Sale reports / Virginia / Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. / 2025-08-25

Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, Aug 25
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184
Receipts
1,058 head
▲ 369 vs last sale 689▲ 94 vs year ago 964 · +9.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 348, Heifers 465, Bulls 245)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $345.35/cwt on 177 head. That ranks 10 of 35 comparable sales and sits −36.62 against this barn's trailing median of $381.97.
Average price
$345.35
177 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,880
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$174
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$28.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.20
vs VA average
−24.46 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546350.141,91281
Medium and Large 2544343.881,87168
Medium and Large 3540342.501,85018thin
Small 1540321.721,73710thin
One grade step is worth $28.42/cwt here — about $174 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 sale177 hd
345.35
—
VA average6 barns · 418 hd
341.15
+4.20
National average160 barns · 10,603 hd
369.81
−24.46
This barn, trailing median35 sales
381.97
−36.62
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

57 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
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3350417.50/cwt417.50–417.501,4615
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2362460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,6656
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1379440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,6686
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3440380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,6721
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2450433.00/cwt433.00–433.001,94924
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3457412.00/cwt412.00–412.001,8839
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1468423.69/cwt385.00–425.001,98332
Steers450–500Small 1472380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,7944
Steers500–550Small 1530372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,9743
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3545374.71/cwt372.00–375.002,04210
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2546387.00/cwt387.00–387.002,11346
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1552378.85/cwt375.00–379.002,09182
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2555369.00/cwt369.00–369.002,0483
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3610367.00/cwt367.00–367.002,2392
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1646369.00/cwt369.00–369.002,38464
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2648370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,39813
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1663367.50/cwt367.50–367.502,4374
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3720326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,3471
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1737360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,65330
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2776360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,7943
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2364410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,49230
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1365429.00/cwt429.00–429.001,5668
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3365385.91/cwt370.00–387.501,40911
Heifers350–400Small 1365372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,3605
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1435362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,5772
Heifers400–450Small 1443341.00/cwt341.00–341.001,5115
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3444343.97/cwt327.50–344.501,52730
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2452364.85/cwt332.50–365.501,64955
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1454363.50/cwt363.50–363.501,65039
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3540342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,85018
Heifers500–550Small 1540321.72/cwt310.00–323.001,73710
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2544343.88/cwt340.00–344.001,87168
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1546350.14/cwt346.00–350.251,91281
Heifers600–650Small 1620297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,8451
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1635335.50/cwt335.50–335.502,13052
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2642333.00/cwt333.00–333.002,13830
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3643300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9295
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1675320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1601
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1743290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,15514
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2344468.00/cwt468.00–468.001,61020
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1346447.50/cwt447.50–447.501,5485
Bulls300–350Small 1346385.50/cwt385.50–385.501,3344
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1360422.50/cwt422.50–422.501,5211
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2375415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,5561
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1419429.09/cwt390.00–435.001,79824
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2422437.19/cwt410.00–440.001,84521
Bulls400–450Small 1440382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,6831
Bulls450–500Small 1491380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,8666
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2492404.00/cwt404.00–404.001,98814
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1497407.00/cwt407.00–407.002,02351
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1505372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,8813
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2540333.00/cwt333.00–333.001,7981
Bulls500–550Small 1544320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,7416
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1564369.95/cwt361.00–371.002,08747
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2571333.00/cwt333.00–333.001,90115
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2620348.00/cwt348.00–348.002,1584
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1620341.00/cwt341.00–341.002,11421

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.