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Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-08-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-18

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, Aug 18

● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184

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Receipts

689 head

▼ 199 vs last sale 888▼ 354 vs year ago 1,043 · −33.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 226, Heifers 325, Bulls 138)

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $343.72/cwt on 130 head. That ranks 10 of 35 comparable sales and sits −38.25 against this barn's trailing median of $381.97.

Average price

$343.72

130 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,871

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$221

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$33.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.07

vs VA average

−16.08 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	547	348.50	1,906	64
Medium and Large 1	544	343.41	1,868	46
Medium and Large 3	538	333.83	1,796	15thin
Small 1	535	315.00	1,685	5thin

One grade step is worth $33.50/cwt here — about $221 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 sale130 hd

343.72

—

VA average8 barns · 380 hd

338.65

+5.07

National average158 barns · 7,895 hd

359.80

−16.08

This barn, trailing median35 sales

381.97

−38.25

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

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

53 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,378	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	354	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,566	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	358	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,432	4
Steers	350–400	Small 1	360	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,395	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	373	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,632	3
Steers	450–500	Small 1	452	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,718	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	460	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,748	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	463	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,921	27
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	395.13/cwt	350.00–400.00	1,845	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	541	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,980	8
Steers	500–550	Small 1	546	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,955	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	551	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,055	32
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	376.72/cwt	370.00–377.25	2,102	55
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	641	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,269	16
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	645	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,219	30
Steers	650–700	Small 1	665	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,201	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	730	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,351	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	738	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,399	13
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	765	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,463	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Small 1	320	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,072	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	330	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,287	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	344	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,273	10
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	354	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,451	13
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	367	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,523	7
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	400	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,270	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	447	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,576	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	447	339.86/cwt	337.50–340.00	1,519	17
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	460	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,702	46
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	464	363.91/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,689	28
Heifers	500–550	Small 1	535	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,685	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	538	333.83/cwt	317.50–335.00	1,796	15
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	543	343.75/cwt	343.75–343.75	1,867	44
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	547	348.50/cwt	348.50–348.50	1,906	64
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,905	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	603	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,899	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	634	321.96/cwt	321.00–322.00	2,041	22
Heifers	600–650	Small 1	635	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,889	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	652	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,112	25
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	728	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,038	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,072	10
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	339	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,517	7
Bulls	300–350	Small 1	344	430.02/cwt	390.00–437.50	1,479	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	408	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	1,779	12
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,802	19
Bulls	400–450	Small 1	430	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,656	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	479	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,796	11
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	484	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,747	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	494	386.55/cwt	379.00–387.00	1,910	35
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	359.50/cwt	359.50–359.50	2,031	25
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	578	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,965	4
Bulls	550–600	Small 1	580	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,920	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,088	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	632	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,092	4

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.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Lynchburg Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Rustburg, VA

Mon Aug 18, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Richmond, VA (LS-RH)

Receipts 689Last week 888Year ago 1,043

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 226, Heifers 325, Bulls 138)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	390.00	390.00
7	350–400	367	415.00	415.00
2	400–450	447	352.50	352.50
46	450–500	460	370.00	370.00
64	500–550	547	348.50	348.50
22	600–650	634	321.00–322.00	321.96
6	700–750	728	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	354	410.00	410.00
28	450–500	464	350.00–365.00	363.91
44	500–550	543	343.75	343.75
2	550–600	567	336.00	336.00
25	650–700	652	324.00	324.00
10	700–750	740	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	335.00	335.00
1	400–450	400	317.50	317.50
5	500–550	535	315.00	315.00
3	600–650	635	297.50	297.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	344	370.00	370.00
17	400–450	447	337.50–340.00	339.86
15	500–550	538	317.50–335.00	333.83
3	600–650	603	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	373	437.50	437.50
27	450–500	463	415.00	415.00
32	550–600	551	373.00	373.00
16	600–650	641	354.00	354.00
1	700–750	730	322.00	322.00
3	750–800	765	322.00	322.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	417.50	417.50
5	350–400	354	442.50	442.50
10	450–500	467	350.00–400.00	395.13
55	550–600	558	370.00–377.25	376.72
30	600–650	645	344.00	344.00
13	700–750	738	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	360	387.50	387.50
6	450–500	452	380.00	380.00
4	500–550	546	358.00	358.00
1	650–700	665	331.00	331.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	358	400.00	400.00
5	450–500	460	380.00	380.00
8	500–550	541	366.00	366.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	339	447.50	447.50
12	400–450	408	436.00	436.00
11	450–500	479	375.00	375.00
4	550–600	578	340.00	340.00
4	600–650	632	331.00	331.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	344	390.00–437.50	430.02
1	400–450	430	385.00	385.00
7	450–500	484	361.00	361.00
2	550–600	580	331.00	331.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	400–450	424	425.00	425.00
35	450–500	494	379.00–387.00	386.55
25	550–600	565	359.50	359.50
5	600–650	627	333.00	333.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.