Sale reports / Virginia / Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. / 2025-07-14

Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, Jul 14
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184
Receipts
814 head
▲ 351 vs last sale 463▼ 111 vs year ago 925 · −12.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 294, Heifers 343, Bulls 177)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $323.22/cwt on 101 head. That ranks 2 of 35 comparable sales and sits −58.75 against this barn's trailing median of $381.97.
Average price
$323.22
101 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,767
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$189
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$27.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.24
vs VA average
−15.52 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2545327.011,78235
Medium and Large 1552324.851,79355
Medium and Large 3516311.001,6053thin
Small 1531300.001,5938thin
One grade step is worth $27.01/cwt here — about $189 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 sale101 hd
323.22
—
VA average9 barns · 320 hd
325.46
−2.24
National average151 barns · 8,478 hd
338.74
−15.52
This barn, trailing median35 sales
381.97
−58.75
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

57 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Small 1335300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0052
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1358380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,3609
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2370395.88/cwt380.00–399.001,4656
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3380392.00/cwt392.00–392.001,4903
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2454417.10/cwt365.00–421.001,89431
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470419.68/cwt377.50–421.001,97232
Steers450–500Small 1480345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,6561
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3495360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,7821
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2547373.00/cwt373.00–373.002,04022
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1550355.50/cwt355.50–355.501,95584
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3570340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,9386
Steers550–600Small 1585330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,9311
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3630291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,8332
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1641338.00/cwt338.00–338.002,16769
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2644344.00/cwt344.00–344.002,21510
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1655323.00/cwt323.00–323.002,1161
Steers650–700Small 1690250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,7251
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1736315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,3188
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2757311.00/cwt311.00–311.002,3544
Steers750–800Medium and Large 3770300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,3101
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Small 1305315.00/cwt315.00–315.009611
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3346328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,13511
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1357350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,2507
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2369350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,29220
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,3442
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3441316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,39412
Heifers450–500Small 1451300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3538
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2455340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,54747
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1461333.37/cwt328.00–333.501,53743
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3516311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,6053
Heifers500–550Small 1531300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5938
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1538323.00/cwt323.00–323.001,7384
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2545327.01/cwt310.00–327.501,78235
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1553325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,79751
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2635299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,89913
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3635290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,8421
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1643300.50/cwt300.50–300.501,93254
Heifers650–700Small 1690272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,8801
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1728283.00/cwt283.00–283.002,06018
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2738280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,0664
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2337378.00/cwt378.00–378.001,27426
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1346392.00/cwt392.00–392.001,3565
Bulls300–350Small 1348340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,1836
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1365360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,3141
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2417378.00/cwt378.00–378.001,57622
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1431357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,54111
Bulls400–450Small 1447335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,4972
Bulls450–500Small 1471335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,5784
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2485388.15/cwt330.00–393.001,88313
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1492381.50/cwt340.00–393.001,87722
Bulls500–550Small 1510310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,5811
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1535318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,7011
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2561344.58/cwt318.00–347.501,93310
Bulls550–600Small 1563290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,6333
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1575329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,89226
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2624333.00/cwt333.00–333.002,0786
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1630315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,98518

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.