Sale reports / Virginia / Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. / 2025-03-10

Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, Mar 10
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184
Receipts
1,032 head
▼ 458 vs last sale 1,490▲ 365 vs year ago 667 · +54.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 262, Heifers 487, Bulls 283)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $274.46/cwt on 168 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −107.51 against this barn's trailing median of $381.97.
Average price
$274.46
168 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,513
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$196
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$34.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.59
vs VA average
−40.50 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553278.641,54081
Medium and Large 2549275.821,51360
Medium and Large 3553265.001,46519thin
Small 1550244.501,3458thin
One grade step is worth $34.14/cwt here — about $196 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale168 hd
274.46
—
VA average8 barns · 679 hd
284.06
−9.59
National average179 barns · 17,787 hd
314.96
−40.50
This barn, trailing median35 sales
381.97
−107.51
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

60 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Small 1350300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0501
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2365395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,4428
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1369394.00/cwt394.00–394.001,4547
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3446345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,5399
Steers450–500Small 1455272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,2402
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1460364.50/cwt364.50–364.501,67743
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2461359.00/cwt359.00–359.001,65514
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3465287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,3371
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3545295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,60811
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1548327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,79550
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2550319.50/cwt319.50–319.501,75730
Steers550–600Small 1569269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,5318
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3630256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,6131
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2640291.25/cwt291.25–291.251,86414
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1650290.75/cwt290.75–290.751,89032
Steers650–700Small 1673268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,8047
Steers700–750Small 1715231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,6521
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2724265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,9195
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3730236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,7231
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1740258.50/cwt258.50–258.501,91317
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3361335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,20922
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1363348.00/cwt348.00–348.001,2639
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2367349.80/cwt314.00–351.001,28431
Heifers350–400Small 1380277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,0552
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,3011
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,2471
Heifers400–450Small 1435292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,2726
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3446311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,38746
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2451328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,47957
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1460325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,49553
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1540250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3501
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2547276.50/cwt276.50–276.501,51258
Heifers550–600Small 1550244.50/cwt244.50–244.501,3458
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1553279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,54380
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3553265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,46519
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2595256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,5232
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3628227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,4266
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2634254.70/cwt240.00–255.501,61519
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1643252.83/cwt245.00–253.001,62644
Heifers650–700Small 1663219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,4523
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3715200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4301
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2716216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,5473
Heifers700–750Small 1720196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,4113
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1749217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,62912
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2345393.50/cwt393.50–393.501,35826
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1349394.00/cwt394.00–394.001,37510
Bulls350–400Small 1350315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,1033
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2416378.22/cwt350.00–379.001,57336
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1417379.00/cwt379.00–379.001,58025
Bulls400–450Small 1423295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,2489
Bulls450–500Small 1484290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,4045
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2488353.50/cwt353.50–353.501,72535
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1489351.50/cwt351.50–351.501,71940
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1520312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,6221
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2525302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,5861
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2560308.50/cwt308.50–308.501,72825
Bulls550–600Small 1561260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4598
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1564309.50/cwt309.50–309.501,74636
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1625276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,72513
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2627281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,76210

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.