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Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-05-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-04

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, May 4

● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184

← Apr 27May 4May 11 →

Receipts

1,287 head

▲ 315 vs last sale 972▲ 251 vs year ago 1,036 · +24.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 429, Heifers 563, Bulls 295)

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 $385.56/cwt on 179 head, down $16.02 from the prior sale. That ranks 23 of 35 comparable sales and sits +3.58 against this barn's trailing median of $381.97.

Average price

$385.56

▼ 16.02 vs prior sale

179 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,093

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$228

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Small 1

$38.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.58

vs VA average

−42.34 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	534	391.00	2,088	17thin
Medium and Large 1	546	389.93	2,129	82
Medium and Large 2	544	384.67	2,092	68
Small 1	527	353.00	1,860	12thin

One grade step is worth $38.00/cwt here — about $228 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 sale179 hd

385.56

—

VA average8 barns · 528 hd

387.14

−1.58

National average182 barns · 12,459 hd

427.90

−42.34

This barn, trailing median35 sales

381.97

+3.58

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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	350	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,768	6
Steers	350–400	Small 1	361	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	1,742	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	368	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	1,960	16
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,014	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	450	502.00/cwt	502.00–502.00	2,259	32
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	459	496.00/cwt	496.00–496.00	2,277	56
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	463	486.02/cwt	470.00–487.50	2,250	12
Steers	450–500	Small 1	464	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,042	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	534	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,248	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	443.00/cwt	443.00–443.00	2,370	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	550	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	2,459	34
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	552	454.50/cwt	454.50–454.50	2,509	120
Steers	550–600	Small 1	553	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,143	13
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	630	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,444	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	633	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,576	16
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	642	411.95/cwt	409.00–412.00	2,645	60
Steers	600–650	Small 1	648	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,631	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	729	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,697	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	738	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,768	18
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	352	494.00/cwt	494.00–494.00	1,739	46
Heifers	350–400	Small 1	353	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,589	35
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	356	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,780	11
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	358	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,826	44
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	443	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	1,989	39
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	445	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	1,798	28
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	450	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,025	70
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	458	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,061	62
Heifers	500–550	Small 1	527	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,860	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	534	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,088	17
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	543	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,091	65
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	546	389.93/cwt	388.00–390.00	2,129	82
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	563	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,125	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	635	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,172	10
Heifers	600–650	Small 1	636	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,019	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	641	343.77/cwt	340.00–344.00	2,204	17
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	641	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,141	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	715	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,066	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,173	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	725	294.59/cwt	292.50–295.00	2,136	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Small 1	335	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,591	28
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	336	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,714	27
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	341	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,756	14
Bulls	350–400	Small 1	350	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,584	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	1,798	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	411	489.81/cwt	480.00–491.00	2,013	19
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	411	486.00/cwt	486.00–486.00	1,997	39
Bulls	400–450	Small 1	413	466.00/cwt	466.00–466.00	1,925	27
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	483	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	2,178	30
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	453.00/cwt	453.00–453.00	2,220	36
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	495	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	2,099	14
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	500	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,163	2
Bulls	550–600	Small 1	556	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,135	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	418.73/cwt	412.00–419.00	2,353	25
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	567	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,387	9
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	610	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,434	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,469	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 May 4, 2026

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

Receipts 1,287Last week 972Year ago 1,036

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 429, Heifers 563, Bulls 295)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	300–350	335	475.00	475.00
1	350–400	350	452.50	452.50
27	400–450	413	466.00	466.00
14	450–500	495	424.00	424.00
6	550–600	556	384.00	384.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	341	515.00	515.00
3	350–400	365	492.50	492.50
19	400–450	411	480.00–491.00	489.81
36	450–500	490	453.00	453.00
25	550–600	562	412.00–419.00	418.73
14	600–650	625	395.00	395.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	300–350	336	510.00	510.00
39	400–450	411	486.00	486.00
30	450–500	483	451.00	451.00
2	500–550	500	432.50	432.50
9	550–600	567	421.00	421.00
1	600–650	610	399.00	399.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	380	530.00	530.00
56	450–500	459	496.00	496.00
2	500–550	535	443.00	443.00
120	550–600	552	454.50	454.50
60	600–650	642	409.00–412.00	411.95
18	700–750	738	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	368	532.50	532.50
32	450–500	450	502.00	502.00
34	550–600	550	447.00	447.00
16	600–650	633	407.00	407.00
6	700–750	729	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	361	482.50	482.50
7	450–500	464	440.00	440.00
13	550–600	553	387.50	387.50
4	600–650	648	406.00	406.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	350	505.00	505.00
12	450–500	463	470.00–487.50	486.02
10	500–550	534	421.00	421.00
7	600–650	630	388.00	388.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	356	500.00	500.00
62	450–500	458	450.00	450.00
82	500–550	546	388.00–390.00	389.93
17	600–650	641	340.00–344.00	343.77
5	700–750	722	301.00	301.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	350–400	353	450.00	450.00
28	400–450	445	404.00	404.00
12	500–550	527	353.00	353.00
3	600–650	636	317.50	317.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
44	350–400	358	510.00	510.00
70	450–500	450	450.00	450.00
65	500–550	543	385.00	385.00
3	550–600	563	377.50	377.50
10	600–650	635	342.00	342.00
6	700–750	725	292.50–295.00	294.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
46	350–400	352	494.00	494.00
39	400–450	443	449.00	449.00
17	500–550	534	391.00	391.00
6	600–650	641	334.00	334.00
2	700–750	715	289.00	289.00

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.