Sale reports / Virginia / Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. / 2026-05-25

Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, May 25
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184
Receipts
689 head
▼ 291 vs last sale 980▼ 59 vs year ago 748 · −7.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 343, Heifers 253, Bulls 91)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $446.64/cwt on 143 head, up $0.37 from the prior sale. That ranks 26 of 35 comparable sales and sits +12.49 against this barn's trailing median of $434.15.
Average price
$446.64
▲ 0.37 vs prior sale
143 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,470
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$655
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$101.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.74
vs VA average
−13.73 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2544451.782,45839
Medium and Large 1559446.782,49897
Medium and Large 3524427.002,2376thin
Small 1515350.001,8031thin
One grade step is worth $101.78/cwt here — about $655 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale143 hd
446.64
—
VA average4 barns · 201 hd
453.38
−6.74
National average128 barns · 4,767 hd
460.37
−13.73
This barn, trailing median35 sales
434.15
+12.49
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
498448397347median 434.1503/0204/2706/2908/3110/26
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

47 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Small 1310470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,4571
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3324517.50/cwt517.50–517.501,6775
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1360492.50/cwt492.50–492.501,7731
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2366492.50/cwt492.50–492.501,80321
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3450475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,13811
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2456497.50/cwt497.50–497.502,26947
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1466481.00/cwt481.00–481.002,24125
Steers500–550Small 1515350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,8031
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3524427.00/cwt427.00–427.002,2376
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2544451.78/cwt451.78–451.782,45839
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1559446.78/cwt446.78–446.782,49897
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3635386.00/cwt386.00–386.002,4514
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1637409.00/cwt409.00–409.002,60561
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2639395.48/cwt395.00–400.002,52710
Steers650–700Small 1675386.00/cwt386.00–386.002,6061
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2732373.00/cwt373.00–373.002,7302
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1735353.58/cwt353.00–360.002,59912
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3745358.00/cwt358.00–358.002,6671
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3335467.50/cwt467.50–467.501,56611
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2364475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,72915
Heifers350–400Small 1385395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,5212
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1395430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,6991
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3444423.13/cwt382.50–425.001,87921
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2451435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,96235
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1462437.50/cwt437.50–437.502,02127
Heifers450–500Small 1470385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,8102
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2535400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,14033
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3538360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,93710
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1544396.01/cwt360.00–398.002,15455
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2629320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,0136
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1633322.50/cwt322.50–322.502,04119
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3634302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,9186
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2739285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,1065
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1743295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,1925
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Small 1340472.50/cwt472.50–472.501,6071
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2348501.00/cwt501.00–501.001,7438
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1375485.00/cwt477.50–492.501,8192
Bulls400–450Small 1415440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,8261
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2419450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,88615
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1435460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,0013
Bulls450–500Small 1455400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,8202
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1489421.33/cwt410.00–422.002,06018
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2495421.00/cwt421.00–421.002,08410
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2559408.00/cwt408.00–408.002,2818
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1568395.54/cwt388.00–396.002,24717
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2617394.00/cwt394.00–394.002,4312
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1631383.00/cwt383.00–383.002,4174

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.