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Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-09-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-28

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, Sep 28

● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184

← Sep 21Sep 28Oct 5 →

Receipts

708 head

▲ 174 vs last sale 534▼ 112 vs year ago 820 · −13.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 175, Heifers 329, Bulls 204)

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 $326.17/cwt on 117 head, up $1.61 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 35 comparable sales and sits −55.80 against this barn's trailing median of $381.97.

Average price

$326.17

▲ 1.61 vs prior sale

117 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,803

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$369

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$60.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.67

vs VA average

−26.49 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	550	335.50	1,845	36
Medium and Large 1	555	328.81	1,826	67
Medium and Large 3	549	292.00	1,603	12thin
Small 1	537	275.00	1,477	2thin

One grade step is worth $60.50/cwt here — about $369 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 sale117 hd

326.17

—

VA average8 barns · 391 hd

320.50

+5.67

National average184 barns · 12,638 hd

352.66

−26.49

This barn, trailing median35 sales

381.97

−55.80

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

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

55 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	359	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,598	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	360	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,422	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	383	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,609	3
Steers	350–400	Small 1	385	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,444	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	405	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,499	1
Steers	400–450	Small 1	448	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,460	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	461	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,775	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,955	17
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	472	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,959	15
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	539	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,124	17
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	544	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,007	6
Steers	550–600	Small 1	551	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,686	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	377.04/cwt	340.00–380.00	2,115	28
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	590	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,047	1
Steers	600–650	Small 1	648	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,976	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	652	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,191	32
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	659	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,208	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,353	14
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	745	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,354	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Small 1	338	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,180	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,378	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	373	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	1,470	16
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	376	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,376	5
Heifers	450–500	Small 1	455	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,365	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	460	381.50/cwt	381.50–381.50	1,755	46
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	468	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,591	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	366.60/cwt	330.00–368.50	1,734	21
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,643	1
Heifers	500–550	Small 1	537	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,477	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	549	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,603	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	550	335.50/cwt	335.50–335.50	1,845	36
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	556	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,829	66
Heifers	600–650	Small 1	605	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,649	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	620	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,693	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	636	307.65/cwt	293.00–309.00	1,957	47
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	643	298.50/cwt	298.50–298.50	1,919	27
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	705	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,988	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	743	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,184	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	755	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,182	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	345	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,492	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	353	430.59/cwt	417.50–432.50	1,520	8
Bulls	350–400	Small 1	370	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,360	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,577	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	419	416.23/cwt	390.00–417.00	1,744	34
Bulls	400–450	Small 1	423	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,523	4
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	479	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,600	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	392.69/cwt	375.00–395.00	1,893	27
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	486	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,944	29
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	511	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,916	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	547	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,975	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	554	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,055	28
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,077	29
Bulls	550–600	Small 1	586	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,817	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	621	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,037	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,038	10

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 Sep 28, 2026

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

Receipts 708Last week 534Year ago 820

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 175, Heifers 329, Bulls 204)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	359	445.00	445.00
15	450–500	472	415.00	415.00
17	500–550	539	394.00	394.00
1	550–600	590	347.00	347.00
8	650–700	659	335.00	335.00
6	700–750	745	316.00	316.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	383	420.00	420.00
17	450–500	471	415.00	415.00
28	550–600	561	340.00–380.00	377.04
32	650–700	652	336.00	336.00
14	700–750	733	321.00	321.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	375.00	375.00
5	400–450	448	326.00	326.00
3	550–600	551	306.00	306.00
3	600–650	648	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	395.00	395.00
1	400–450	405	370.00	370.00
9	450–500	461	385.00	385.00
6	500–550	544	369.00	369.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	373	394.00	394.00
46	450–500	460	381.50	381.50
36	550–600	550	335.50	335.50
27	600–650	643	298.50	298.50
5	750–800	755	289.00	289.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	372.50	372.50
21	450–500	473	330.00–368.50	366.60
1	500–550	520	316.00	316.00
66	550–600	556	329.00	329.00
47	600–650	636	293.00–309.00	307.65
5	700–750	743	294.00	294.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	338	349.00	349.00
8	450–500	455	300.00	300.00
2	500–550	537	275.00	275.00
1	600–650	605	272.50	272.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	376	366.00	366.00
13	450–500	468	340.00	340.00
12	500–550	549	292.00	292.00
6	600–650	620	273.00	273.00
1	700–750	705	282.00	282.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	432.50	432.50
6	400–450	415	380.00	380.00
27	450–500	482	375.00–395.00	392.69
4	500–550	547	361.00	361.00
29	550–600	569	365.00	365.00
10	600–650	625	326.00	326.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	367.50	367.50
4	400–450	423	360.00	360.00
9	450–500	479	334.00	334.00
5	550–600	586	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	353	417.50–432.50	430.59
34	400–450	419	390.00–417.00	416.23
29	450–500	486	400.00	400.00
3	500–550	511	375.00	375.00
28	550–600	554	371.00	371.00
6	600–650	621	328.00	328.00

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.