Sale reports / Virginia / Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. / 2025-07-28

Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, Jul 28
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184
Receipts
416 head
▼ 386 vs last sale 802▼ 454 vs year ago 870 · −52.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 130, Heifers 201, Bulls 85)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $334.29/cwt on 67 head. That ranks 9 of 35 comparable sales and sits −47.68 against this barn's trailing median of $381.97.
Average price
$334.29
67 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,842
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$109
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$28.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.07
vs VA average
−13.21 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1552338.781,87043
Medium and Large 2543335.001,81915thin
Medium and Large 3553313.001,7315thin
Small 1568310.001,7614thin
One grade step is worth $28.78/cwt here — about $109 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale67 hd
334.29
—
VA average5 barns · 177 hd
327.22
+7.07
National average149 barns · 6,369 hd
347.50
−13.21
This barn, trailing median35 sales
381.97
−47.68
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

46 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 3335400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3401
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,6102
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375436.00/cwt436.00–436.001,6355
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2444398.00/cwt398.00–398.001,76713
Steers450–500Small 1450350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5752
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,85311
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3480350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6803
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2534368.00/cwt368.00–368.001,96511
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3550355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,9531
Steers550–600Small 1552337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,8632
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1559366.00/cwt366.00–366.002,04623
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2615355.50/cwt355.50–355.502,1862
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1649343.50/cwt343.50–343.502,22935
Steers650–700Small 1660310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,0463
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2710335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,3791
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1732334.00/cwt334.00–334.002,44512
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3743320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,3783
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3342367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,2572
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2353386.00/cwt386.00–386.001,36315
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375376.93/cwt375.00–380.001,4135
Heifers350–400Small 1385375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,4441
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3450338.00/cwt338.00–338.001,52110
Heifers450–500Small 1451334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,5069
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2457341.37/cwt320.00–344.001,56019
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1458343.00/cwt343.00–343.001,57122
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2543335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,81915
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1552338.78/cwt330.00–339.001,87043
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3553313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,7315
Heifers550–600Small 1568310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,7614
Heifers600–650Small 1610265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,6171
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2638306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,95213
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1641309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,98124
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1733268.50/cwt268.50–268.501,96813
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1340433.00/cwt433.00–433.001,4723
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2344433.00/cwt433.00–433.001,49011
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2398415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,6526
Bulls400–450Small 1410382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,5683
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420414.12/cwt390.00–416.001,73914
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1485368.83/cwt367.00–369.001,78911
Bulls450–500Small 1490325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,5931
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2492373.00/cwt373.00–373.001,8354
Bulls550–600Small 1560315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,7644
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2562350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,9679
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1569353.00/cwt353.00–353.002,00912
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1626339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,1226
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2630320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,0161

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.