Sale reports / Virginia / Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. / 2026-09-14

Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, Sep 14
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184
Receipts
818 head
▲ 462 vs last sale 356▼ 313 vs year ago 1,131 · −27.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 255, Heifers 382, Bulls 181)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $328.80/cwt on 137 head, up $1.04 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 35 comparable sales and sits −53.17 against this barn's trailing median of $381.97.
Average price
$328.80
▲ 1.04 vs prior sale
137 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,819
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$179
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$28.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.50
vs VA average
−25.51 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1558334.981,86944
Medium and Large 2553334.001,84759
Medium and Large 3546314.391,71623
Small 1552306.361,69111thin
One grade step is worth $28.62/cwt here — about $179 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 sale137 hd
328.80
—
VA average7 barns · 440 hd
336.30
−7.50
National average171 barns · 9,246 hd
354.31
−25.51
This barn, trailing median35 sales
381.97
−53.17
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

58 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2362460.22/cwt430.00–465.001,6668
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3363431.00/cwt431.00–431.001,5656
Steers350–400Small 1371365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,3543
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1390430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,6771
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2410420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,7221
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2453438.00/cwt438.00–438.001,98417
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1459436.84/cwt375.00–442.002,00514
Steers450–500Small 1464347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,6129
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3469396.00/cwt396.00–396.001,8577
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3529363.04/cwt357.00–364.001,9207
Steers500–550Small 1548320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,7546
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1557377.98/cwt350.00–379.002,10559
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2558375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,09323
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1642349.41/cwt344.00–350.002,24340
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3652318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,0736
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2657335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,20115
Steers650–700Small 1673306.00/cwt306.00–306.002,0593
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2733323.00/cwt323.00–323.002,3687
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1747333.29/cwt326.00–334.002,49022
Steers750–800Medium and Large 3780306.00/cwt306.00–306.002,3871
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3345400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,38011
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1350410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,4354
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2357418.00/cwt418.00–418.001,49221
Heifers350–400Small 1371344.00/cwt344.00–344.001,2764
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3430325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,3981
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2445327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,4571
Heifers400–450Small 1449311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,39614
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3450332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,49417
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2456379.00/cwt379.00–379.001,72847
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1462372.74/cwt350.00–380.001,72217
Heifers500–550Small 1540280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,5121
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3543315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,71021
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2553334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,84759
Heifers550–600Small 1553309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,70910
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1558334.98/cwt315.00–337.001,86944
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3575308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,7712
Heifers600–650Small 1630270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7014
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2640295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,8881
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3643290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,86511
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1645309.47/cwt309.00–309.501,99657
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2657300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,97121
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2740278.00/cwt278.00–278.002,0573
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3740262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,9432
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1743272.00/cwt272.00–272.002,0219
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Small 1335415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,3901
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2336479.87/cwt445.00–482.501,61214
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1363472.50/cwt472.50–472.501,7153
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2407446.33/cwt446.00–450.001,81724
Bulls400–450Small 1418355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,48412
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1429434.00/cwt434.00–434.001,8629
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2481393.00/cwt393.00–393.001,89028
Bulls450–500Small 1486314.53/cwt314.00–321.001,52913
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1495386.00/cwt386.00–386.001,91113
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2556361.00/cwt361.00–361.002,00712
Bulls550–600Small 1565302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,70910
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1569359.91/cwt347.00–361.002,04826
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1625315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,96910
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2626312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,9536

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.