Sale reports / Virginia / Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. / 2025-09-22

Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, Sep 22
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184
Receipts
1,024 head
▼ 107 vs last sale 1,131▲ 350 vs year ago 674 · +51.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 260, Heifers 448. Bulls 316)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $334.35/cwt on 161 head. That ranks 9 of 35 comparable sales and sits −47.62 against this barn's trailing median of $381.97.
Average price
$334.35
161 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,840
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$167
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Small 1
$25.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.80
vs VA average
−31.50 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3550343.501,88820
Medium and Large 1551335.551,84962
Medium and Large 2552333.921,84265
Small 1541318.001,72014thin
One grade step is worth $25.50/cwt here — about $167 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 sale161 hd
334.35
—
VA average9 barns · 585 hd
337.16
−2.80
National average172 barns · 11,458 hd
365.85
−31.50
This barn, trailing median35 sales
381.97
−47.62
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

61 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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3347405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,4052
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1366455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,6654
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2370449.00/cwt449.00–449.001,66111
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3439413.00/cwt413.00–413.001,8136
Steers450–500Small 1451392.50/cwt392.50–392.501,7705
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2460447.87/cwt429.00–453.002,06023
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1466449.50/cwt437.50–450.002,09524
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3495387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,9181
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3535386.00/cwt386.00–386.002,0654
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1540397.00/cwt397.00–397.002,1443
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2551404.15/cwt387.50–406.002,22740
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1556407.50/cwt407.50–407.502,26650
Steers550–600Small 1570362.50/cwt362.50–362.502,0661
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3625320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,0001
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2635357.79/cwt330.00–359.252,27220
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1644353.05/cwt353.00–353.502,27447
Steers650–700Small 1670340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,2781
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3725310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,2481
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2737331.00/cwt331.00–331.002,4396
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1750340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,55010
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3349360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,25612
Heifers300–350Small 1349317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,1085
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2353392.09/cwt370.00–394.001,38425
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1359388.66/cwt370.00–391.001,3959
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3360352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,2691
Heifers400–450Small 1443312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,38414
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1452360.02/cwt332.00–361.001,62732
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2454362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,64662
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3460337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,5507
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2535329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,7601
Heifers500–550Small 1541318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,72014
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3548345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,89119
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1551335.55/cwt325.00–336.501,84962
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2552334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,84464
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3580315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,8271
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3632309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,95313
Heifers600–650Small 1636288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,8325
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2642329.57/cwt315.00–330.002,11634
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1644326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,09934
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1650318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,0673
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3715265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,8951
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1740270.50/cwt270.50–270.502,00216
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2742269.50/cwt269.50–269.502,00012
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1765284.00/cwt284.00–284.002,1732
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Small 1328392.50/cwt392.50–392.501,2873
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1340424.68/cwt420.00–425.001,44414
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2346441.00/cwt441.00–441.001,52627
Bulls350–400Small 1370345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,2771
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1395395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,5601
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1410447.00/cwt447.00–447.001,83326
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2419449.91/cwt397.50–451.001,88549
Bulls400–450Small 1419350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4677
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1487425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,07043
Bulls450–500Small 1492401.63/cwt380.00–403.001,97616
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2494417.70/cwt350.00–422.502,06330
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1501371.00/cwt371.00–371.001,8593
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2556373.00/cwt373.00–373.002,07424
Bulls550–600Small 1567372.50/cwt372.50–372.502,1128
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1569374.36/cwt353.00–375.502,13040
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2625349.00/cwt349.00–349.002,1816
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1630344.00/cwt344.00–344.002,16718

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.