Sale reports / Virginia / Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. / 2026-06-22

Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, Jun 22
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184
Receipts
1,013 head
▲ 219 vs last sale 794▲ 364 vs year ago 649 · +56.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 428, Heifers 465, Bulls 120)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $388.77/cwt on 146 head, up $1.99 from the prior sale. That ranks 28 of 35 comparable sales and sits +6.80 against this barn's trailing median of $381.97.
Average price
$388.77
▲ 1.99 vs prior sale
146 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,119
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$271
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$51.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.04
vs VA average
−27.06 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547393.782,15473
Medium and Large 2537390.782,09850
Medium and Large 3557374.002,08319thin
Small 1550342.501,8844thin
One grade step is worth $51.28/cwt here — about $271 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 sale146 hd
388.77
—
VA average8 barns · 505 hd
380.73
+8.04
National average161 barns · 8,493 hd
415.83
−27.06
This barn, trailing median35 sales
381.97
+6.80
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
416378340303median 381.9703/0204/2706/2908/3110/26
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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1357490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,7497
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3363452.50/cwt452.50–452.501,6438
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2364495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,80220
Steers400–450Small 1449392.50/cwt392.50–392.501,7626
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2451482.48/cwt454.00–483.002,17657
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3460461.00/cwt461.00–461.002,12110
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1467459.41/cwt437.50–460.002,14539
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2540453.75/cwt453.75–453.752,45063
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3544435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,36613
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1552451.39/cwt420.00–451.752,49293
Steers550–600Small 1565383.00/cwt383.00–383.002,1643
Steers600–650Small 1600357.50/cwt357.50–357.502,1451
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1647416.10/cwt390.00–416.502,69262
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3651360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,3444
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2654396.00/cwt396.00–396.002,59016
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2738357.50/cwt357.50–357.502,6385
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1739379.00/cwt379.00–379.002,80121
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Small 1333390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,2994
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3355443.45/cwt390.00–448.001,57414
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1365452.00/cwt452.00–452.001,6507
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2369452.04/cwt425.00–458.001,66828
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,7851
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2459455.50/cwt455.50–455.502,091105
Heifers450–500Small 1465387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,8029
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3466424.00/cwt424.00–424.001,97624
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470429.75/cwt426.00–430.002,02047
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2537390.78/cwt380.00–391.002,09850
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1546394.00/cwt394.00–394.002,15169
Heifers550–600Small 1550342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,8844
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3557374.00/cwt374.00–374.002,08319
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1566390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,2074
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2644346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,22816
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1645348.90/cwt345.00–349.002,25039
Heifers600–650Small 1647320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,0702
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2650342.50/cwt342.50–342.502,2261
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3650342.50/cwt342.50–342.502,2266
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1726309.00/cwt309.00–309.002,24311
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2740303.00/cwt303.00–303.002,2423
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 3765288.00/cwt288.00–288.002,2031
Heifers750–800Small 1780275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,1451
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1317500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,5852
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2345471.52/cwt457.50–472.501,62714
Bulls350–400Small 1356410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,4603
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2380425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,6151
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2410481.00/cwt481.00–481.001,97220
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1417467.08/cwt445.00–475.001,9488
Bulls400–450Small 1422422.50/cwt422.50–422.501,7832
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2487455.50/cwt455.50–455.502,21820
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1494452.00/cwt452.00–452.002,23311
Bulls500–550Small 1510418.00/cwt418.00–418.002,1321
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1515444.00/cwt444.00–444.002,2871
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2535423.00/cwt423.00–423.002,2631
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1555416.19/cwt416.00–419.002,31016
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2565429.00/cwt429.00–429.002,4247
Bulls550–600Small 1592385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,2792
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1622384.00/cwt384.00–384.002,38810
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2635390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,4771

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.