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Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-04-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-27

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, Apr 27

● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184

← Apr 20Apr 27May 4 →

Receipts

972 head

▼ 160 vs last sale 1,132▼ 101 vs year ago 1,073 · −9.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 307, Heifers 422, Bulls 243)

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 $401.58/cwt on 127 head, up $4.22 from the prior sale. That ranks 35 of 35 comparable sales and sits +19.60 against this barn's trailing median of $381.97.

Average price

$401.58

▲ 4.22 vs prior sale

127 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,191

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$309

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$68.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.35

vs VA average

−22.49 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	408.65	2,223	51
Medium and Large 2	545	404.00	2,203	56
Medium and Large 3	547	389.00	2,128	15thin
Small 1	563	340.00	1,914	5thin

One grade step is worth $68.65/cwt here — about $309 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 sale127 hd

401.58

—

VA average7 barns · 519 hd

392.23

+9.35

National average166 barns · 11,250 hd

424.07

−22.49

This barn, trailing median35 sales

381.97

+19.60

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

57 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Small 1	365	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,716	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	366	547.50/cwt	547.50–547.50	2,004	9
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,014	4
Steers	400–450	Small 1	413	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,755	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	454	496.00/cwt	496.00–496.00	2,252	43
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	457	486.00/cwt	486.00–486.00	2,221	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	461	493.00/cwt	493.00–493.00	2,273	55
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	546	472.00/cwt	472.00–472.00	2,577	76
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	549	461.00/cwt	461.00–461.00	2,531	39
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,553	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	562	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,529	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	566	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	2,618	3
Steers	550–600	Small 1	568	398.10/cwt	375.00–421.00	2,261	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	631	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	2,675	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	641	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,654	26
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	645	426.50/cwt	426.50–426.50	2,751	9
Steers	650–700	Small 1	650	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,698	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,790	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	695	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,780	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	722	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,780	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	743	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,794	14
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	338	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,445	3
Heifers	300–350	Small 1	340	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,496	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	357	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,749	17
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	361	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,913	11
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	364	531.80/cwt	430.00–535.00	1,936	32
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	440	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,782	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	442	459.66/cwt	450.00–460.00	2,032	29
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	445	468.88/cwt	460.00–469.00	2,087	73
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	469.00/cwt	469.00–469.00	2,134	60
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	541	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,202	50
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	544	408.65/cwt	390.00–409.00	2,223	51
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	547	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,128	15
Heifers	550–600	Small 1	563	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,914	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	580	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,198	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	637	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,223	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	639	333.65/cwt	333.00–345.00	2,132	18
Heifers	600–650	Small 1	640	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,016	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	644	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,209	19
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	293.50/cwt	290.00–294.00	2,125	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	748	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,094	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	345	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,673	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	350	567.50/cwt	567.50–567.50	1,986	19
Bulls	350–400	Small 1	350	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,645	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	363	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	1,897	3
Bulls	400–450	Small 1	412	477.00/cwt	477.00–477.00	1,965	9
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	413	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,210	13
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	418	547.50/cwt	547.50–547.50	2,289	53
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	464.00/cwt	464.00–464.00	2,264	28
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	488	453.88/cwt	450.00–454.00	2,215	34
Bulls	500–550	Small 1	500	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,250	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	545	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,278	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	555	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	2,348	17
Bulls	550–600	Small 1	562	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,141	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	2,394	29
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	626	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,441	7
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,443	14

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 27, 2026

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

Receipts 972Last week 1,132Year ago 1,073

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 307, Heifers 422, Bulls 243)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	350	470.00	470.00
9	400–450	412	477.00	477.00
6	500–550	500	450.00	450.00
5	550–600	562	381.00	381.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	363	522.50	522.50
13	400–450	413	535.00	535.00
28	450–500	488	464.00	464.00
29	550–600	566	423.00	423.00
14	600–650	633	386.00	386.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	485.00	485.00
19	350–400	350	567.50	567.50
53	400–450	418	547.50	547.50
34	450–500	488	450.00–454.00	453.88
2	500–550	545	418.00	418.00
17	550–600	555	423.00	423.00
7	600–650	626	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	470.00	470.00
3	400–450	413	425.00	425.00
2	550–600	568	375.00–421.00	398.10
1	650–700	650	415.00	415.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	380	530.00	530.00
55	450–500	461	493.00	493.00
76	500–550	546	472.00	472.00
1	550–600	555	460.00	460.00
26	600–650	641	414.00	414.00
1	650–700	695	400.00	400.00
14	700–750	743	376.00	376.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	366	547.50	547.50
43	450–500	454	496.00	496.00
39	500–550	549	461.00	461.00
3	550–600	566	462.50	462.50
9	600–650	645	426.50	426.50
3	650–700	655	426.00	426.00
2	700–750	722	385.00	385.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	457	486.00	486.00
4	550–600	562	450.00	450.00
4	600–650	631	424.00	424.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	350–400	364	430.00–535.00	531.80
73	400–450	445	460.00–469.00	468.88
50	500–550	541	407.00	407.00
6	550–600	580	379.00	379.00
19	600–650	644	343.00	343.00
5	700–750	748	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	361	530.00	530.00
60	450–500	455	469.00	469.00
51	500–550	544	390.00–409.00	408.65
18	600–650	639	333.00–345.00	333.65
8	700–750	724	290.00–294.00	293.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	340	440.00	440.00
9	400–450	440	405.00	405.00
5	550–600	563	340.00	340.00
2	600–650	640	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	338	427.50	427.50
17	350–400	357	490.00	490.00
29	400–450	442	450.00–460.00	459.66
15	500–550	547	389.00	389.00
5	600–650	637	349.00	349.00

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.