Sale reports / Virginia / Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. / 2025-09-08

Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, Sep 8
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184
Receipts
1,030 head
▲ 629 vs last sale 401▼ 351 vs year ago 1,381 · −25.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 353, Heifers 456, Bulls 221)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $350.82/cwt on 152 head. That ranks 11 of 35 comparable sales and sits −31.15 against this barn's trailing median of $381.97.
Average price
$350.82
152 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,917
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$175
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$31.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.30
vs VA average
−17.52 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2541359.731,94649
Medium and Large 1553349.291,93373
Medium and Large 3538348.001,87218thin
Small 1540328.001,77112thin
One grade step is worth $31.73/cwt here — about $175 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 sale152 hd
350.82
—
VA average8 barns · 556 hd
350.52
+0.30
National average171 barns · 13,169 hd
368.34
−17.52
This barn, trailing median35 sales
381.97
−31.15
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

56 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2337470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,5849
Steers350–400Small 1376365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,3723
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1383480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,8385
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2395415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,6391
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2445420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,8691
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3451417.50/cwt417.50–417.501,88310
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2455431.00/cwt431.00–431.001,96132
Steers450–500Small 1460402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,8524
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1461449.97/cwt422.00–453.002,07440
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3536375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,0106
Steers500–550Small 1537360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,93312
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1544402.25/cwt402.25–402.252,18856
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2547375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,0512
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2550400.50/cwt400.50–400.502,20350
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1576395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,2753
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1639374.00/cwt374.00–374.002,39064
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2640368.24/cwt355.00–369.002,35718
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3648341.00/cwt341.00–341.002,2104
Steers650–700Small 1661336.00/cwt336.00–336.002,2213
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3730318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,3211
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1738355.65/cwt340.00–357.002,62525
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2760333.45/cwt326.00–336.002,5344
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3356400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,42420
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2361426.76/cwt400.00–429.001,54127
Heifers350–400Small 1365387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,4143
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,5678
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2444374.51/cwt362.00–375.001,66350
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3458368.17/cwt347.50–369.001,68627
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1459367.80/cwt350.00–369.001,68848
Heifers450–500Small 1459349.00/cwt349.00–349.001,60213
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3538348.00/cwt348.00–348.001,87218
Heifers500–550Small 1540328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,77112
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2541359.73/cwt347.00–360.001,94649
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1545347.00/cwt347.00–347.001,8916
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1554349.50/cwt349.50–349.501,93667
Heifers600–650Small 1621300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8633
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3638310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9787
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2640338.50/cwt338.50–338.502,16622
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1642342.59/cwt331.00–343.002,19957
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1751298.00/cwt298.00–298.002,23814
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2753293.00/cwt293.00–293.002,2065
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Small 1342423.72/cwt410.00–425.001,44911
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2348460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,60110
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1354480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,6998
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2418454.21/cwt435.00–455.001,89925
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1429440.61/cwt390.00–445.001,89013
Bulls400–450Small 1431425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,8326
Bulls450–500Small 1485379.00/cwt379.00–379.001,83812
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2487424.00/cwt424.00–424.002,06520
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1490422.94/cwt400.00–424.002,07245
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2535366.00/cwt366.00–366.001,9582
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2555386.00/cwt386.00–386.002,1429
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1559389.70/cwt370.00–391.502,17836
Bulls550–600Small 1566376.00/cwt376.00–376.002,1288
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2623355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,2123
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1630344.00/cwt344.00–344.002,16713

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.