Sale reports / Virginia / Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. / 2025-09-15

Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, Sep 15
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184
Receipts
1,131 head
▲ 101 vs last sale 1,030▲ 173 vs year ago 958 · +18.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 280, Heifers 521, Bulls 330)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $344.92/cwt on 186 head. That ranks 10 of 35 comparable sales and sits −37.05 against this barn's trailing median of $381.97.
Average price
$344.92
186 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,881
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$256
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$43.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.81
vs VA average
−14.74 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2545353.641,92775
Medium and Large 1550342.281,88180
Medium and Large 3534342.001,82620
Small 1539310.001,67111thin
One grade step is worth $43.64/cwt here — about $256 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 sale186 hd
344.92
—
VA average8 barns · 600 hd
345.73
−0.81
National average170 barns · 10,929 hd
359.66
−14.74
This barn, trailing median35 sales
381.97
−37.05
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

58 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Small 1365380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,3871
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3377422.50/cwt422.50–422.501,5932
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1385435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,6751
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2388450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,7463
Steers450–500Small 1455380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,7296
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2456441.00/cwt441.00–441.002,01126
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3456396.15/cwt361.00–410.001,80611
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1464440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,04216
Steers500–550Small 1534381.00/cwt381.00–381.002,0355
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2546397.00/cwt397.00–397.002,16829
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1554402.25/cwt390.00–403.002,22854
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3558358.69/cwt335.00–367.002,0018
Steers600–650Small 1631352.50/cwt352.50–352.502,2243
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2643353.00/cwt353.00–353.002,27020
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3647340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,2004
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1650355.38/cwt355.00–360.002,31052
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2695341.00/cwt341.00–341.002,3702
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2720327.43/cwt327.00–330.002,3577
Steers700–750Small 1730316.00/cwt316.00–316.002,3072
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3730315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,3002
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1740342.31/cwt334.00–343.002,53326
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3348380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,3228
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2368395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,45427
Heifers350–400Small 1370320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,1842
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1380394.00/cwt394.00–394.001,49710
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2410352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,4451
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3436367.00/cwt367.00–367.001,60020
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2451375.50/cwt375.50–375.501,69478
Heifers450–500Small 1455320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4566
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1462374.00/cwt374.00–374.001,72844
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3534342.00/cwt342.00–342.001,82620
Heifers500–550Small 1539310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,67111
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2545353.64/cwt340.00–354.001,92775
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1549342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,88079
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1590325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,9181
Heifers600–650Small 1615280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,7221
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3635304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,9303
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2640327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,09642
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1645331.95/cwt331.00–332.002,14163
Heifers700–750Small 1705272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,9211
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1737283.50/cwt283.50–283.502,08921
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3745260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,9371
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2751279.00/cwt279.00–279.002,0956
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Small 1338375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,2683
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1346425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,47113
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2352475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,67228
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1370426.00/cwt426.00–426.001,5761
Bulls400–450Small 1418375.50/cwt372.50–395.001,5708
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2420449.65/cwt400.00–452.001,88945
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1425450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,91335
Bulls450–500Small 1488366.00/cwt366.00–366.001,78611
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1493407.27/cwt382.00–409.002,00860
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2493407.00/cwt407.00–407.002,00727
Bulls550–600Small 1558350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,9536
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2562381.00/cwt381.00–381.002,14115
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1562379.72/cwt363.00–380.502,13447
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2622348.00/cwt348.00–348.002,1656
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1629342.50/cwt342.50–342.502,15424

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.