Sale reports / Virginia / Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. / 2025-06-02

Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, Jun 2
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184
Receipts
1,291 head
▲ 543 vs last sale 748▼ 5 vs year ago 1,296 · −0.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 529, Heifers 543, Bulls 219)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $317.06/cwt on 185 head. That ranks 2 of 35 comparable sales and sits −64.91 against this barn's trailing median of $381.97.
Average price
$317.06
185 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,730
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$291
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$44.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.18
vs VA average
−21.18 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550319.441,757127
Medium and Large 2536316.071,69446
Medium and Large 3539306.001,6498thin
Small 1533275.001,4664thin
One grade step is worth $44.44/cwt here — about $291 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 sale185 hd
317.06
—
VA average5 barns · 349 hd
322.24
−5.18
National average164 barns · 13,536 hd
338.24
−21.18
This barn, trailing median35 sales
381.97
−64.91
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

52 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3352412.00/cwt412.00–412.001,4504
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2354394.00/cwt394.00–394.001,39512
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1395388.00/cwt388.00–388.001,5333
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1426377.50/cwt377.50–377.501,6083
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2453387.74/cwt358.00–394.001,75635
Steers450–500Small 1456335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,5285
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3459374.00/cwt374.00–374.001,7179
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1468394.00/cwt394.00–394.001,84464
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3535328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,7556
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2538355.31/cwt339.00–356.001,91223
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1555361.77/cwt340.00–362.632,008163
Steers550–600Small 1555277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,5404
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3565303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,7121
Steers600–650Small 1600277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,6651
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1648334.79/cwt317.00–336.252,169143
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2665308.31/cwt290.00–318.002,0503
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1731299.67/cwt296.00–300.002,19148
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2732298.00/cwt298.00–298.002,1812
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3358368.98/cwt317.50–372.501,32117
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365397.61/cwt352.50–399.001,45134
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1366377.00/cwt377.00–377.001,38019
Heifers350–400Small 1372300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1165
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2447340.85/cwt326.00–341.501,52471
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3452329.17/cwt294.00–335.001,48821
Heifers450–500Small 1456280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,2776
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465340.17/cwt330.00–340.501,58263
Heifers500–550Small 1533275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,4664
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2536316.07/cwt309.50–316.501,69446
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3539306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,6498
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1550319.44/cwt309.50–320.681,757127
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3621283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,7574
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2630294.45/cwt294.00–300.001,85513
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1637301.65/cwt298.00–302.001,92280
Heifers600–650Small 1643245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,5755
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1718283.68/cwt279.00–284.002,03716
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2720281.00/cwt281.00–281.002,0231
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3730260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,8981
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2762277.00/cwt277.00–277.002,1112
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2339389.00/cwt389.00–389.001,31924
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1347387.00/cwt387.00–387.001,34312
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2355365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,2961
Bulls400–450Small 1420358.23/cwt350.00–362.501,5053
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2421390.16/cwt361.00–392.001,64335
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1423383.00/cwt383.00–383.001,62028
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2482371.00/cwt371.00–371.001,78826
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1491374.22/cwt340.00–375.001,83744
Bulls500–550Small 1500317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,5882
Bulls550–600Small 1560265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,4841
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1566343.00/cwt343.00–343.001,94124
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2568328.11/cwt300.00–334.001,8646
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2620310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9221
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1633323.00/cwt323.00–323.002,04512

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.