Sale reports / Virginia / Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. / 2025-09-01

Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, Sep 1
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184
Receipts
401 head
▼ 657 vs last sale 1,058▲ 38 vs year ago 363 · +10.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 126, Heifers 170, Bulls 105)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $333.57/cwt on 66 head. That ranks 9 of 35 comparable sales and sits −48.40 against this barn's trailing median of $381.97.
Average price
$333.57
66 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,833
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$184
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$19.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.15
vs VA average
−37.94 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550338.731,86133
Medium and Large 2551337.501,86015thin
Medium and Large 3563322.001,81311thin
Small 1526319.001,6787thin
One grade step is worth $19.73/cwt here — about $184 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 sale66 hd
333.57
—
VA average6 barns · 297 hd
340.72
−7.15
National average145 barns · 7,681 hd
371.51
−37.94
This barn, trailing median35 sales
381.97
−48.40
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

49 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3326408.00/cwt408.00–408.001,3303
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1368435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,6015
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2370440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,6283
Steers350–400Small 1390337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,3161
Steers400–450Small 1441386.00/cwt386.00–386.001,7024
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2443436.00/cwt436.00–436.001,9315
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1455445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,02515
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3470405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,9041
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2520391.00/cwt391.00–391.002,0334
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3530383.00/cwt383.00–383.002,0301
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1551387.00/cwt387.00–387.002,13220
Steers550–600Small 1559362.50/cwt362.50–362.502,0265
Steers600–650Small 1632348.00/cwt348.00–348.002,1992
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1648370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,3986
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1651372.75/cwt372.75–372.752,42729
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2656369.00/cwt369.00–369.002,4213
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2716360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,5783
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1749360.50/cwt360.50–360.502,70016
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3345372.00/cwt372.00–372.001,2834
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1355400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4202
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2362389.00/cwt389.00–389.001,4082
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2450358.00/cwt358.00–358.001,61122
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1456350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,59624
Heifers450–500Small 1458328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,5026
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3460335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,54112
Heifers500–550Small 1526319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,6787
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1535330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,7661
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1550339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,86532
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2551337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,86015
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3563322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,81311
Heifers600–650Small 1625255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,5941
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3645287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,8542
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2650321.00/cwt321.00–321.002,0875
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1652324.00/cwt324.00–324.002,11215
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2735288.00/cwt288.00–288.002,1173
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1748291.00/cwt291.00–291.002,1776
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1312445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,3882
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2352439.00/cwt439.00–439.001,5458
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2422445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,8787
Bulls400–450Small 1425338.00/cwt338.00–338.001,4373
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1433440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,9056
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1484416.00/cwt416.00–416.002,01317
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2486412.50/cwt412.50–412.502,00513
Bulls450–500Small 1490374.00/cwt374.00–374.001,8332
Bulls550–600Small 1553345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,9085
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2561365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,0485
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1574367.00/cwt367.00–367.002,10721
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1625337.00/cwt337.00–337.002,10612
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2627348.00/cwt348.00–348.002,1824

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.