Sale reports / Virginia / Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. / 2025-07-21

Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, Jul 21
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184
Receipts
802 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 814▼ 85 vs year ago 887 · −9.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 255, Heifers 359, Bulls 188)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $324.91/cwt on 131 head. That ranks 3 of 35 comparable sales and sits −57.06 against this barn's trailing median of $381.97.
Average price
$324.91
131 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,774
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$161
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$15.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.90
vs VA average
−15.27 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551325.751,79568
Medium and Large 2542325.741,76651
Medium and Large 3535318.001,70110thin
Small 1527310.001,6342thin
One grade step is worth $15.75/cwt here — about $161 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 sale131 hd
324.91
—
VA average8 barns · 435 hd
337.81
−12.90
National average146 barns · 6,788 hd
340.18
−15.27
This barn, trailing median35 sales
381.97
−57.06
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

50 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3342397.50/cwt397.50–397.501,3592
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1369430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,5877
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2373427.50/cwt427.50–427.501,5953
Steers350–400Small 1375352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,3221
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1453408.22/cwt365.00–410.001,84926
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3462365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,6864
Steers450–500Small 1462345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,5942
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2465406.00/cwt406.00–406.001,88818
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3531350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,8594
Steers500–550Small 1542342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,8562
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1545366.50/cwt366.50–366.501,99750
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2551361.48/cwt342.00–362.001,99239
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3605320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,9361
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2635342.50/cwt342.50–342.502,17516
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1642345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,21560
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2705325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,2911
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1743324.38/cwt319.00–325.002,41019
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2352365.54/cwt325.00–367.001,28731
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3352330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,16211
Heifers350–400Small 1366320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,1716
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,34312
Heifers400–450Small 1430312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,3428
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3441315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,38919
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2448339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,51949
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1460337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,55038
Heifers500–550Small 1527310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6342
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3535318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,70110
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2542325.74/cwt312.00–326.001,76651
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1551325.75/cwt310.00–326.001,79568
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2633298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,88612
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1638299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,90827
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3645280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,8063
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2717289.00/cwt289.00–289.002,0722
Heifers700–750Small 1730260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,8981
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1737277.00/cwt277.00–277.002,0419
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Small 1305334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,0191
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2338431.00/cwt431.00–431.001,45714
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1346427.50/cwt427.50–427.501,4797
Bulls400–450Small 1415350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4533
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1422402.00/cwt402.00–402.001,69619
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2423397.00/cwt397.00–397.001,67922
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2490380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,86212
Bulls450–500Small 1490341.00/cwt341.00–341.001,6717
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1494368.02/cwt368.00–369.001,81845
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1530318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,6851
Bulls500–550Small 1548312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,7107
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2561330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,8519
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1569320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,82131
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1620320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,9848
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2632330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,0862

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.