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Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-05-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-19

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, May 19

● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184

← May 12May 19May 26 →

Receipts

1,289 head

▲ 347 vs last sale 942▲ 401 vs year ago 888 · +45.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded feeder Cattle (Steers 533, Heifers 565, Bulls 191)

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 $327.58/cwt on 198 head. That ranks 4 of 35 comparable sales and sits −54.40 against this barn's trailing median of $381.97.

Average price

$327.58

198 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,801

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$99

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$19.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.68

vs VA average

−6.68 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	538	333.96	1,795	36
Medium and Large 1	554	327.50	1,815	142
Medium and Large 3	540	318.00	1,717	13thin
Small 1	540	314.00	1,696	7thin

One grade step is worth $19.96/cwt here — about $99 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 sale198 hd

327.58

—

VA average7 barns · 398 hd

330.26

−2.68

National average158 barns · 12,726 hd

334.26

−6.68

This barn, trailing median35 sales

381.97

−54.40

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

53 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Small 1	341	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,296	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	354	407.03/cwt	375.00–410.00	1,441	13
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	356	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	1,492	21
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	381	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,543	4
Steers	400–450	Small 1	437	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,626	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	440	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,782	24
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	455	399.50/cwt	399.50–399.50	1,818	45
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	461	394.57/cwt	372.00–396.00	1,819	70
Steers	500–550	Small 1	545	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,771	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	553	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,958	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	554	373.50/cwt	373.50–373.50	2,069	31
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	556	374.47/cwt	370.00–374.50	2,082	160
Steers	600–650	Small 1	605	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,051	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	642	349.93/cwt	343.00–350.00	2,247	101
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	645	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,241	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	650	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,080	1
Steers	700–750	Small 1	705	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,045	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	736	317.25/cwt	317.25–317.25	2,335	23
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	337	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,321	13
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	355	396.50/cwt	396.50–396.50	1,408	29
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	355	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	1,406	27
Heifers	350–400	Small 1	365	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,241	6
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	433	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,477	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	449	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,589	32
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	450	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,602	74
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	459	354.21/cwt	330.00–354.50	1,626	89
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	460	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,553	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,696	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	536	334.50/cwt	334.50–334.50	1,793	35
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	540	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,717	13
Heifers	500–550	Small 1	540	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,696	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	327.72/cwt	327.72–327.72	1,819	138
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	590	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,859	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	600	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,620	1
Heifers	600–650	Small 1	630	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,670	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	635	283.97/cwt	276.00–286.00	1,803	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	639	290.65/cwt	267.00–291.00	1,857	69
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	735	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,977	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	753	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,988	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	333	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,349	8
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	348	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,375	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	350	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	1,446	8
Bulls	350–400	Small 1	375	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,453	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	412	411.58/cwt	380.00–413.00	1,696	25
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	1,614	17
Bulls	400–450	Small 1	437	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,604	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	483	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	1,874	27
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	497	356.59/cwt	342.50–357.00	1,772	35
Bulls	500–550	Small 1	525	318.52/cwt	287.50–352.00	1,672	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	558	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,931	11
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	345.50/cwt	345.50–345.50	1,949	37
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	326.50/cwt	326.50–326.50	2,067	13
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	642	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,042	2

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 May 19, 2025

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

Receipts 1,289Last week 942Year ago 888

State Graded feeder Cattle (Steers 533, Heifers 565, Bulls 191)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	348	395.00	395.00
8	350–400	350	413.00	413.00
25	400–450	412	380.00–413.00	411.58
27	450–500	483	388.00	388.00
11	550–600	558	346.00	346.00
2	600–650	642	318.00	318.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	387.50	387.50
2	400–450	437	367.00	367.00
2	500–550	525	287.50–352.00	318.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	333	405.00	405.00
17	400–450	416	388.00	388.00
35	450–500	497	342.50–357.00	356.59
37	550–600	564	345.50	345.50
13	600–650	633	326.50	326.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	381	405.00	405.00
70	450–500	461	372.00–396.00	394.57
160	550–600	556	370.00–374.50	374.47
101	600–650	642	343.00–350.00	349.93
23	700–750	736	317.25	317.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	341	380.00	380.00
7	400–450	437	372.00	372.00
1	500–550	545	325.00	325.00
2	600–650	605	339.00	339.00
1	700–750	705	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	350–400	356	419.00	419.00
45	450–500	455	399.50	399.50
31	550–600	554	373.50	373.50
13	600–650	645	347.50	347.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	354	375.00–410.00	407.03
24	400–450	440	405.00	405.00
8	550–600	553	354.00	354.00
1	650–700	650	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	337	392.00	392.00
89	450–500	459	330.00–354.50	354.21
4	500–550	530	320.00	320.00
138	550–600	555	327.72	327.72
69	600–650	639	267.00–291.00	290.65
3	750–800	753	264.00	264.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	365	340.00	340.00
7	400–450	433	341.00	341.00
7	500–550	540	314.00	314.00
1	600–650	630	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	350–400	355	396.50	396.50
74	450–500	450	356.00	356.00
35	500–550	536	334.50	334.50
1	550–600	590	315.00	315.00
10	600–650	635	276.00–286.00	283.97
3	700–750	735	269.00	269.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
27	350–400	355	396.00	396.00
32	400–450	449	354.00	354.00
3	450–500	460	337.50	337.50
13	500–550	540	318.00	318.00
1	600–650	600	270.00	270.00

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.