Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-07-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 76, Heifers 129, Bulls 76)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $384.71/cwt on 38 head, up $0.79 from the prior sale. That ranks 15 of 31 comparable sales and sits −0.31 against this barn's trailing median of $385.02.

Average price

$384.71

▲ 0.79 vs prior sale

38 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,067

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$283

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$39.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.84

vs VA average

−31.40 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	537	392.00	2,105	22
Medium and Large 1	542	385.00	2,087	10thin
Medium and Large 3	538	360.00	1,937	4thin
Small 1	517	352.50	1,822	2thin

One grade step is worth $39.50/cwt here — about $283 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

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 sale38 hd

384.71

—

VA average2 barns · 56 hd

386.55

−1.84

National average149 barns · 8,242 hd

416.11

−31.40

This barn, trailing median31 sales

385.02

−0.31

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

45 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	327	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,586	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	1,788	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,537	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	496	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,113	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,267	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,951	10
Steers	Small 1	500–550	525	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,100	1
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	480	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,896	2
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	558	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,093	4
Steers	Small 1	350–400	368	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,592	3
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	370	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,563	5
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	517	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,822	2
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	408	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,591	9
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	465	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,930	5
Steers	Small 1	450–500	475	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,007	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	2,442	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,686	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	2,642	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	344.56/cwt	344.50–345.00	2,185	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	1,376	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,038	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,617	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,204	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	612	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,362	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	433.08/cwt	433.00–434.00	2,326	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,199	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,087	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	412	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	1,759	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	357	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,660	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	647	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,549	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,341	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	423.03/cwt	402.50–426.00	1,574	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	452	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,989	20
Steers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	780	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,574	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	670	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,245	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,720	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	459	448.75/cwt	443.00–450.00	2,060	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,993	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	343	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,629	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	538	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	2,297	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	451	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	2,011	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	353	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	1,504	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,105	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	538	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,937	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	463	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	1,977	10

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 Jul 6, 2026

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

Receipts 281Last week 763Year ago 463

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 76, Heifers 129, Bulls 76)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	327	485.00	485.00
9	400–450	410	436.00	436.00
10	450–500	496	426.00	426.00
11	550–600	571	397.00	397.00
9	600–650	631	402.00	402.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	408	390.00	390.00
2	450–500	480	395.00	395.00
4	550–600	558	375.00	375.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	343	475.00	475.00
8	400–450	412	427.00	427.00
4	450–500	486	410.00	410.00
1	550–600	565	390.00	390.00
2	600–650	612	386.00	386.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	323	426.00	426.00
10	450–500	459	425.00	425.00
10	500–550	542	385.00	385.00
9	600–650	634	344.50–345.00	344.56
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	370	422.50	422.50
5	450–500	465	415.00	415.00
2	500–550	517	352.50	352.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	372	402.50–426.00	423.03
20	450–500	452	440.00	440.00
22	500–550	537	392.00	392.00
5	600–650	645	341.00	341.00
1	750–800	765	306.00	306.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	353	426.00	426.00
10	450–500	463	427.00	427.00
4	500–550	538	360.00	360.00
2	650–700	670	335.00	335.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	368	432.50	432.50
1	450–500	475	422.50	422.50
1	500–550	525	400.00	400.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	475.00	475.00
5	450–500	458	445.00	445.00
8	550–600	560	436.00	436.00
11	650–700	654	404.00	404.00
1	700–750	725	361.00	361.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	357	465.00	465.00
11	450–500	459	443.00–450.00	448.75
12	500–550	537	433.00–434.00	433.08
4	600–650	647	394.00	394.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	380	452.50	452.50
9	450–500	451	446.00	446.00
3	500–550	538	427.00	427.00
1	750–800	780	330.00	330.00

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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