Sale reports / Virginia / Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. / 2026-08-10

Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, Aug 10
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184
Receipts
631 head
▲ 99 vs last sale 532▼ 257 vs year ago 888 · −28.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 169, Heifers 306, Bulls 156)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $387.37/cwt on 94 head, up $3.86 from the prior sale. That ranks 26 of 35 comparable sales and sits +5.40 against this barn's trailing median of $381.97.
Average price
$387.37
▲ 3.86 vs prior sale
94 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,133
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$78
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$20.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+16.20
vs VA average
+20.72 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2544390.822,12434
Medium and Large 1555389.592,16137
Medium and Large 3555380.002,10920
Small 1553370.002,0463thin
One grade step is worth $20.82/cwt here — about $78 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 sale94 hd
387.37
—
VA average8 barns · 255 hd
371.17
+16.20
National average163 barns · 7,070 hd
366.65
+20.72
This barn, trailing median35 sales
381.97
+5.40
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

60 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3320452.50/cwt452.50–452.501,4481
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3356460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,6385
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1357477.50/cwt477.50–477.501,7052
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2390465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,8142
Steers350–400Small 1392387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,5192
Steers450–500Small 1455410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,8666
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3457444.96/cwt410.00–448.002,03313
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1462440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,0334
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2464441.00/cwt441.00–441.002,04612
Steers500–550Small 1502390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,9582
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3531400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,1244
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2545407.50/cwt407.50–407.502,2211
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2550416.00/cwt416.00–416.002,28821
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1551410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,25924
Steers600–650Small 1640348.00/cwt348.00–348.002,2272
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2645389.00/cwt389.00–389.002,50913
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3647354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,2907
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1652369.13/cwt365.00–369.502,40725
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3706330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,3303
Steers700–750Small 1710324.00/cwt324.00–324.002,3001
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2735356.00/cwt356.00–356.002,6175
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1747381.00/cwt381.00–381.002,84614
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3353416.00/cwt416.00–416.001,4683
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2358418.32/cwt402.50–419.001,49825
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1372412.34/cwt400.00–415.001,5346
Heifers350–400Small 1390405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,5801
Heifers400–450Small 1425362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,5416
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3444404.69/cwt380.00–408.001,79733
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2448412.00/cwt412.00–412.001,84644
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1450408.00/cwt408.00–408.001,83614
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2485380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,8431
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1540385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,0793
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2543391.00/cwt391.00–391.002,12333
Heifers550–600Small 1553370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,0463
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3555380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,10920
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1556390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,16834
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2560385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,1561
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2639349.00/cwt349.00–349.002,23024
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1646348.00/cwt348.00–348.002,24833
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3649348.00/cwt348.00–348.002,25910
Heifers700–750Small 1730280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,0441
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2733306.00/cwt306.00–306.002,2433
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1750300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,2508
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1320457.50/cwt457.50–457.501,4641
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2332472.50/cwt472.50–472.501,56912
Bulls300–350Small 1332432.50/cwt432.50–432.501,4364
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1350470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,6455
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2355440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,5621
Bulls400–450Small 1410397.50/cwt397.50–397.501,6303
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2416447.81/cwt410.00–450.001,86318
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1425436.61/cwt422.50–437.501,85616
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2486404.51/cwt400.00–405.001,96620
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1493393.00/cwt393.00–393.001,9373
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1502395.70/cwt390.00–396.001,98621
Bulls500–550Small 1505372.00/cwt372.00–372.001,8793
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2562381.00/cwt381.00–381.002,14112
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1563371.00/cwt371.00–371.002,08912
Bulls550–600Small 1571351.00/cwt351.00–351.002,0048
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2628360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,2619
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1628359.00/cwt359.00–359.002,2558

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.