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Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-08-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-24

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, Aug 24

● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184

← Aug 17Aug 24Aug 31 →

Receipts

670 head

▲ 41 vs last sale 629▼ 388 vs year ago 1,058 · −36.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 209, Heifers 321, Bulls 140)

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $353.12/cwt on 123 head, down $1.82 from the prior sale. That ranks 11 of 35 comparable sales and sits −28.85 against this barn's trailing median of $381.97.

Average price

$353.12

▼ 1.82 vs prior sale

123 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,937

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$142

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$33.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.06

vs VA average

+15.10 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	358.89	1,952	45
Medium and Large 2	553	353.85	1,956	54
Medium and Large 3	545	343.81	1,874	20
Small 1	557	325.00	1,810	4thin

One grade step is worth $33.89/cwt here — about $142 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale123 hd

353.12

—

VA average7 barns · 344 hd

348.06

+5.06

National average160 barns · 6,296 hd

338.02

+15.10

This barn, trailing median35 sales

381.97

−28.85

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

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	348	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,549	3
Steers	350–400	Small 1	360	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,440	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	362	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,638	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	381	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,724	3
Steers	400–450	Small 1	437	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,661	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	439	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	1,892	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	455	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	1,997	33
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,011	8
Steers	500–550	Small 1	542	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,856	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	543	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,091	25
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	548	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,022	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,168	38
Steers	600–650	Small 1	620	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,015	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	637	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,245	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	642	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,183	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	652	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,302	32
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	663	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,195	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	737	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,329	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	738	325.06/cwt	325.00–326.00	2,399	16
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	748	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,356	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	350	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,374	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	351	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,369	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	352	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,285	8
Heifers	350–400	Small 1	375	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,266	4
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	429	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,381	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	454	348.62/cwt	340.00–349.00	1,583	25
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	456	344.76/cwt	332.50–346.00	1,572	22
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	462	357.23/cwt	335.00–358.00	1,650	32
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	520	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,820	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	544	358.89/cwt	354.00–359.00	1,952	45
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	545	343.81/cwt	340.00–344.00	1,874	20
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	554	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,961	52
Heifers	550–600	Small 1	557	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,810	4
Heifers	600–650	Small 1	610	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,647	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	631	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,925	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	643	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,051	36
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	644	318.10/cwt	318.00–321.00	2,049	30
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	730	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,081	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	731	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,193	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	756	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,230	8
Heifers	750–800	Small 1	795	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,988	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Small 1	337	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,306	5
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	338	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	1,563	13
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	338	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,513	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	395	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,699	1
Bulls	400–450	Small 1	416	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	1,552	9
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,812	8
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,859	17
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	488	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,830	19
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	489	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,839	18
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	495	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,638	9
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	505	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,823	1
Bulls	550–600	Small 1	552	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,739	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,953	13
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	566	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,919	10
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	621	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,062	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,229	6

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.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Lynchburg Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Rustburg, VA

Mon Aug 24, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Richmond, VA (LS-RH)

Receipts 670Last week 629Year ago 1,058

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 209, Heifers 321, Bulls 140)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	362	452.50	452.50
33	450–500	455	439.00	439.00
25	500–550	543	385.00	385.00
11	600–650	642	340.00	340.00
3	700–750	748	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	381	452.50	452.50
8	450–500	465	432.50	432.50
38	550–600	563	385.00	385.00
2	600–650	637	352.50	352.50
32	650–700	652	353.00	353.00
16	700–750	738	325.00–326.00	325.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	400.00	400.00
4	400–450	437	380.00	380.00
4	500–550	542	342.50	342.50
4	600–650	620	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	348	445.00	445.00
8	400–450	439	431.00	431.00
5	500–550	548	369.00	369.00
3	650–700	663	331.00	331.00
2	700–750	737	316.00	316.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	338	447.50	447.50
8	400–450	419	432.50	432.50
18	450–500	489	376.00	376.00
13	550–600	566	345.00	345.00
6	600–650	628	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	338	462.50	462.50
1	350–400	395	430.00	430.00
17	400–450	420	442.50	442.50
19	450–500	488	375.00	375.00
1	500–550	505	361.00	361.00
10	550–600	566	339.00	339.00
6	600–650	621	332.00	332.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	337	387.50	387.50
9	400–450	416	373.00	373.00
9	450–500	495	331.00	331.00
2	550–600	552	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	351	390.00	390.00
22	450–500	456	332.50–346.00	344.76
45	500–550	544	354.00–359.00	358.89
36	600–650	643	319.00	319.00
5	700–750	731	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	350	392.50	392.50
32	450–500	462	335.00–358.00	357.23
2	500–550	520	350.00	350.00
52	550–600	554	354.00	354.00
30	600–650	644	318.00–321.00	318.10
8	750–800	756	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	375	337.50	337.50
6	400–450	429	322.00	322.00
4	550–600	557	325.00	325.00
1	600–650	610	270.00	270.00
1	750–800	795	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	352	365.00	365.00
25	450–500	454	340.00–349.00	348.62
20	500–550	545	340.00–344.00	343.81
5	600–650	631	305.00	305.00
2	700–750	730	285.00	285.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.