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Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-05-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-18

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, May 18

● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184

← May 11May 18May 25 →

Receipts

980 head

▼ 6 vs last sale 986▼ 309 vs year ago 1,289 · −24.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 398, Heifers 395, Bulls 187)

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $446.27/cwt on 165 head, down $2.83 from the prior sale. That ranks 25 of 35 comparable sales and sits +12.12 against this barn's trailing median of $434.15.

Average price

$446.27

▼ 2.83 vs prior sale

165 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,438

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$392

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$79.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−25.75

vs VA average

−28.21 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	449.94	2,475	107
Medium and Large 2	538	449.67	2,419	43
Medium and Large 3	536	425.00	2,278	11thin
Small 1	563	370.00	2,083	4thin

One grade step is worth $79.94/cwt here — about $392 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 sale165 hd

446.27

—

VA average7 barns · 842 hd

472.02

−25.75

National average171 barns · 13,387 hd

474.48

−28.21

This barn, trailing median35 sales

434.15

+12.12

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

Steers 500–600 lb: high $484.39, low $360.62, median $434.15 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

51 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Small 1	350	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,575	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	359	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	1,804	9
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	368	537.32/cwt	500.00–540.00	1,977	16
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,936	5
Steers	400–450	Small 1	440	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,925	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	454	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,134	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	455	502.85/cwt	420.00–505.00	2,288	43
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	464	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,274	45
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	536	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,278	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	538	449.67/cwt	422.50–451.00	2,419	43
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	550	449.94/cwt	449.94–449.94	2,475	107
Steers	550–600	Small 1	563	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,083	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	635	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,477	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	638	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,424	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	647	419.25/cwt	419.25–419.25	2,713	75
Steers	650–700	Small 1	667	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,361	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	745	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,667	13
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 3	790	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,627	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	352	488.00/cwt	488.00–488.00	1,718	25
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	365	501.00/cwt	501.00–501.00	1,829	36
Heifers	350–400	Small 1	373	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,585	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,800	4
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	448	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,882	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	450	444.36/cwt	400.00–446.00	2,000	28
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	459	471.54/cwt	427.50–475.50	2,164	61
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	469.00/cwt	469.00–469.00	2,186	33
Heifers	500–550	Small 1	536	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,943	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	539	399.68/cwt	386.00–400.50	2,154	34
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	546	396.50/cwt	396.50–396.50	2,165	84
Heifers	550–600	Small 1	560	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,988	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	570	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,143	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,165	31
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	644	345.50/cwt	345.50–345.50	2,225	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	652	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,086	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	732	287.61/cwt	270.00–290.00	2,105	8
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	750	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,220	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 3	760	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,900	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	347	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,856	24
Bulls	350–400	Small 1	350	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	1,601	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	360	514.17/cwt	500.00–520.00	1,851	7
Bulls	400–450	Small 1	418	426.01/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,781	8
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	436.61/cwt	430.00–437.50	1,834	17
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	421	482.46/cwt	440.00–485.00	2,031	35
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	490	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	2,210	14
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	498	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,955	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	503	435.23/cwt	422.50–436.00	2,189	18
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	520	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,158	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	553	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,267	8
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	403.48/cwt	375.00–410.00	2,308	32
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	623	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,430	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,437	12

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 18, 2026

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

Receipts 980Last week 986Year ago 1,289

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 398, Heifers 395, Bulls 187)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	350–400	365	501.00	501.00
61	450–500	459	427.50–475.50	471.54
34	500–550	539	386.00–400.50	399.68
10	600–650	644	345.50	345.50
8	700–750	732	270.00–290.00	287.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	375	480.00	480.00
33	450–500	466	469.00	469.00
84	500–550	546	396.50	396.50
31	600–650	632	342.50	342.50
3	750–800	750	296.00	296.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	373	425.00	425.00
6	400–450	448	420.00	420.00
8	500–550	536	362.50	362.50
1	550–600	560	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
25	350–400	352	488.00	488.00
28	450–500	450	400.00–446.00	444.36
12	550–600	570	376.00	376.00
6	650–700	652	320.00	320.00
1	750–800	760	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	450.00	450.00
1	400–450	440	437.50	437.50
4	550–600	563	370.00	370.00
2	650–700	667	354.00	354.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	376	515.00	515.00
45	450–500	464	490.00	490.00
107	550–600	550	449.94	449.94
75	600–650	647	419.25	419.25
13	700–750	745	358.00	358.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	368	500.00–540.00	537.32
43	450–500	455	420.00–505.00	502.85
43	500–550	538	422.50–451.00	449.67
6	600–650	635	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	359	502.50	502.50
13	450–500	454	470.00	470.00
11	500–550	536	425.00	425.00
3	600–650	638	380.00	380.00
1	750–800	790	332.50	332.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	350	457.50	457.50
8	400–450	418	400.00–430.00	426.01
4	450–500	498	392.50	392.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	360	500.00–520.00	514.17
17	400–450	420	430.00–437.50	436.61
18	500–550	503	422.50–436.00	435.23
32	550–600	572	375.00–410.00	403.48
12	600–650	628	388.00	388.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	300–350	347	535.00	535.00
35	400–450	421	440.00–485.00	482.46
14	450–500	490	451.00	451.00
1	500–550	520	415.00	415.00
8	550–600	553	410.00	410.00
4	600–650	623	390.00	390.00

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.