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Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-04-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-06

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, Apr 6

● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184

← Mar 30Apr 6Apr 13 →

Receipts

418 head

▼ 491 vs last sale 909▼ 277 vs year ago 695 · −39.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 107, Heifers 202, Bulls 109)

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 $390.41/cwt on 66 head, down $1.30 from the prior sale. That ranks 29 of 35 comparable sales and sits +8.44 against this barn's trailing median of $381.97.

Average price

$390.41

▼ 1.30 vs prior sale

66 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,125

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$79

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$20.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.42

vs VA average

−37.95 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	546	398.50	2,177	18thin
Medium and Large 3	550	395.00	2,173	12thin
Medium and Large 1	539	385.94	2,080	31
Small 1	555	378.00	2,098	5thin

One grade step is worth $20.50/cwt here — about $79 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 sale66 hd

390.41

—

VA average8 barns · 329 hd

396.83

−6.42

National average175 barns · 10,626 hd

428.36

−37.95

This barn, trailing median35 sales

381.97

+8.44

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

56 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	340	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,751	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	368	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,024	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	542.50/cwt	542.50–542.50	2,062	2
Steers	350–400	Small 1	380	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,881	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	442	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	2,177	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,047	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	454	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	2,259	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	456	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	2,246	20
Steers	450–500	Small 1	495	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,203	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	505	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	2,487	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	494.50/cwt	487.50–495.00	2,660	15
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	544	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,693	13
Steers	550–600	Small 1	561	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,300	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,688	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	651	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,604	4
Steers	650–700	Small 1	655	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,744	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	656	424.25/cwt	424.00–425.00	2,783	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,813	2
Steers	700–750	Small 1	747	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,727	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	755	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,877	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	352	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,742	10
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	360	515.42/cwt	470.00–519.00	1,856	15
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	1,828	6
Heifers	350–400	Small 1	395	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,748	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	440	439.73/cwt	420.00–444.00	1,935	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	456	456.00/cwt	456.00–456.00	2,079	24
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	2,088	20
Heifers	450–500	Small 1	474	422.35/cwt	410.00–425.00	2,002	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	539	385.94/cwt	385.00–386.00	2,080	31
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	544	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,171	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	550	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,173	12
Heifers	550–600	Small 1	555	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,098	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	585	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,282	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,284	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	635	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,318	12
Heifers	600–650	Small 1	643	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,122	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	650	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,197	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	654	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,191	6
Heifers	700–750	Small 1	715	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,238	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	743	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,136	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	338	538.29/cwt	525.00–545.00	1,819	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	357	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,910	5
Bulls	350–400	Small 1	361	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,787	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	385	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,906	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	414	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	2,039	16
Bulls	400–450	Small 1	420	477.00/cwt	477.00–477.00	2,003	10
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,054	3
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	480	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,064	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	491	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,222	17
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	496	474.00/cwt	474.00–474.00	2,351	9
Bulls	500–550	Small 1	509	440.01/cwt	385.00–455.00	2,240	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	551	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,424	9
Bulls	550–600	Small 1	560	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,338	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	567	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,466	9
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	420.50/cwt	420.50–420.50	2,616	7
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	628	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,638	4

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 Apr 6, 2026

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

Receipts 418Last week 909Year ago 695

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 107, Heifers 202, Bulls 109)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	395	442.50	442.50
11	450–500	474	410.00–425.00	422.35
5	550–600	555	378.00	378.00
3	600–650	643	330.00	330.00
1	700–750	715	313.00	313.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	375	487.50	487.50
20	450–500	463	451.00	451.00
31	500–550	539	385.00–386.00	385.94
1	600–650	630	362.50	362.50
10	650–700	650	338.00	338.00
3	700–750	743	287.50	287.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	352	495.00	495.00
11	400–450	440	420.00–444.00	439.73
12	550–600	550	395.00	395.00
6	650–700	654	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	360	470.00–519.00	515.42
24	450–500	456	456.00	456.00
17	500–550	544	399.00	399.00
1	550–600	585	390.00	390.00
12	600–650	635	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	495.00	495.00
1	450–500	495	445.00	445.00
4	550–600	561	410.00	410.00
2	650–700	655	419.00	419.00
2	700–750	747	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	368	550.00	550.00
10	450–500	454	497.50	497.50
13	500–550	544	495.00	495.00
4	650–700	656	424.00–425.00	424.25
3	750–800	755	381.00	381.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	542.50	542.50
1	400–450	445	460.00	460.00
20	450–500	456	492.50	492.50
15	500–550	538	487.50–495.00	494.50
6	600–650	631	426.00	426.00
2	700–750	727	387.00	387.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	340	515.00	515.00
6	400–450	442	492.50	492.50
1	500–550	505	492.50	492.50
4	650–700	651	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	361	495.00	495.00
10	400–450	420	477.00	477.00
1	450–500	480	430.00	430.00
5	500–550	509	385.00–455.00	440.01
6	550–600	560	417.50	417.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	357	535.00	535.00
3	400–450	428	480.00	480.00
17	450–500	491	452.50	452.50
9	550–600	551	440.00	440.00
7	600–650	622	420.50	420.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	338	525.00–545.00	538.29
1	350–400	385	495.00	495.00
16	400–450	414	492.50	492.50
9	450–500	496	474.00	474.00
9	550–600	567	435.00	435.00
4	600–650	628	420.00	420.00

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.