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Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-05-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-26

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, May 26

● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184

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Receipts

748 head

▲ 748 vs last sale 0▲ 132 vs year ago 616 · +21.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 352, Heifers 285, Bulls 111)

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $375.43/cwt on 177 head. That ranks 5 of 35 comparable sales and sits −58.72 against this barn's trailing median of $434.15.

Average price

$375.43

177 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,074

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$334

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$59.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.38

vs VA average

+1.29 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	539	379.50	2,046	27
Medium and Large 1	555	375.44	2,084	148
Small 1	535	320.00	1,712	2thin

One grade step is worth $59.50/cwt here — about $334 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale177 hd

375.43

—

VA average5 barns · 351 hd

383.81

−8.38

National average120 barns · 5,578 hd

374.14

+1.29

This barn, trailing median35 sales

434.15

−58.72

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

Steers 500–600 lb: high $484.39, low $360.62, median $434.15 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

45 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	347	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,397	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	359	412.80/cwt	401.00–415.00	1,482	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	367	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,486	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	441	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,808	4
Steers	400–450	Small 1	442	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,768	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	444	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,854	29
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	406.75/cwt	406.75–406.75	1,891	42
Steers	500–550	Small 1	535	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,712	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	539	379.50/cwt	379.50–379.50	2,046	27
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	375.44/cwt	375.00–375.45	2,084	148
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	637	349.25/cwt	349.25–349.25	2,225	64
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	646	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,229	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,220	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	315.46/cwt	315.00–315.50	2,303	12
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	315	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,213	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	349	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,420	23
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	367	385.05/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,413	10
Heifers	350–400	Small 1	372	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,414	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,498	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	443	356.53/cwt	350.00–357.00	1,579	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	447	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,565	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	450	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,665	33
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	461	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,655	43
Heifers	450–500	Small 1	467	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,588	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	537	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,820	30
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	545	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,760	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	548	332.34/cwt	329.00–332.50	1,821	64
Heifers	550–600	Small 1	553	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,742	3
Heifers	600–650	Small 1	605	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,679	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	621	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,950	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,884	29
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	675	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,974	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,903	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	326	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	1,379	4
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	342	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,428	2
Bulls	350–400	Small 1	395	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,590	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	416	425.40/cwt	400.00–427.00	1,770	17
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	1,739	13
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	380.85/cwt	345.00–383.00	1,832	18
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	484	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	1,907	15
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	496	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,736	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	545	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,853	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	353.39/cwt	345.00–353.75	1,990	25
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	605	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,063	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,104	7

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 26, 2025

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

Receipts 748Last week 0Year ago 616

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 352, Heifers 285, Bulls 111)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	342	417.50	417.50
13	400–450	423	411.00	411.00
18	450–500	481	345.00–383.00	380.85
25	550–600	563	345.00–353.75	353.39
7	600–650	628	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	395	402.50	402.50
3	450–500	496	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	326	423.00	423.00
17	400–450	416	400.00–427.00	425.40
15	450–500	484	394.00	394.00
4	500–550	545	340.00	340.00
1	600–650	605	341.00	341.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	367	380.00–390.00	385.05
4	400–450	447	350.00	350.00
43	450–500	461	359.00	359.00
64	500–550	548	329.00–332.50	332.34
29	600–650	628	300.00	300.00
3	700–750	725	262.50	262.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	372	380.00	380.00
4	450–500	467	340.00	340.00
3	550–600	553	315.00	315.00
1	600–650	605	277.50	277.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	300–350	349	407.00	407.00
1	400–450	425	352.50	352.50
33	450–500	450	370.00	370.00
30	500–550	537	339.00	339.00
7	600–650	621	314.00	314.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	385.00	385.00
14	400–450	443	350.00–357.00	356.53
12	500–550	545	323.00	323.00
1	650–700	675	292.50	292.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	442	400.00	400.00
2	500–550	535	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	367	405.00	405.00
42	450–500	465	406.75	406.75
148	550–600	555	375.00–375.45	375.44
64	600–650	637	349.25	349.25
2	650–700	655	339.00	339.00
12	700–750	730	315.00–315.50	315.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	359	401.00–415.00	412.80
29	400–450	444	417.50	417.50
27	500–550	539	379.50	379.50
3	600–650	646	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	347	402.50	402.50
4	400–450	441	410.00	410.00

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.