Sale reports / Virginia / Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. / 2026-03-10

Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Tue, Mar 10
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184
Receipts
1,307 head
▼ 134 vs last sale 1,441▲ 1,307 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 342, Heifers 560, Bulls 405)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $371.23/cwt on 182 head, down $0.59 from the prior sale. That ranks 14 of 35 comparable sales and sits −10.74 against this barn's trailing median of $381.97.
Average price
$371.23
▼ 0.59 vs prior sale
182 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,022
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$196
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$36.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.83
vs VA average
−42.55 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2540385.842,08464
Medium and Large 1551365.732,01572
Medium and Large 3541364.261,97131
Small 1540349.661,88815thin
One grade step is worth $36.18/cwt here — about $196 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 sale182 hd
371.23
—
VA average9 barns · 702 hd
384.06
−12.83
National average182 barns · 10,991 hd
413.78
−42.55
This barn, trailing median35 sales
381.97
−10.74
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

64 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3354505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,78811
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1365564.00/cwt564.00–564.002,0597
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2371567.50/cwt567.50–567.502,1058
Steers350–400Small 1395455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,7971
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3435430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,8711
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2446449.00/cwt449.00–449.002,0033
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1456472.50/cwt472.50–472.502,15545
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3456472.00/cwt472.00–472.002,15212
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2461470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,16727
Steers450–500Small 1470430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,0213
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3539417.50/cwt417.50–417.502,2509
Steers500–550Small 1542377.50/cwt377.50–377.502,0462
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1547442.00/cwt442.00–442.002,41862
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2548437.50/cwt437.50–437.502,39823
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2550423.00/cwt423.00–423.002,3273
Steers550–600Small 1569392.50/cwt392.50–392.502,23310
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2625372.00/cwt372.00–372.002,3251
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1653365.35/cwt335.00–366.002,38650
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3656370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,4279
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2657359.00/cwt359.00–359.002,35919
Steers650–700Small 1662331.00/cwt331.00–331.002,19116
Steers700–750Small 1730290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,1171
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2741336.73/cwt335.00–337.002,4957
Steers750–800Medium and Large 3758300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,2743
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1760335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,5469
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1353475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,67715
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2357478.00/cwt440.00–480.001,70640
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3358460.46/cwt410.00–462.501,64828
Heifers350–400Small 1367388.39/cwt375.00–390.001,4259
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1447414.00/cwt414.00–414.001,8512
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1451447.50/cwt447.50–447.502,01841
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2456458.59/cwt410.00–460.002,09172
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3461417.00/cwt417.00–417.001,92238
Heifers450–500Small 1473385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,82119
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2539387.00/cwt387.00–387.002,08662
Heifers500–550Small 1540349.66/cwt345.00–350.001,88815
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3541364.26/cwt347.50–366.001,97131
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1551365.73/cwt347.50–366.002,01572
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2577350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,0202
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1644334.00/cwt334.00–334.002,15131
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2649335.64/cwt310.00–336.502,17830
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3649304.01/cwt285.00–305.001,97320
Heifers650–700Small 1657290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,9055
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3728310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,2573
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1736323.50/cwt323.50–323.502,38114
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2743319.00/cwt319.00–319.002,3709
Heifers750–800Small 1780270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,1061
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2785280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,1981
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1342550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,88118
Bulls300–350Small 1342432.50/cwt432.50–432.501,47910
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2343522.33/cwt465.00–525.001,79244
Bulls350–400Small 1365417.50/cwt417.50–417.501,5241
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2392460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,8032
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2408487.00/cwt487.00–487.001,98741
Bulls400–450Small 1416459.02/cwt440.00–461.001,91021
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1419472.42/cwt432.50–474.001,97951
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1483451.92/cwt447.50–452.002,18359
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2485459.87/cwt457.50–460.002,23038
Bulls450–500Small 1494402.02/cwt402.00–402.501,98623
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2554398.44/cwt382.50–400.002,20723
Bulls550–600Small 1559364.18/cwt335.00–366.002,03618
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1563421.66/cwt385.00–424.002,37435
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2622363.00/cwt363.00–363.002,25815
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1629361.00/cwt361.00–361.002,2716

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.