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Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-03-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-16

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, Mar 16

● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184

← Mar 10Mar 16Mar 23 →

Receipts

778 head

▼ 529 vs last sale 1,307▲ 120 vs year ago 658 · +18.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 214, Heifers 336, Bulls 228)

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 $374.08/cwt on 79 head, up $2.85 from the prior sale. That ranks 16 of 35 comparable sales and sits −7.90 against this barn's trailing median of $381.97.

Average price

$374.08

▲ 2.85 vs prior sale

79 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,041

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$169

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

$25.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.70

vs VA average

−42.04 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	540	381.64	2,061	31
Medium and Large 1	557	375.57	2,092	29
Small 1	547	365.00	1,997	7thin
Medium and Large 3	531	356.23	1,892	12thin

One grade step is worth $25.41/cwt here — about $169 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 sale79 hd

374.08

—

VA average7 barns · 568 hd

375.77

−1.70

National average164 barns · 8,069 hd

416.12

−42.04

This barn, trailing median35 sales

381.97

−7.90

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

58 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	330	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,551	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	359	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	1,858	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	371	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,966	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	374	469.69/cwt	460.00–480.00	1,757	4
Steers	350–400	Small 1	377	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,546	2
Steers	400–450	Small 1	425	415.77/cwt	400.00–431.00	1,767	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	438	459.38/cwt	450.00–460.00	2,012	15
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	446	479.00/cwt	479.00–479.00	2,136	37
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	446	462.00/cwt	462.00–462.00	2,061	21
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,009	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	500	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,100	1
Steers	500–550	Small 1	510	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,760	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	531	398.91/cwt	397.50–412.50	2,118	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	545	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,153	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	550	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,503	24
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	555	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,442	21
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	648	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,449	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,599	14
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	660	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,261	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	715	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,163	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	720	345.18/cwt	336.00–347.00	2,485	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,544	15
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	346	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,678	43
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	349	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,605	11
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	367	457.34/cwt	435.00–460.00	1,678	18
Heifers	350–400	Small 1	371	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,456	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	444	443.00/cwt	443.00–443.00	1,967	28
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	451	421.64/cwt	380.00–425.00	1,902	41
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	452	454.13/cwt	417.50–457.00	2,053	55
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,921	4
Heifers	450–500	Small 1	475	402.27/cwt	350.00–410.00	1,911	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	531	356.23/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,892	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	381.64/cwt	381.00–388.00	2,061	31
Heifers	500–550	Small 1	547	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,997	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	557	375.57/cwt	342.50–378.00	2,092	29
Heifers	600–650	Small 1	612	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,775	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	615	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,907	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	349.33/cwt	335.00–350.00	2,201	22
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	635	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,159	11
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	650	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,015	1
Heifers	700–750	Small 1	725	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,030	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	761	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,283	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	333	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,732	29
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	337	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	1,643	12
Bulls	350–400	Small 1	370	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	1,711	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,725	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	460.86/cwt	430.00–462.50	1,917	20
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	418	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,986	35
Bulls	400–450	Small 1	421	448.16/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,887	17
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	487	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,948	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,220	25
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	490	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	2,190	24
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,262	1
Bulls	550–600	Small 1	556	349.28/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,942	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	563	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,320	17
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	440.97/cwt	405.00–443.00	2,496	19
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	620	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,248	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,170	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 16, 2026

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

Receipts 778Last week 1,307Year ago 658

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 214, Heifers 336, Bulls 228)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	462.50	462.50
17	400–450	421	420.00–450.00	448.16
5	450–500	487	400.00	400.00
7	550–600	556	345.00–350.00	349.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	337	487.50	487.50
20	400–450	416	430.00–462.50	460.86
25	450–500	488	455.00	455.00
1	500–550	520	435.00	435.00
19	550–600	566	405.00–443.00	440.97
9	600–650	620	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	300–350	333	520.00	520.00
1	350–400	375	460.00	460.00
35	400–450	418	475.00	475.00
24	450–500	490	447.00	447.00
17	550–600	563	412.00	412.00
5	600–650	620	362.50	362.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	377	410.00	410.00
4	400–450	425	400.00–431.00	415.77
2	500–550	510	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	371	530.00	530.00
37	400–450	446	479.00	479.00
2	450–500	470	427.50	427.50
1	500–550	500	420.00	420.00
24	550–600	550	455.00	455.00
14	650–700	658	395.00	395.00
15	700–750	733	347.00	347.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	470.00	470.00
10	350–400	359	517.50	517.50
15	400–450	438	450.00–460.00	459.38
2	500–550	545	395.00	395.00
21	550–600	555	440.00	440.00
10	600–650	648	378.00	378.00
6	700–750	720	336.00–347.00	345.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	374	460.00–480.00	469.69
21	400–450	446	462.00	462.00
10	500–550	531	397.50–412.50	398.91
2	650–700	660	342.50	342.50
1	700–750	715	302.50	302.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	371	392.50	392.50
8	450–500	475	350.00–410.00	402.27
7	500–550	547	365.00	365.00
2	600–650	612	290.00	290.00
2	700–750	725	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	349	460.00	460.00
28	400–450	444	443.00	443.00
4	450–500	460	417.50	417.50
29	550–600	557	342.50–378.00	375.57
22	600–650	630	335.00–350.00	349.33
5	750–800	761	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
43	300–350	346	485.00	485.00
55	450–500	452	417.50–457.00	454.13
31	500–550	540	381.00–388.00	381.64
11	600–650	635	340.00	340.00
1	650–700	650	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	367	435.00–460.00	457.34
41	450–500	451	380.00–425.00	421.64
12	500–550	531	355.00–370.00	356.23
1	600–650	615	310.00	310.00

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.