Sale reports / Virginia / Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. / 2025-08-11

Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, Aug 11
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184
Receipts
888 head
▼ 430 vs last sale 1,318▲ 176 vs year ago 712 · +24.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 228, Heifers 400, Bulls 260)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $338.57/cwt on 156 head. That ranks 9 of 35 comparable sales and sits −43.40 against this barn's trailing median of $381.97.
Average price
$338.57
156 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,844
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$169
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$20.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.80
vs VA average
−12.24 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548341.501,87080
Medium and Large 2542338.271,83562
Medium and Large 3541324.001,75310thin
Small 1530321.001,7014thin
One grade step is worth $20.50/cwt here — about $169 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 sale156 hd
338.57
—
VA average7 barns · 435 hd
339.37
−0.80
National average152 barns · 8,349 hd
350.81
−12.24
This barn, trailing median35 sales
381.97
−43.40
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

59 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 1332380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,2622
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1367415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,5234
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3375413.00/cwt413.00–413.001,5492
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2385421.00/cwt421.00–421.001,6211
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3439398.00/cwt398.00–398.001,74710
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1460406.00/cwt406.00–406.001,86813
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2461410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,89018
Steers450–500Small 1473367.00/cwt367.00–367.001,7363
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1505373.00/cwt373.00–373.001,8841
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3530348.00/cwt348.00–348.001,8443
Steers550–600Small 1552347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,9182
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1558369.00/cwt369.00–369.002,05936
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2558367.00/cwt367.00–367.002,04827
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3605329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,9901
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2630343.50/cwt343.50–343.502,16412
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1641333.00/cwt333.00–333.002,1353
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1651346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,25254
Steers700–750Small 1735313.00/cwt313.00–313.002,3011
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1737327.00/cwt327.00–327.002,41031
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2760323.00/cwt323.00–323.002,4553
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1345395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,3633
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2359405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,45419
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3360372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,34111
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1362396.00/cwt396.00–396.001,4342
Heifers350–400Small 1376368.00/cwt368.00–368.001,3846
Heifers400–450Small 1446345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,5394
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3448347.00/cwt347.00–347.001,55519
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1454357.79/cwt350.00–358.001,62437
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2454356.00/cwt356.00–356.001,61662
Heifers500–550Small 1530321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,7014
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3541324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,75310
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2542339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,83759
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1547342.00/cwt342.00–342.001,87176
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2551324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,7853
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1561332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,8634
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3630317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,9972
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2633320.41/cwt314.00–321.002,02812
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1643319.00/cwt319.00–319.002,05147
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1656313.00/cwt313.00–313.002,0533
Heifers650–700Small 1670295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,9771
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2738272.00/cwt272.00–272.002,0073
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1740284.00/cwt284.00–284.002,10212
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Small 1342377.50/cwt377.50–377.501,2916
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2346433.00/cwt433.00–433.001,49813
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1349430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,50110
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2370412.50/cwt412.50–412.501,5261
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2410444.00/cwt444.00–444.001,82026
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1412448.67/cwt427.50–452.001,84922
Bulls400–450Small 1423390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,6509
Bulls450–500Small 1478359.00/cwt359.00–359.001,7166
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1490389.00/cwt389.00–389.001,90631
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2493381.69/cwt375.00–382.001,88242
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1505370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,8694
Bulls500–550Small 1535300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6051
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2561335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,87911
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1568353.93/cwt336.00–355.002,01035
Bulls550–600Small 1580333.00/cwt333.00–333.001,9315
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1623332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,06827
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2631335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,1149

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.