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Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-03-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-02

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, Mar 2

● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184

← Feb 23Mar 2Mar 10 →

Receipts

1,441 head

▲ 801 vs last sale 640▼ 49 vs year ago 1,490 · −3.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 454, Heifers 628, Bulls 359)

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 $371.82/cwt on 187 head. That ranks 15 of 35 comparable sales and sits −10.15 against this barn's trailing median of $381.97.

Average price

$371.82

187 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,020

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$294

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$61.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.85

vs VA average

−49.14 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	384.91	2,075	54
Medium and Large 2	548	379.77	2,082	64
Medium and Large 3	539	365.15	1,968	51
Small 1	551	323.22	1,781	18thin

One grade step is worth $61.69/cwt here — about $294 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale187 hd

371.82

—

VA average6 barns · 558 hd

391.67

−19.85

National average181 barns · 13,944 hd

420.96

−49.14

This barn, trailing median35 sales

381.97

−10.15

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

66 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Small 1	342	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,710	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	359	607.50/cwt	607.50–607.50	2,181	25
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	365	569.85/cwt	500.00–587.50	2,080	15
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	371	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,078	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,013	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	445	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,902	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	450	487.00/cwt	487.00–487.00	2,192	25
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	454	467.00/cwt	467.00–467.00	2,120	36
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	457	477.05/cwt	460.00–477.50	2,180	42
Steers	450–500	Small 1	464	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,984	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	547	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,401	49
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	551	433.68/cwt	415.00–435.00	2,390	61
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	552	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,249	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	552	398.82/cwt	350.00–401.00	2,201	25
Steers	550–600	Small 1	569	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,120	9
Steers	600–650	Small 1	631	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,114	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	642	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,253	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	646	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,494	52
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	646	372.08/cwt	372.00–373.00	2,404	24
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	734	349.31/cwt	334.00–352.00	2,564	27
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	747	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,297	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	749	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,434	10
Steers	750–800	Small 1	752	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,218	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	345	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,466	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	350	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,698	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	351	485.87/cwt	450.00–487.50	1,705	48
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	358	476.00/cwt	476.00–476.00	1,704	46
Heifers	350–400	Small 1	365	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,542	11
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	445	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,691	24
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	448	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	2,003	86
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	448	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	1,953	58
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	456	436.97/cwt	415.00–437.50	1,993	45
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	463	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,933	3
Heifers	450–500	Small 1	470	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,774	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	538	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,969	50
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	539	384.91/cwt	380.00–385.00	2,075	54
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	548	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,082	61
Heifers	550–600	Small 1	551	323.22/cwt	310.00–324.00	1,781	18
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	553	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,074	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	585	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,887	1
Heifers	600–650	Small 1	635	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,670	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	642	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,106	25
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	642	327.12/cwt	326.50–332.00	2,100	35
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	646	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,857	13
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	675	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,194	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,201	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	731	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,083	6
Heifers	700–750	Small 1	745	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,956	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	750	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,231	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	755	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,461	10
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	342	577.50/cwt	577.50–577.50	1,975	29
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	342	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,813	16
Bulls	350–400	Small 1	357	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,642	5
Bulls	400–450	Small 1	413	451.64/cwt	430.00–452.50	1,865	28
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	415	503.78/cwt	450.00–505.00	2,091	48
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	498.90/cwt	457.50–500.00	2,085	40
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	2,201	23
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	489	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,834	23
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	491	451.87/cwt	437.50–452.50	2,219	48
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	500	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,200	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	545	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,153	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	558	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,260	28
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	416.80/cwt	397.00–419.00	2,342	30
Bulls	550–600	Small 1	563	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,948	18
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,167	10
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	622	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,140	9

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 Mar 2, 2026

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

Receipts 1,441Last week 640Year ago 1,490

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 454, Heifers 628, Bulls 359)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	357	460.00	460.00
28	400–450	413	430.00–452.50	451.64
23	450–500	489	375.00	375.00
18	550–600	563	346.00	346.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	300–350	342	577.50	577.50
48	400–450	415	450.00–505.00	503.78
48	450–500	491	437.50–452.50	451.87
1	500–550	545	395.00	395.00
28	550–600	558	405.00	405.00
9	600–650	622	344.00	344.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	342	530.00	530.00
40	400–450	418	457.50–500.00	498.90
23	450–500	488	451.00	451.00
3	500–550	500	440.00	440.00
30	550–600	562	397.00–419.00	416.80
10	600–650	621	349.00	349.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	350–400	359	607.50	607.50
1	400–450	440	457.50	457.50
25	450–500	450	487.00	487.00
49	500–550	547	439.00	439.00
2	550–600	552	407.50	407.50
24	600–650	646	372.00–373.00	372.08
10	700–750	749	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	371	560.00	560.00
42	450–500	457	460.00–477.50	477.05
61	550–600	551	415.00–435.00	433.68
52	600–650	646	386.00	386.00
27	700–750	734	334.00–352.00	349.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	342	500.00	500.00
8	450–500	464	427.50	427.50
9	550–600	569	372.50	372.50
8	600–650	631	335.00	335.00
6	750–800	752	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	365	500.00–587.50	569.85
1	400–450	445	427.50	427.50
36	450–500	454	467.00	467.00
25	550–600	552	350.00–401.00	398.82
9	600–650	642	351.00	351.00
4	700–750	747	307.50	307.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	350	485.00	485.00
45	450–500	456	415.00–437.50	436.97
54	500–550	539	380.00–385.00	384.91
35	600–650	642	326.50–332.00	327.12
1	700–750	710	310.00	310.00
10	750–800	755	326.00	326.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	365	422.50	422.50
24	400–450	445	380.00	380.00
1	450–500	470	377.50	377.50
18	550–600	551	310.00–324.00	323.22
11	600–650	635	263.00	263.00
3	700–750	745	262.50	262.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	425.00	425.00
46	350–400	358	476.00	476.00
58	400–450	448	436.00	436.00
50	500–550	538	366.00	366.00
1	550–600	585	322.50	322.50
13	600–650	646	287.50	287.50
6	700–750	731	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
48	350–400	351	450.00–487.50	485.87
86	400–450	448	447.00	447.00
3	450–500	463	417.50	417.50
61	500–550	548	380.00	380.00
3	550–600	553	375.00	375.00
25	600–650	642	328.00	328.00
1	650–700	675	325.00	325.00
3	750–800	750	297.50	297.50

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.