Sale reports / Virginia / Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. / 2025-12-01

Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, Dec 1
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184
Receipts
484 head
▲ 21 vs last sale 463▼ 317 vs year ago 801 · −39.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 141, Heifers 231, Bulls 112)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $326.46/cwt on 89 head. That ranks 4 of 35 comparable sales and sits −55.51 against this barn's trailing median of $381.97.
Average price
$326.46
89 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,798
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$111
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$14.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.51
vs VA average
−43.99 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1556330.001,83533
Medium and Large 2545328.001,78837
Medium and Large 3556318.001,76814thin
Small 1547315.401,7245thin
One grade step is worth $14.60/cwt here — about $111 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 sale89 hd
326.46
—
VA average3 barns · 167 hd
321.95
+4.51
National average194 barns · 19,992 hd
370.45
−43.99
This barn, trailing median35 sales
381.97
−55.51
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

57 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 1345417.50/cwt417.50–417.501,4401
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3356380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,3535
Steers350–400Small 1375332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,2471
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2395397.50/cwt397.50–397.501,5701
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2447387.00/cwt387.00–387.001,73013
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3460332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,5302
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1472382.00/cwt382.00–382.001,80310
Steers450–500Small 1482275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,3262
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2538375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,01814
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1561379.00/cwt379.00–379.002,12621
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3563330.07/cwt305.00–335.001,8586
Steers550–600Small 1565282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,5962
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3605262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,5881
Steers600–650Small 1630286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,8022
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2640327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,0961
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1651343.25/cwt343.25–343.252,23526
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2659310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,04311
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1735302.00/cwt302.00–302.002,2206
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2739287.00/cwt287.00–287.002,12110
Steers700–750Small 1742272.50/cwt272.50–272.502,0225
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3332350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,1628
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1340362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,2331
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2357375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,33916
Heifers350–400Small 1367305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,1192
Heifers400–450Small 1429299.21/cwt272.50–306.001,2845
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3445343.00/cwt343.00–343.001,5268
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2446333.00/cwt333.00–333.001,48523
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1456333.00/cwt333.00–333.001,51815
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2495319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,5791
Heifers500–550Small 1542318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,7244
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2545328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,78837
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1556330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,83533
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3556318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,76814
Heifers550–600Small 1565305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,7231
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3637272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,73610
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1639303.66/cwt297.50–304.001,94019
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2640300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,92017
Heifers650–700Small 1677242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,6424
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3732255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,8672
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1738276.00/cwt276.00–276.002,0376
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2742270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,0032
Heifers700–750Small 1746240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7903
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Small 1330320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,0562
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1344408.59/cwt400.00–410.001,4067
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2349417.00/cwt417.00–417.001,4558
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2397350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3902
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2403376.50/cwt376.50–376.501,51715
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1418366.00/cwt366.00–366.001,5304
Bulls400–450Small 1422302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,2772
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2476360.04/cwt356.00–361.001,71415
Bulls450–500Small 1495295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,4603
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1510355.52/cwt337.00–360.501,81315
Bulls550–600Small 1555309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,7154
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2560339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,8985
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1565347.00/cwt347.00–347.001,96117
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1628314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,97210
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2641308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,9743

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.