Sale reports / Virginia / Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. / 2025-10-06

Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, Oct 6
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184
Receipts
845 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 820▼ 19 vs year ago 864 · −2.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 236, Heifers 371, Bulls 238)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $323.63/cwt on 116 head. That ranks 2 of 35 comparable sales and sits −58.34 against this barn's trailing median of $381.97.
Average price
$323.63
116 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,760
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$245
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$40.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.80
vs VA average
−60.76 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544327.741,78354
Medium and Large 2542327.391,77441
Medium and Large 3549310.001,70217thin
Small 1535287.501,5384thin
One grade step is worth $40.24/cwt here — about $245 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 sale116 hd
323.63
—
VA average8 barns · 567 hd
318.83
+4.80
National average182 barns · 15,418 hd
384.39
−60.76
This barn, trailing median35 sales
381.97
−58.34
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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2353420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,4836
Steers350–400Small 1355370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,3141
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1357422.50/cwt422.50–422.501,5082
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2454436.00/cwt436.00–436.001,97922
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1462433.50/cwt433.50–433.502,00316
Steers450–500Small 1467365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,7054
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3470395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,8578
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3541377.00/cwt377.00–377.002,0409
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1545396.50/cwt396.50–396.502,16137
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2549391.00/cwt391.00–391.002,14717
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1556396.00/cwt396.00–396.002,2024
Steers550–600Small 1560340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,9041
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3626325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,0357
Steers600–650Small 1639325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,0776
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1644357.50/cwt357.50–357.502,30241
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2647362.00/cwt362.00–362.002,34213
Steers700–750Small 1716309.00/cwt309.00–309.002,2123
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3730309.00/cwt309.00–309.002,2561
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1735329.76/cwt322.50–330.002,42430
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2744327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,4378
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3353345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,21814
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1356387.00/cwt387.00–387.001,37810
Heifers350–400Small 1361320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,1554
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2364385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,40121
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1430336.00/cwt336.00–336.001,4451
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2448350.57/cwt337.00–351.501,57147
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3460328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,50926
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1461349.00/cwt349.00–349.001,60939
Heifers450–500Small 1463305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,41211
Heifers500–550Small 1535287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,5384
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2542327.39/cwt315.00–328.001,77441
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1544327.74/cwt315.00–329.001,78354
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3549310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,70217
Heifers600–650Small 1622262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,6332
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3631286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,8059
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1636301.00/cwt285.00–301.501,91433
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2649294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,90823
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3715255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,8231
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1735281.00/cwt281.00–281.002,0658
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2764275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,1016
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2345408.00/cwt408.00–408.001,40823
Bulls350–400Small 1352350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,2322
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1354411.00/cwt411.00–411.001,45511
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2360385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,3861
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2412410.56/cwt380.00–412.001,69224
Bulls400–450Small 1412385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,58610
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420403.00/cwt403.00–403.001,69318
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2484383.68/cwt362.50–386.501,85733
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1489390.54/cwt390.50–391.001,91035
Bulls450–500Small 1497335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,6658
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1547340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8602
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1556363.25/cwt363.25–363.252,02025
Bulls550–600Small 1560341.29/cwt320.00–344.001,9119
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2566354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,00417
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2622329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,0462
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1629320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,01318

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.