Sale reports / Virginia / Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. / 2025-08-04

Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, Aug 4
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184
Receipts
1,318 head
▲ 902 vs last sale 416▲ 677 vs year ago 641 · +105.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 437, Heifers 567, Bulls 314)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $340.65/cwt on 221 head. That ranks 9 of 35 comparable sales and sits −41.32 against this barn's trailing median of $381.97.
Average price
$340.65
221 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,882
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$50
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$24.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.34
vs VA average
−9.92 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553344.171,903128
Medium and Large 2548338.911,85770
Medium and Large 3554329.771,82715thin
Small 1579320.001,8538thin
One grade step is worth $24.17/cwt here — about $50 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 sale221 hd
340.65
—
VA average8 barns · 461 hd
339.31
+1.34
National average149 barns · 9,537 hd
350.57
−9.92
This barn, trailing median35 sales
381.97
−41.32
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

61 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1362415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,5022
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3365415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,5154
Steers350–400Small 1368394.00/cwt394.00–394.001,4503
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2376418.00/cwt418.00–418.001,5729
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1431397.00/cwt397.00–397.001,7113
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2455407.00/cwt407.00–407.001,85231
Steers450–500Small 1456354.00/cwt354.00–354.001,61411
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3464381.35/cwt370.00–383.001,7698
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1471405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,90833
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3542351.00/cwt351.00–351.001,9028
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2549369.00/cwt369.00–369.002,02637
Steers550–600Small 1550343.00/cwt343.00–343.001,8875
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1557373.98/cwt372.00–374.002,08393
Steers600–650Small 1628325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,0415
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1632349.50/cwt349.50–349.502,2094
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3638315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,0104
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2644352.50/cwt352.50–352.502,27024
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2650350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,2752
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1652349.75/cwt349.75–349.752,28088
Steers700–750Small 1735320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,3521
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3735310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,2792
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1744336.42/cwt335.00–336.502,50355
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2777333.00/cwt333.00–333.002,5875
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Small 1325300.00/cwt300.00–300.009751
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2335380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,2732
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3345355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,2251
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2356409.00/cwt409.00–409.001,45614
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3362380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,37612
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1376404.00/cwt404.00–404.001,51913
Heifers350–400Small 1395350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3831
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1435350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5235
Heifers450–500Small 1450340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,53010
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2455368.00/cwt368.00–368.001,67452
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1457368.50/cwt368.50–368.501,68475
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3460348.50/cwt348.50–348.501,60320
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3525312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,6411
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2548338.91/cwt332.50–339.001,85770
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1553344.17/cwt337.00–344.581,903128
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3556331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,84014
Heifers550–600Small 1579320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8538
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3637297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,8926
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2640318.39/cwt311.00–319.502,03830
Heifers600–650Small 1641287.93/cwt275.00–291.001,8465
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1646316.82/cwt313.00–317.002,04766
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2722280.50/cwt280.50–280.502,0257
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1734282.50/cwt282.50–282.502,07422
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1345411.58/cwt405.00–412.001,42016
Bulls300–350Small 1345365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,2594
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2347420.97/cwt385.00–425.001,46119
Bulls400–450Small 1413365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,5074
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2415429.00/cwt429.00–429.001,78022
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1415406.00/cwt406.00–406.001,68547
Bulls450–500Small 1484343.00/cwt343.00–343.001,66010
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2489387.00/cwt387.00–387.001,89224
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1493378.00/cwt378.00–378.001,86453
Bulls500–550Small 1505325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,6411
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1567355.95/cwt353.00–356.002,01857
Bulls550–600Small 1569329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,8726
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2573358.78/cwt356.00–359.002,05613
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1626339.50/cwt339.50–339.502,12530
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2629344.00/cwt344.00–344.002,1645

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.