Sale reports / Virginia / Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. / 2025-01-27

Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, Jan 27
● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184
Receipts
1,440 head
▲ 827 vs last sale 613▲ 796 vs year ago 644 · +123.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 441, Heifers 637, Bulls 362)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $264.50/cwt on 212 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −117.47 against this barn's trailing median of $381.97.
Average price
$264.50
212 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,451
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$158
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$30.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.60
vs VA average
−40.14 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553268.641,485117
Medium and Large 2543266.951,44853
Medium and Large 3540253.871,37031
Small 1556238.631,32711thin
One grade step is worth $30.01/cwt here — about $158 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale212 hd
264.50
—
VA average4 barns · 393 hd
267.10
−2.60
National average182 barns · 24,858 hd
304.64
−40.14
This barn, trailing median35 sales
381.97
−117.47
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
416378340303median 381.9703/0204/2706/2908/3110/26
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

68 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1350402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,4094
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2362408.00/cwt408.00–408.001,47710
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3362368.00/cwt368.00–368.001,3326
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2447355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,58731
Steers450–500Small 1460265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,2193
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1461358.49/cwt305.00–360.001,65338
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3465311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,4468
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2482315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,5182
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2500308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,5401
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1535292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,5621
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3540285.81/cwt275.00–287.001,54310
Steers550–600Small 1550250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3758
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2555305.50/cwt305.50–305.501,69633
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1559312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,74494
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3635254.31/cwt250.00–255.001,6157
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2641271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,73720
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1646285.25/cwt285.25–285.251,84389
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1667260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,7344
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2670264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,7693
Steers650–700Small 1670230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5416
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3727238.18/cwt230.00–241.001,7324
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1740248.08/cwt248.00–252.001,83650
Steers700–750Small 1740225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,6654
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2745249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,8555
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3332275.00/cwt275.00–275.009132
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2346314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,0863
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2355316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,12224
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3358275.00/cwt275.00–275.0098515
Heifers350–400Small 1364265.00/cwt265.00–265.009656
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1374308.62/cwt295.00–309.501,15417
Heifers400–450Small 1446251.47/cwt210.00–255.001,12212
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3452260.57/cwt260.50–261.001,17831
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1456289.32/cwt275.00–290.001,31968
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2456282.74/cwt265.00–286.001,28966
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3538255.50/cwt255.50–255.501,37530
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2541268.50/cwt268.50–268.501,45349
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1547248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,3575
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1553269.56/cwt269.56–269.561,491112
Heifers550–600Small 1556238.63/cwt225.00–240.001,32711
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2562248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,3944
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3595205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,2201
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2638251.09/cwt246.00–251.501,60227
Heifers600–650Small 1640207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,3254
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3642239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,53417
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1644256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,64973
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1670233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,5611
Heifers700–750Small 1705170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1991
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2723217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,57310
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3731197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,4403
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1741217.81/cwt210.00–218.001,61440
Heifers750–800Small 1762160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,2194
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2785199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,5621
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Small 1318273.39/cwt250.00–295.008692
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1340404.24/cwt345.00–408.001,37415
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2363400.61/cwt355.00–405.001,45411
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2413357.08/cwt313.00–362.001,47540
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1417359.81/cwt329.00–363.001,50044
Bulls400–450Small 1425282.66/cwt262.50–292.501,2019
Bulls450–500Small 1483280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,35215
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2487313.55/cwt285.00–315.001,52742
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1496309.79/cwt298.00–310.001,53755
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2540270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4581
Bulls500–550Small 1544239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,3006
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2563289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,62720
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1567292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,65861
Bulls550–600Small 1570225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2831
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2623260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,62013
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1626261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,63427

This sale against other markets

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.