Sale reports / Virginia / Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. / 2026-06-15

Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, Jun 15
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184
Receipts
794 head
▼ 264 vs last sale 1,058▼ 78 vs year ago 872 · −8.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 361, Heifers 308, bulls 125)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $456.54/cwt on 157 head, up $7.81 from the prior sale. That ranks 30 of 35 comparable sales and sits +22.39 against this barn's trailing median of $434.15.
Average price
$456.54
▲ 7.81 vs prior sale
157 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,521
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$512
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$87.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.94
vs VA average
−2.51 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1557462.132,574101
Medium and Large 2543451.402,45151
Medium and Large 3547427.502,3382thin
Small 1550375.002,0633thin
One grade step is worth $87.13/cwt here — about $512 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale157 hd
456.54
—
VA average8 barns · 413 hd
450.60
+5.94
National average161 barns · 9,107 hd
459.05
−2.51
This barn, trailing median35 sales
434.15
+22.39
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

53 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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2347480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,6666
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3363435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,5797
Steers350–400Small 1365430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,5703
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3453455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,06111
Steers450–500Small 1456387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,7673
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2457487.00/cwt487.00–487.002,22633
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1471475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,23725
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2543451.40/cwt420.00–452.002,45151
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3547427.50/cwt427.50–427.502,3382
Steers550–600Small 1550375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,0633
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1557462.13/cwt442.50–464.502,574101
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2635392.00/cwt392.00–392.002,48925
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1640409.25/cwt409.25–409.252,61965
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3648367.50/cwt367.50–367.502,3813
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1651388.00/cwt388.00–388.002,5265
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2723354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,5594
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3725327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,3741
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1733359.00/cwt359.00–359.002,63113
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Small 1348410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,4273
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3363440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,59723
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2366453.66/cwt420.00–455.001,66025
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1387435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,6832
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,7851
Heifers450–500Small 1453405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,8356
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2456448.31/cwt410.00–449.002,04460
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3461426.34/cwt387.50–428.001,96526
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1466450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,09728
Heifers500–550Small 1505340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,7171
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1510390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,9892
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3535369.18/cwt350.00–371.001,97511
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2541389.00/cwt389.00–389.002,10436
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1550390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,14548
Heifers600–650Small 1625290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,8131
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2630344.00/cwt344.00–344.002,1678
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1638350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,23320
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3655315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,0632
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2660320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1121
Heifers700–750Small 1710282.50/cwt282.50–282.502,0061
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1752307.00/cwt307.00–307.002,3092
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 3760295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,2421
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1320490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,5681
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2347497.50/cwt497.50–497.501,72611
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1417500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,08512
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2420471.52/cwt470.00–490.001,98013
Bulls400–450Small 1423425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,7987
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2473434.00/cwt434.00–434.002,0538
Bulls450–500Small 1487413.00/cwt413.00–413.002,0119
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1490423.00/cwt423.00–423.002,07313
Bulls500–550Small 1520370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,9241
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2562407.00/cwt407.00–407.002,28713
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1566395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,23620
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2632365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,3072
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1632356.00/cwt356.00–356.002,25015

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.