Sale reports / Virginia / Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. / 2026-07-06

Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, Jul 6
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184
Receipts
281 head
▼ 482 vs last sale 763▼ 182 vs year ago 463 · −39.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 76, Heifers 129, Bulls 76)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $384.71/cwt on 38 head, up $0.79 from the prior sale. That ranks 22 of 36 comparable sales and sits +5.80 against this barn's trailing median of $378.91.
Average price
$384.71
▲ 0.79 vs prior sale
38 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,067
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$283
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$39.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.84
vs VA average
−31.40 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2537392.002,10522
Medium and Large 1542385.002,08710thin
Medium and Large 3538360.001,9374thin
Small 1517352.501,8222thin
One grade step is worth $39.50/cwt here — about $283 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 sale38 hd
384.71
—
VA average2 barns · 56 hd
386.55
−1.84
National average149 barns · 8,242 hd
416.11
−31.40
This barn, trailing median36 sales
378.91
+5.80
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

36 sales
416378340303median 378.9103/0205/0407/0609/0711/02
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $401.58, low $316.96, median $378.91 across 36 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

45 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1355475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,6861
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2357465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,6602
Steers350–400Small 1368432.50/cwt432.50–432.501,5923
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3380452.50/cwt452.50–452.501,7203
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3451446.00/cwt446.00–446.002,0119
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1458445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,0385
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2459448.75/cwt443.00–450.002,06011
Steers450–500Small 1475422.50/cwt422.50–422.502,0071
Steers500–550Small 1525400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,1001
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2537433.08/cwt433.00–434.002,32612
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3538427.00/cwt427.00–427.002,2973
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1560436.00/cwt436.00–436.002,4428
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2647394.00/cwt394.00–394.002,5494
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1654404.00/cwt404.00–404.002,64211
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1725361.00/cwt361.00–361.002,6171
Steers750–800Medium and Large 3780330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,5741
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323426.00/cwt426.00–426.001,3763
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3353426.00/cwt426.00–426.001,50413
Heifers350–400Small 1370422.50/cwt422.50–422.501,5635
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2372423.03/cwt402.50–426.001,5748
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2452440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,98920
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1459425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,95110
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3463427.00/cwt427.00–427.001,97710
Heifers450–500Small 1465415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,9305
Heifers500–550Small 1517352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,8222
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2537392.00/cwt392.00–392.002,10522
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3538360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,9374
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1542385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,08710
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1634344.56/cwt344.50–345.002,1859
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2645341.00/cwt341.00–341.002,1995
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3670335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,2452
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2765306.00/cwt306.00–306.002,3411
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1327485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,5862
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2343475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,6295
Bulls400–450Small 1408390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,5919
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1410436.00/cwt436.00–436.001,7889
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2412427.00/cwt427.00–427.001,7598
Bulls450–500Small 1480395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,8962
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2486410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,9934
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1496426.00/cwt426.00–426.002,11310
Bulls550–600Small 1558375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,0934
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2565390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,2041
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1571397.00/cwt397.00–397.002,26711
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2612386.00/cwt386.00–386.002,3622
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1631402.00/cwt402.00–402.002,5379

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.