Sale reports / Virginia / Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. / 2026-06-29

Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, Jun 29
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184
Receipts
763 head
▼ 250 vs last sale 1,013▲ 305 vs year ago 458 · +66.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 231, Heifers 373, Bulls 159)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $383.92/cwt on 129 head, down $4.86 from the prior sale. That ranks 20 of 35 comparable sales and sits +1.94 against this barn's trailing median of $381.97.
Average price
$383.92
▼ 4.86 vs prior sale
129 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,078
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$244
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$56.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.22
vs VA average
−37.25 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2538391.102,10342
Medium and Large 1544390.462,12466
Medium and Large 3532356.001,89414thin
Small 1555335.001,8597thin
One grade step is worth $56.10/cwt here — about $244 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 sale129 hd
383.92
—
VA average5 barns · 382 hd
384.14
−0.22
National average35 barns · 2,897 hd
421.17
−37.25
This barn, trailing median35 sales
381.97
+1.94
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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2352481.00/cwt481.00–481.001,69310
Steers350–400Small 1355433.00/cwt433.00–433.001,5371
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3365470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,7162
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1381476.00/cwt476.00–476.001,8143
Steers400–450Small 1439415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,8228
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3456460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,0989
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2461454.00/cwt454.00–454.002,09329
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,13923
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2549443.00/cwt443.00–443.002,43224
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1553443.00/cwt443.00–443.002,45052
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3555424.00/cwt424.00–424.002,3535
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2560423.00/cwt423.00–423.002,3691
Steers550–600Small 1572353.51/cwt330.00–366.002,0223
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3627372.00/cwt372.00–372.002,3325
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2641394.00/cwt394.00–394.002,5268
Steers600–650Small 1645342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,2062
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1655403.83/cwt399.00–404.002,64531
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2723360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,6033
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1729367.00/cwt367.00–367.002,67512
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2345439.00/cwt439.00–439.001,5152
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1351440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,5444
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3361438.00/cwt438.00–438.001,58122
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2362422.00/cwt422.00–422.001,52819
Heifers350–400Small 1363421.00/cwt421.00–421.001,5286
Heifers400–450Small 1439387.00/cwt387.00–387.001,69918
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3446427.00/cwt427.00–427.001,90426
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2456435.11/cwt410.00–436.001,98458
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1463410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,89844
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3532356.00/cwt356.00–356.001,89414
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2536393.00/cwt393.00–393.002,10638
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1544390.46/cwt387.50–390.502,12466
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2555373.00/cwt373.00–373.002,0704
Heifers550–600Small 1555335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,8597
Heifers600–650Small 1626325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,0353
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1635347.50/cwt347.50–347.502,20721
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3642340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,1834
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2644343.00/cwt343.00–343.002,20911
Heifers700–750Small 1720315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,2681
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1725327.00/cwt327.00–327.002,3711
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2763316.00/cwt316.00–316.002,4113
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1780316.50/cwt316.50–316.502,4691
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1337505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,7025
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2344512.80/cwt460.00–519.001,7649
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1375455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,7061
Bulls350–400Small 1375440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,6501
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1418440.96/cwt440.00–458.001,84318
Bulls400–450Small 1420409.00/cwt409.00–409.001,7186
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2421438.00/cwt438.00–438.001,84418
Bulls450–500Small 1482389.00/cwt389.00–389.001,8758
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2494431.00/cwt431.00–431.002,12920
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1498422.00/cwt422.00–422.002,10215
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1520418.00/cwt418.00–418.002,1741
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2549418.00/cwt418.00–418.002,29512
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1568401.16/cwt401.00–405.002,27924
Bulls550–600Small 1574385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,2108
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2618388.00/cwt388.00–388.002,3984
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1629386.00/cwt386.00–386.002,4289

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.