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Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-10-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-12

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, Oct 12

● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184

← Oct 5Oct 12Oct 19 →

Receipts

486 head

▼ 63 vs last sale 549▼ 188 vs year ago 674 · −27.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 132, Heifers 234, Bulls 120)

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $316.96/cwt on 82 head, down $13.00 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −65.02 against this barn's trailing median of $381.97.

Average price

$316.96

▼ 13.00 vs prior sale

82 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,748

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$107

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$16.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.78

vs VA average

−55.80 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	319.31	1,764	39
Medium and Large 2	550	319.13	1,755	26
Medium and Large 3	553	310.00	1,714	13thin
Small 1	548	302.50	1,658	4thin

One grade step is worth $16.81/cwt here — about $107 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale82 hd

316.96

—

VA average8 barns · 343 hd

319.74

−2.78

National average193 barns · 18,908 hd

372.76

−55.80

This barn, trailing median35 sales

381.97

−65.02

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

35 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $401.58, low $316.96, median $381.97 across 35 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

55 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	375	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,528	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,568	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	450	398.80/cwt	394.00–400.00	1,795	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	457	406.12/cwt	369.00–410.00	1,856	11
Steers	450–500	Small 1	482	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,600	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	527	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,924	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	534	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	2,157	11
Steers	500–550	Small 1	540	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,831	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	546	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,053	22
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,006	1
Steers	600–650	Small 1	618	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,978	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	639	353.40/cwt	340.00–356.00	2,258	31
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	650	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,282	13
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	700	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,331	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	731	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,427	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	734	318.50/cwt	314.00–319.00	2,338	10
Steers	750–800	Small 1	765	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,410	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	332	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	1,272	4
Heifers	300–350	Small 1	335	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,223	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	342	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,265	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,383	6
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	440	321.80/cwt	315.00–324.00	1,416	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	458	344.46/cwt	330.00–347.50	1,578	23
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	462	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,548	17
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	464	339.49/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,575	30
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	500	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,613	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	507	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,648	2
Heifers	500–550	Small 1	548	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,658	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	552	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,761	25
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	553	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,714	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,770	37
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,721	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	645	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,812	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	654	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,877	25
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	659	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,898	17
Heifers	650–700	Small 1	667	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,801	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	730	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,869	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	742	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,966	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	748	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,005	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	339	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,364	9
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	350	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	1,397	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	356	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	1,463	4
Bulls	350–400	Small 1	360	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	1,426	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	413	408.41/cwt	387.50–411.00	1,687	9
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	414	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,501	10
Bulls	400–450	Small 1	421	355.29/cwt	354.00–365.00	1,496	9
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	478	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,582	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	400.83/cwt	375.00–406.00	1,944	12
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	496	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,810	15
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,841	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	561	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,053	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,057	17
Bulls	550–600	Small 1	567	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,871	7
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	627	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,100	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,060	9

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 Oct 12, 2026

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

Receipts 486Last week 549Year ago 674

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 132, Heifers 234, Bulls 120)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	450	394.00–400.00	398.80
22	500–550	546	376.00	376.00
1	550–600	570	352.00	352.00
31	600–650	639	340.00–356.00	353.40
10	700–750	734	314.00–319.00	318.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	412.50	412.50
11	450–500	457	369.00–410.00	406.12
11	500–550	534	404.00	404.00
13	650–700	650	351.00	351.00
3	700–750	731	332.00	332.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	482	332.00	332.00
11	500–550	540	339.00	339.00
3	600–650	618	320.00	320.00
1	750–800	765	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	407.50	407.50
2	500–550	527	365.00	365.00
1	700–750	700	333.00	333.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	380	364.00	364.00
30	450–500	464	325.00–340.00	339.49
2	500–550	507	325.00	325.00
37	550–600	555	319.00	319.00
3	600–650	628	274.00	274.00
25	650–700	654	287.00	287.00
7	700–750	748	268.00	268.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	335	365.00	365.00
4	400–450	440	315.00–324.00	321.80
4	500–550	548	302.50	302.50
2	650–700	667	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	342	370.00	370.00
23	450–500	458	330.00–347.50	344.46
1	500–550	500	322.50	322.50
25	550–600	552	319.00	319.00
17	650–700	659	288.00	288.00
2	700–750	742	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	332	383.00	383.00
17	450–500	462	335.00	335.00
13	550–600	553	310.00	310.00
2	600–650	645	281.00	281.00
1	700–750	730	256.00	256.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	356	411.00	411.00
10	400–450	414	362.50	362.50
15	450–500	496	365.00	365.00
4	500–550	510	361.00	361.00
17	550–600	562	366.00	366.00
9	600–650	628	328.00	328.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	396.00	396.00
9	400–450	421	354.00–365.00	355.29
7	450–500	478	331.00	331.00
7	550–600	567	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	339	402.50	402.50
2	350–400	350	399.00	399.00
9	400–450	413	387.50–411.00	408.41
12	450–500	485	375.00–406.00	400.83
3	550–600	561	366.00	366.00
2	600–650	627	335.00	335.00

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.