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Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-03-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-31

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, Mar 31

● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184

← Mar 24Mar 31Apr 7 →

Receipts

1,089 head

▼ 236 vs last sale 1,325▲ 549 vs year ago 540 · +101.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 342, Heifers 465, Bulls 282)

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 $302.91/cwt on 120 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −79.06 against this barn's trailing median of $381.97.

Average price

$302.91

120 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,653

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$117

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$20.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.83

vs VA average

−18.47 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	541	310.00	1,677	43
Medium and Large 1	551	300.06	1,653	56
Medium and Large 3	541	297.00	1,607	18thin
Small 1	538	290.00	1,560	3thin

One grade step is worth $20.00/cwt here — about $117 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 sale120 hd

302.91

—

VA average7 barns · 487 hd

302.08

+0.83

National average178 barns · 12,751 hd

321.38

−18.47

This barn, trailing median35 sales

381.97

−79.06

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

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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	366	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	1,460	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	368	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	1,450	13
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	369	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,494	5
Steers	350–400	Small 1	385	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,271	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	439	376.66/cwt	362.50–377.50	1,654	17
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	445	377.04/cwt	358.00–378.00	1,678	41
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,679	56
Steers	450–500	Small 1	495	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,584	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	535	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,873	19
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	541	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,812	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	549	360.25/cwt	360.25–360.25	1,978	102
Steers	550–600	Small 1	553	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,742	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,035	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	570	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,024	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	630	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,111	4
Steers	600–650	Small 1	631	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,940	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	636	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,143	38
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	740	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,665	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	743	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,006	10
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	765	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,066	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Small 1	337	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,028	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	353	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,285	44
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	358	353.94/cwt	315.00–356.00	1,267	22
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	364	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,321	23
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	437	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,431	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	450	341.50/cwt	341.50–341.50	1,537	69
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	451	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,538	51
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	452	334.46/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,512	56
Heifers	450–500	Small 1	453	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,450	8
Heifers	500–550	Small 1	538	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,560	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	541	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,677	43
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	541	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,607	18
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	551	300.06/cwt	277.50–300.50	1,653	56
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	610	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,754	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	626	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,753	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	639	279.50/cwt	279.50–279.50	1,786	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	650	274.50/cwt	274.50–274.50	1,784	36
Heifers	700–750	Small 1	725	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,432	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,752	13
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	740	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,717	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	334	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	1,373	12
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	344	413.40/cwt	350.00–415.00	1,422	39
Bulls	350–400	Small 1	351	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,078	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	413	389.50/cwt	389.50–389.50	1,609	34
Bulls	400–450	Small 1	422	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,317	9
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,629	31
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	478	304.43/cwt	296.00–306.00	1,455	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	490	356.63/cwt	330.00–357.50	1,747	31
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	341.88/cwt	312.00–342.50	1,675	50
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	545	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,635	1
Bulls	500–550	Small 1	546	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,420	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,737	32
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	563	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,824	13
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,864	8
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	627	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,975	5

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 31, 2025

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

Receipts 1,089Last week 1,325Year ago 540

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 342, Heifers 465, Bulls 282)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	366	399.00	399.00
17	400–450	439	362.50–377.50	376.66
10	500–550	541	335.00	335.00
1	700–750	740	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	368	394.00	394.00
56	450–500	460	365.00	365.00
102	500–550	549	360.25	360.25
4	550–600	570	357.00	357.00
38	600–650	636	337.00	337.00
10	700–750	743	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	330.00	330.00
1	450–500	495	320.00	320.00
4	550–600	553	315.00	315.00
3	600–650	631	307.50	307.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	369	405.00	405.00
41	400–450	445	358.00–378.00	377.04
19	500–550	535	350.00	350.00
1	550–600	570	355.00	355.00
4	600–650	630	335.00	335.00
2	750–800	765	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	350–400	364	363.00	363.00
56	450–500	452	320.00–335.00	334.46
56	550–600	551	277.50–300.50	300.06
1	600–650	610	287.50	287.50
36	650–700	650	274.50	274.50
13	700–750	730	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
44	350–400	353	364.00	364.00
2	400–450	437	327.50	327.50
69	450–500	450	341.50	341.50
43	500–550	541	310.00	310.00
10	600–650	639	279.50	279.50
3	700–750	740	232.00	232.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	337	305.00	305.00
8	450–500	453	320.00	320.00
3	500–550	538	290.00	290.00
1	700–750	725	197.50	197.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
22	350–400	358	315.00–356.00	353.94
51	450–500	451	341.00	341.00
18	500–550	541	297.00	297.00
4	600–650	626	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	334	411.00	411.00
34	400–450	413	389.50	389.50
50	450–500	490	312.00–342.50	341.88
32	550–600	562	309.00	309.00
8	600–650	613	304.00	304.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	351	307.00	307.00
9	400–450	422	312.00	312.00
6	450–500	478	296.00–306.00	304.43
6	500–550	546	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
39	300–350	344	350.00–415.00	413.40
31	400–450	423	385.00	385.00
31	450–500	490	330.00–357.50	356.63
1	500–550	545	300.00	300.00
13	550–600	563	324.00	324.00
5	600–650	627	315.00	315.00

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.