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Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-12-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-08

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, Dec 8

● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184

← Dec 1Dec 8Dec 15 →

Receipts

262 head

▼ 222 vs last sale 484▼ 444 vs year ago 706 · −62.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 54, Heifers 143, Bulls 65)

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $312.91/cwt on 36 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −69.06 against this barn's trailing median of $381.97.

Average price

$312.91

36 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,709

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$172

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$34.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.99

vs VA average

−65.05 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	320.00	1,754	15thin
Medium and Large 2	541	319.69	1,730	7thin
Medium and Large 3	544	308.30	1,677	10thin
Small 1	553	286.00	1,582	4thin

One grade step is worth $34.00/cwt here — about $172 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 sale36 hd

312.91

—

VA average8 barns · 284 hd

314.90

−1.99

National average184 barns · 19,282 hd

377.96

−65.05

This barn, trailing median35 sales

381.97

−69.06

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

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

49 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	325	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,154	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	355	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,411	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	365	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,451	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	426	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,203	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	436	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,657	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	449	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,585	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	521	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,782	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	559	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,074	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	559	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,057	9
Steers	550–600	Small 1	590	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,475	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	640	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,798	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	647	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,193	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	648	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,106	5
Steers	650–700	Small 1	660	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,841	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	705	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,030	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,152	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	350	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,281	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	350	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,225	2
Heifers	350–400	Small 1	356	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,041	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	365	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,296	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	444	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,476	20
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	445	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,326	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	449	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,482	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	455	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,479	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	541	319.69/cwt	305.00–322.00	1,730	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	541	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,688	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	548	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,754	15
Heifers	550–600	Small 1	553	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,582	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	570	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,568	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	623	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,832	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,867	15
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	642	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,637	5
Heifers	600–650	Small 1	645	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,451	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	650	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,528	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,026	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	725	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,849	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	317	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,300	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	333	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	991	4
Bulls	300–350	Small 1	345	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,147	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	418	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,494	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,527	7
Bulls	400–450	Small 1	424	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,399	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	482	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,759	10
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	490	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,470	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	503	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,831	9
Bulls	550–600	Small 1	556	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,571	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,903	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	577	325.63/cwt	305.00–331.00	1,879	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	617	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,808	4

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.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Lynchburg Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Rustburg, VA

Mon Dec 8, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Richmond, VA (LS-RH)

Receipts 262Last week 484Year ago 706

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 54, Heifers 143, Bulls 65)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	317	410.00	410.00
7	400–450	423	361.00	361.00
9	500–550	503	364.00	364.00
3	550–600	558	341.00	341.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	332.50	332.50
6	400–450	424	330.00	330.00
6	450–500	490	300.00	300.00
3	550–600	556	282.50	282.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	333	297.50	297.50
5	400–450	418	357.50	357.50
10	450–500	482	365.00	365.00
5	550–600	577	305.00–331.00	325.63
4	600–650	617	293.00	293.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	590	250.00	250.00
1	650–700	660	279.00	279.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	397.50	397.50
4	400–450	436	380.00	380.00
6	550–600	559	371.00	371.00
4	600–650	647	339.00	339.00
1	700–750	715	301.00	301.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	397.50	397.50
7	400–450	426	282.50	282.50
9	550–600	559	368.00	368.00
5	600–650	648	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	355.00	355.00
5	400–450	449	353.00	353.00
4	500–550	521	342.00	342.00
2	600–650	640	281.00	281.00
1	700–750	705	288.00	288.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	350	350.00	350.00
9	400–450	449	330.00	330.00
15	500–550	548	320.00	320.00
15	600–650	633	295.00	295.00
3	700–750	721	281.00	281.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	350	366.00	366.00
20	400–450	444	332.50	332.50
7	500–550	541	305.00–322.00	319.69
7	600–650	623	294.00	294.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	365	355.00	355.00
12	450–500	455	325.00	325.00
9	500–550	541	312.00	312.00
1	550–600	570	275.00	275.00
5	600–650	642	255.00	255.00
1	650–700	650	235.00	235.00
3	700–750	725	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	356	292.50	292.50
7	400–450	445	298.00	298.00
4	550–600	553	286.00	286.00
3	600–650	645	225.00	225.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.