Sale reports / Virginia / Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. / 2025-10-20

Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, Oct 20
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184
Receipts
725 head
▲ 51 vs last sale 674▼ 497 vs year ago 1,222 · −40.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 215, Heifers 303, Bulls 207)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $343.64/cwt on 91 head. That ranks 10 of 35 comparable sales and sits −38.33 against this barn's trailing median of $381.97.
Average price
$343.64
91 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,891
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$264
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$46.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.21
vs VA average
−47.18 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549351.181,92938
Medium and Large 2553349.051,93032
Medium and Large 3548327.001,79216thin
Small 1546305.001,6655thin
One grade step is worth $46.18/cwt here — about $264 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 sale91 hd
343.64
—
VA average8 barns · 350 hd
342.43
+1.21
National average186 barns · 24,193 hd
390.82
−47.18
This barn, trailing median35 sales
381.97
−38.33
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

62 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2350444.38/cwt427.50–450.001,5554
Steers350–400Small 1355347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,2342
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3371395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,4655
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1380427.00/cwt427.00–427.001,6231
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3425370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,5731
Steers400–450Small 1440382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,6834
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3454416.00/cwt416.00–416.001,88910
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2456441.26/cwt407.50–443.002,01221
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,11614
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1515407.00/cwt407.00–407.002,0961
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3532374.33/cwt360.00–376.001,9919
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2546406.68/cwt401.00–407.002,22018
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1550412.00/cwt412.00–412.002,26640
Steers550–600Small 1566346.00/cwt346.00–346.001,9583
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1642369.25/cwt369.25–369.252,37133
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3648330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,1383
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2649359.00/cwt359.00–359.002,33016
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1661358.00/cwt358.00–358.002,3664
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2675328.00/cwt328.00–328.002,2141
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2730332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,4248
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1737330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,43211
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1755325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,4543
Steers750–800Medium and Large 3760320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,4323
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Small 1340327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,1141
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3345330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,1391
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3359380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,36417
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2362410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,48425
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370402.00/cwt402.00–402.001,4877
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1405343.00/cwt343.00–343.001,3891
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3440321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,4121
Heifers400–450Small 1442307.65/cwt280.00–310.001,36012
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2447351.00/cwt351.00–351.001,5692
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1453365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,65325
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2456360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,64253
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3459353.00/cwt353.00–353.001,62018
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1537327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,7592
Heifers500–550Small 1546305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,6655
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3548327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,79216
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1550352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,93936
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2553349.05/cwt325.00–352.501,93032
Heifers600–650Small 1632280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,7702
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3640300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9205
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1643333.00/cwt333.00–333.002,14122
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2644343.00/cwt343.00–343.002,20915
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3720255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,8361
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1735299.00/cwt299.00–299.002,1984
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2347460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,59622
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2350440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,5402
Bulls350–400Small 1355356.00/cwt356.00–356.001,2641
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1369439.46/cwt410.00–447.501,6225
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1419426.00/cwt426.00–426.001,78515
Bulls400–450Small 1419395.68/cwt375.00–400.001,6586
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2421442.54/cwt400.00–444.001,86329
Bulls450–500Small 1480405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,9448
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1492425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,09122
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2492424.49/cwt409.00–425.002,08829
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1528369.00/cwt368.00–370.001,9482
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2559368.30/cwt343.00–370.002,05916
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1567368.00/cwt368.00–368.002,08729
Bulls550–600Small 1567340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,9285
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2620338.00/cwt338.00–338.002,0964
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1624333.00/cwt333.00–333.002,07812

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.