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Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-02-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-23

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, Feb 23

● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184

← Feb 16Feb 23Mar 2 →

Receipts

640 head

▲ 11 vs last sale 629▼ 161 vs year ago 801 · −20.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 202, Heifers 274, Bulls 164)

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 $415.34/cwt on 82 head. That ranks 36 of 35 comparable sales and sits +33.36 against this barn's trailing median of $381.97.

Average price

$415.34

82 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,244

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$370

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$65.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.70

vs VA average

−15.07 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	541	430.62	2,330	35
Medium and Large 1	543	421.00	2,286	31
Small 1	512	412.50	2,112	2thin
Medium and Large 3	537	365.00	1,960	14thin

One grade step is worth $65.62/cwt here — about $370 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale82 hd

415.34

—

VA average8 barns · 321 hd

421.04

−5.70

National average177 barns · 14,680 hd

430.41

−15.07

This barn, trailing median35 sales

381.97

+33.36

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

53 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	337	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,702	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	351	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	2,141	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	355	592.50/cwt	592.50–592.50	2,103	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,880	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	450	524.00/cwt	524.00–524.00	2,358	15
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	451	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,266	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	465	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,093	8
Steers	450–500	Small 1	467	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,985	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	527	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,066	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	549	476.00/cwt	476.00–476.00	2,613	29
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	550	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,461	17
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,262	1
Steers	550–600	Small 1	585	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,223	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	633	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,437	6
Steers	600–650	Small 1	644	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,190	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	648	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,576	26
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	654	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,354	21
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,583	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	732	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,591	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	749	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,629	21
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	347	501.00/cwt	501.00–501.00	1,738	26
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	352	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,619	11
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	357	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	1,758	14
Heifers	350–400	Small 1	368	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	1,660	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	440	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,090	15
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	442	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,100	36
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	443	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,816	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	448	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,083	30
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	492	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,140	2
Heifers	500–550	Small 1	512	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,112	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	537	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,960	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	541	430.62/cwt	417.50–431.00	2,330	35
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	543	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,286	31
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	622	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,664	2
Heifers	600–650	Small 1	641	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,769	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	650	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,438	19
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	658	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,139	14
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,301	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	726	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,301	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 3	795	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,087	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	333	587.50/cwt	587.50–587.50	1,956	18
Bulls	300–350	Small 1	335	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	1,717	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	342	587.50/cwt	587.50–587.50	2,009	16
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	410	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,071	16
Bulls	400–450	Small 1	410	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,927	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	411	500.10/cwt	452.50–502.50	2,055	21
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	472	466.02/cwt	435.00–469.00	2,200	11
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	488	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,854	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,230	19
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	556	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,280	13
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	406.27/cwt	380.00–409.00	2,299	32
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	617	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,314	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,279	5

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 Feb 23, 2026

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

Receipts 640Last week 629Year ago 801

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 202, Heifers 274, Bulls 164)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	512.50	512.50
6	400–450	410	470.00	470.00
3	450–500	488	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	300–350	333	587.50	587.50
16	400–450	410	505.00	505.00
11	450–500	472	435.00–469.00	466.02
13	550–600	556	410.00	410.00
2	600–650	617	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	342	587.50	587.50
21	400–450	411	452.50–502.50	500.10
19	450–500	490	455.00	455.00
32	550–600	566	380.00–409.00	406.27
5	600–650	620	367.50	367.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	355	592.50	592.50
1	400–450	420	447.50	447.50
15	450–500	450	524.00	524.00
29	500–550	549	476.00	476.00
1	550–600	555	407.50	407.50
26	600–650	648	397.50	397.50
5	650–700	671	385.00	385.00
21	700–750	749	351.00	351.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	467	425.00	425.00
3	550–600	585	380.00	380.00
5	600–650	644	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	337	505.00	505.00
8	450–500	465	450.00	450.00
9	500–550	527	392.00	392.00
6	600–650	633	385.00	385.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	351	610.00	610.00
14	450–500	451	502.50	502.50
17	550–600	550	447.50	447.50
21	650–700	654	360.00	360.00
4	700–750	732	354.00	354.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	357	492.50	492.50
30	400–450	448	465.00	465.00
31	500–550	543	421.00	421.00
19	650–700	650	375.00	375.00
8	700–750	726	317.00	317.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	368	451.00	451.00
3	400–450	443	410.00	410.00
2	500–550	512	412.50	412.50
3	600–650	641	276.00	276.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	352	460.00	460.00
15	400–450	440	475.00	475.00
14	500–550	537	365.00	365.00
2	600–650	622	267.50	267.50
1	750–800	795	262.50	262.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	300–350	347	501.00	501.00
36	400–450	442	475.00	475.00
2	450–500	492	435.00	435.00
35	500–550	541	417.50–431.00	430.62
14	650–700	658	325.00	325.00
3	700–750	726	317.00	317.00

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.