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Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-03-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-17

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, Mar 17

● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184

← Mar 10Mar 17Mar 24 →

Receipts

658 head

▼ 374 vs last sale 1,032▼ 867 vs year ago 1,525 · −56.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 173, Heifers 331, Bulls 154)

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 $276.91/cwt on 131 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −105.07 against this barn's trailing median of $381.97.

Average price

$276.91

131 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,527

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$109

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$37.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.31

vs VA average

−37.67 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	551	282.48	1,556	40
Medium and Large 1	549	277.50	1,523	73
Medium and Large 3	550	268.69	1,478	13thin
Small 1	591	245.00	1,448	5thin

One grade step is worth $37.48/cwt here — about $109 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 sale131 hd

276.91

—

VA average10 barns · 740 hd

282.21

−5.31

National average174 barns · 12,680 hd

314.58

−37.67

This barn, trailing median35 sales

381.97

−105.07

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

61 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	305	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,075	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	362	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,448	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	363	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	1,430	6
Steers	350–400	Small 1	380	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,140	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,413	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	448	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,635	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,730	25
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	460	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,730	17
Steers	450–500	Small 1	467	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,378	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	541	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,802	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	546	344.50/cwt	344.50–344.50	1,881	25
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	546	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,840	19
Steers	550–600	Small 1	555	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,623	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,860	2
Steers	600–650	Small 1	615	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,777	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	636	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,902	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	641	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,897	28
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	642	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,843	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	734	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,960	10
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	753	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,913	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 3	790	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,738	1
Steers	750–800	Small 1	795	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,749	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Small 1	348	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	800	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	352	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,193	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	363	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,220	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	376	301.71/cwt	270.00–313.00	1,134	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	435	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,161	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	448	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,299	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	450	305.50/cwt	305.50–305.50	1,375	14
Heifers	450–500	Small 1	457	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,211	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	460	325.50/cwt	325.50–325.50	1,497	36
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,482	36
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	525	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,234	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	549	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,523	73
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	551	282.48/cwt	263.00–283.00	1,556	40
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	552	271.50/cwt	271.50–271.50	1,499	12
Heifers	550–600	Small 1	591	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,448	5
Heifers	600–650	Small 1	605	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,301	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	612	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,423	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,661	33
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	638	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,595	17
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	655	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,670	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	675	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,620	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	725	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,689	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	734	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,747	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	734	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,670	11
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	329	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	1,336	6
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	336	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	1,371	6
Bulls	350–400	Small 1	357	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	982	4
Bulls	400–450	Small 1	411	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,356	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	418	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,651	13
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	1,684	19
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	475	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,615	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	362.04/cwt	297.50–365.00	1,760	23
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	490	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,779	8
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,595	1
Bulls	550–600	Small 1	560	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,484	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	314.50/cwt	314.50–314.50	1,777	33
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	569	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,809	11
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	625	290.50/cwt	290.50–290.50	1,816	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,800	16

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.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Lynchburg Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Rustburg, VA

Mon Mar 17, 2025

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

Receipts 658Last week 1,032Year ago 1,525

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 173, Heifers 331, Bulls 154)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	376	270.00–313.00	301.71
1	400–450	435	267.00	267.00
14	450–500	450	305.50	305.50
1	500–550	525	235.00	235.00
12	550–600	552	271.50	271.50
2	600–650	612	232.50	232.50
8	650–700	655	255.00	255.00
3	700–750	725	233.00	233.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	352	339.00	339.00
4	400–450	448	290.00	290.00
36	450–500	460	325.50	325.50
40	550–600	551	263.00–283.00	282.48
17	600–650	638	250.00	250.00
2	650–700	675	240.00	240.00
8	700–750	734	238.00	238.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	363	336.00	336.00
36	450–500	463	320.00	320.00
73	500–550	549	277.50	277.50
33	600–650	634	262.00	262.00
11	700–750	734	227.50	227.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	348	230.00	230.00
2	450–500	457	265.00	265.00
5	550–600	591	245.00	245.00
1	600–650	605	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	300.00	300.00
2	450–500	467	295.00	295.00
5	550–600	555	292.50	292.50
1	600–650	615	289.00	289.00
1	750–800	795	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	363	394.00	394.00
1	400–450	425	332.50	332.50
25	450–500	460	376.00	376.00
25	500–550	546	344.50	344.50
2	550–600	562	331.00	331.00
28	600–650	641	296.00	296.00
10	700–750	734	267.00	267.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	352.50	352.50
4	400–450	448	365.00	365.00
6	500–550	541	333.00	333.00
4	600–650	642	287.00	287.00
1	750–800	790	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	362	400.00	400.00
17	450–500	460	376.00	376.00
19	500–550	546	337.00	337.00
4	600–650	636	299.00	299.00
3	750–800	753	254.00	254.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	329	406.00	406.00
13	400–450	418	395.00	395.00
8	450–500	490	363.00	363.00
11	550–600	569	318.00	318.00
6	600–650	625	290.50	290.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	336	408.00	408.00
19	400–450	423	398.00	398.00
23	450–500	486	297.50–365.00	362.04
1	500–550	530	301.00	301.00
33	550–600	565	314.50	314.50
16	600–650	626	287.50	287.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	357	275.00	275.00
3	400–450	411	330.00	330.00
3	450–500	475	340.00	340.00
2	550–600	560	265.00	265.00

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.