Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-06-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 428, Heifers 465, Bulls 120)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $388.77/cwt on 146 head, up $1.99 from the prior sale. That ranks 23 of 31 comparable sales and sits +3.75 against this barn's trailing median of $385.02.

Average price

$388.77

▲ 1.99 vs prior sale

146 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,119

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$271

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$51.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.04

vs VA average

−27.06 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	393.78	2,154	73
Medium and Large 2	537	390.78	2,098	50
Medium and Large 3	557	374.00	2,083	19thin
Small 1	550	342.50	1,884	4thin

One grade step is worth $51.28/cwt here — about $271 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

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 sale146 hd

388.77

—

VA average8 barns · 505 hd

380.73

+8.04

National average161 barns · 8,493 hd

415.83

−27.06

This barn, trailing median31 sales

385.02

+3.75

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

57 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 2	550–600	565	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	2,424	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	2,287	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	416.19/cwt	416.00–419.00	2,310	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,243	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,226	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	494	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	2,233	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	451.39/cwt	420.00–451.75	2,492	93
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	550	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,884	4
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	422	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,783	2
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	510	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,132	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	429.75/cwt	426.00–430.00	2,020	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,801	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,585	2
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	356	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,460	3
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	465	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,802	9
Heifers	Small 1	750–800	780	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,145	1
Steers	Small 1	600–650	600	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,145	1
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	333	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,299	4
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	647	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,070	2
Steers	Small 1	550–600	565	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,164	3
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	592	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,279	2
Steers	Small 1	400–450	449	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,762	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	1,650	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	459.41/cwt	437.50–460.00	2,145	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	357	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,749	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,207	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,151	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	348.90/cwt	345.00–349.00	2,250	39
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	738	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,638	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	654	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	2,590	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,388	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	487	455.50/cwt	455.50–455.50	2,218	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	647	416.10/cwt	390.00–416.50	2,692	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,785	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	364	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,802	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	451	482.48/cwt	454.00–483.00	2,176	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,242	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	644	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,228	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	467.08/cwt	445.00–475.00	1,948	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	461.00/cwt	461.00–461.00	2,121	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	651	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,344	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	544	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,366	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,615	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	2,263	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,477	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	557	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,083	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	466	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	1,976	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	355	443.45/cwt	390.00–448.00	1,574	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	453.75/cwt	453.75–453.75	2,450	63
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	471.52/cwt	457.50–472.50	1,627	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	481.00/cwt	481.00–481.00	1,972	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	765	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,203	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	650	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,226	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	363	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,643	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	369	452.04/cwt	425.00–458.00	1,668	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	390.78/cwt	380.00–391.00	2,098	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	459	455.50/cwt	455.50–455.50	2,091	105

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 22, 2026

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

Receipts 1,013Last week 794Year ago 649

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 428, Heifers 465, Bulls 120)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	345	457.50–472.50	471.52
1	350–400	380	425.00	425.00
20	400–450	410	481.00	481.00
20	450–500	487	455.50	455.50
1	500–550	535	423.00	423.00
7	550–600	565	429.00	429.00
1	600–650	635	390.00	390.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	317	500.00	500.00
8	400–450	417	445.00–475.00	467.08
11	450–500	494	452.00	452.00
1	500–550	515	444.00	444.00
16	550–600	555	416.00–419.00	416.19
10	600–650	622	384.00	384.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	356	410.00	410.00
2	400–450	422	422.50	422.50
1	500–550	510	418.00	418.00
2	550–600	592	385.00	385.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	365	452.00	452.00
47	450–500	470	426.00–430.00	429.75
69	500–550	546	394.00	394.00
4	550–600	566	390.00	390.00
39	600–650	645	345.00–349.00	348.90
11	700–750	726	309.00	309.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	350–400	369	425.00–458.00	452.04
1	400–450	430	415.00	415.00
105	450–500	459	455.50	455.50
50	500–550	537	380.00–391.00	390.78
16	600–650	644	346.00	346.00
1	650–700	650	342.50	342.50
3	700–750	740	303.00	303.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	333	390.00	390.00
9	450–500	465	387.50	387.50
4	550–600	550	342.50	342.50
2	600–650	647	320.00	320.00
1	750–800	780	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	355	390.00–448.00	443.45
24	450–500	466	424.00	424.00
19	550–600	557	374.00	374.00
6	650–700	650	342.50	342.50
1	750–800	765	288.00	288.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	357	490.00	490.00
39	450–500	467	437.50–460.00	459.41
93	550–600	552	420.00–451.75	451.39
62	600–650	647	390.00–416.50	416.10
21	700–750	739	379.00	379.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	449	392.50	392.50
3	550–600	565	383.00	383.00
1	600–650	600	357.50	357.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	364	495.00	495.00
57	450–500	451	454.00–483.00	482.48
63	500–550	540	453.75	453.75
16	650–700	654	396.00	396.00
5	700–750	738	357.50	357.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	363	452.50	452.50
10	450–500	460	461.00	461.00
13	500–550	544	435.00	435.00
4	650–700	651	360.00	360.00

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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