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	648	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,381	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	363	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,579	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	655	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,063	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	725	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,374	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	363	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,597	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	541	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,104	36
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	547	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,338	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	760	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,242	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	453	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,061	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	369.18/cwt	350.00–371.00	1,975	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	461	426.34/cwt	387.50–428.00	1,965	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	471.52/cwt	470.00–490.00	1,980	13

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 15, 2026

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

Receipts 794Last week 1,058Year ago 872

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 361, Heifers 308, bulls 125)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	490.00	490.00
12	400–450	417	500.00	500.00
13	450–500	490	423.00	423.00
20	550–600	566	395.00	395.00
15	600–650	632	356.00	356.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	423	425.00	425.00
9	450–500	487	413.00	413.00
1	500–550	520	370.00	370.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	347	497.50	497.50
13	400–450	420	470.00–490.00	471.52
8	450–500	473	434.00	434.00
13	550–600	562	407.00	407.00
2	600–650	632	365.00	365.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	450–500	471	475.00	475.00
101	550–600	557	442.50–464.50	462.13
65	600–650	640	409.25	409.25
5	650–700	651	388.00	388.00
13	700–750	733	359.00	359.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	365	430.00	430.00
3	450–500	456	387.50	387.50
3	550–600	550	375.00	375.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	347	480.00	480.00
33	450–500	457	487.00	487.00
51	500–550	543	420.00–452.00	451.40
25	600–650	635	392.00	392.00
4	700–750	723	354.00	354.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	363	435.00	435.00
11	450–500	453	455.00	455.00
2	500–550	547	427.50	427.50
3	600–650	648	367.50	367.50
1	700–750	725	327.50	327.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	348	410.00	410.00
6	450–500	453	405.00	405.00
1	500–550	505	340.00	340.00
1	600–650	625	290.00	290.00
1	700–750	710	282.50	282.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	387	435.00	435.00
1	400–450	420	425.00	425.00
28	450–500	466	450.00	450.00
2	500–550	510	390.00	390.00
48	550–600	550	390.00	390.00
20	600–650	638	350.00	350.00
2	750–800	752	307.00	307.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	350–400	366	420.00–455.00	453.66
60	450–500	456	410.00–449.00	448.31
36	500–550	541	389.00	389.00
8	600–650	630	344.00	344.00
1	650–700	660	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
23	350–400	363	440.00	440.00
26	450–500	461	387.50–428.00	426.34
11	500–550	535	350.00–371.00	369.18
2	650–700	655	315.00	315.00
1	750–800	760	295.00	295.00

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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