Sale reports / Virginia / Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. / 2026-01-19

Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, Jan 19
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184
Receipts
988 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 996▲ 375 vs year ago 613 · +61.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 262, Heifers 443, Bulls 283)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $352.64/cwt on 139 head. That ranks 11 of 35 comparable sales and sits −29.33 against this barn's trailing median of $381.97.
Average price
$352.64
139 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,921
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$191
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$28.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.81
vs VA average
−58.23 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548359.901,97274
Medium and Large 2541348.451,88448
Small 1552337.501,8635thin
Medium and Large 3538331.001,78112thin
One grade step is worth $28.90/cwt here — about $191 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 sale139 hd
352.64
—
VA average7 barns · 402 hd
354.45
−1.81
National average175 barns · 20,266 hd
410.87
−58.23
This barn, trailing median35 sales
381.97
−29.33
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

55 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 3335499.00/cwt499.00–499.001,67210
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1365562.50/cwt562.50–562.502,0535
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2367555.00/cwt555.00–555.002,0377
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3437448.00/cwt448.00–448.001,95816
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1464485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,25029
Steers450–500Small 1467387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,8104
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2469480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,25115
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,0542
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3533382.50/cwt382.50–382.502,0396
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2550432.50/cwt432.50–432.502,37922
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1562434.50/cwt434.50–434.502,44256
Steers550–600Small 1562370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,0792
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2625367.71/cwt350.00–370.002,2989
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1640362.00/cwt362.00–362.002,31744
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3648341.00/cwt341.00–341.002,2105
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1653362.00/cwt362.00–362.002,3647
Steers650–700Small 1665325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,1611
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2719326.71/cwt320.00–330.002,3496
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1739355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,62312
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3740320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,3682
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2353460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,62423
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3358427.50/cwt427.50–427.501,53018
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1367462.00/cwt462.00–462.001,69617
Heifers350–400Small 1375325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,2191
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3422350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4772
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2452421.53/cwt370.00–423.001,90575
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1454420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,90741
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3455408.00/cwt408.00–408.001,85625
Heifers450–500Small 1468339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,5876
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3538331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,78112
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2540349.00/cwt349.00–349.001,88547
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1548359.90/cwt352.50–360.001,97274
Heifers550–600Small 1552337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,8635
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2575322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,8541
Heifers600–650Small 1638285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,8184
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1642325.50/cwt325.50–325.502,09038
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3643275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,7688
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2650318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,06723
Heifers700–750Small 1740255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,8872
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2743274.00/cwt274.00–274.002,0363
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1744270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,00917
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Small 1328392.50/cwt392.50–392.501,2875
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2340534.35/cwt450.00–545.001,81726
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1348557.50/cwt557.50–557.501,94015
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2422490.40/cwt435.00–494.002,06933
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1426491.00/cwt491.00–491.002,09229
Bulls400–450Small 1426394.00/cwt394.00–394.001,6787
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2483421.60/cwt375.00–423.002,03635
Bulls450–500Small 1483386.00/cwt386.00–386.001,8643
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1487422.00/cwt422.00–422.002,05542
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2557416.00/cwt416.00–416.002,31723
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1563411.00/cwt411.00–411.002,31442
Bulls550–600Small 1577345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,9915
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2625343.00/cwt343.00–343.002,1446
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1626348.00/cwt348.00–348.002,17811

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.