Sale reports / Virginia / Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. / 2025-07-07

Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, Jul 7
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184
Receipts
463 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 458▼ 518 vs year ago 981 · −52.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 154, Heifers 209, Bulls 100)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $315.72/cwt on 78 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −66.25 against this barn's trailing median of $381.97.
Average price
$315.72
78 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,714
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$152
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$20.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.61
vs VA average
−25.81 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2550323.001,77712thin
Medium and Large 1544315.821,71855
Medium and Large 3527310.001,6347thin
Small 1537302.501,6244thin
One grade step is worth $20.50/cwt here — about $152 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale78 hd
315.72
—
VA average3 barns · 128 hd
318.33
−2.61
National average157 barns · 9,726 hd
341.53
−25.81
This barn, trailing median35 sales
381.97
−66.25
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

47 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2390400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,5603
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1469400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,87618
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,88011
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3485389.00/cwt389.00–389.001,8871
Steers500–550Small 1535335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,7921
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3535333.00/cwt333.00–333.001,7822
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2542379.00/cwt379.00–379.002,05418
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1560365.89/cwt362.00–366.002,04935
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1631347.00/cwt347.00–347.002,19033
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2646355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,29311
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1655347.00/cwt347.00–347.002,2733
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3673319.00/cwt319.00–319.002,1473
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1717329.50/cwt329.50–329.502,36314
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2735325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,3891
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2355365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,2969
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1367366.00/cwt366.00–366.001,3432
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3378337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,2765
Heifers350–400Small 1380330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,2541
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3452334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,5107
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2453361.00/cwt361.00–361.001,63529
Heifers450–500Small 1455320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4562
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1462335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,54833
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3527310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6347
Heifers500–550Small 1537302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,6244
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1544315.82/cwt311.00–316.001,71855
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2550323.00/cwt323.00–323.001,77712
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2634277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,75912
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1642276.50/cwt276.50–276.501,77520
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1660268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,7691
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3675257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,7351
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1738266.75/cwt265.00–268.501,9698
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3740228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,6871
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1345405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,3976
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2351401.00/cwt401.00–401.001,4088
Bulls350–400Small 1352387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,3644
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1365380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,3871
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2404404.17/cwt382.50–407.001,6339
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1414410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,69711
Bulls400–450Small 1415380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,5772
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1480379.66/cwt375.00–380.001,82214
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2490386.00/cwt386.00–386.001,89112
Bulls450–500Small 1492340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,6734
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2560332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,8599
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1578336.00/cwt336.00–336.001,9425
Bulls550–600Small 1582278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,6185
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1619338.00/cwt338.00–338.002,0929
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2650318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,0671

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.