Sale reports / Virginia / Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. / 2026-07-13

Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, Jul 13
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184
Receipts
794 head
▲ 513 vs last sale 281▼ 20 vs year ago 814 · −2.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 251, Heifers 383, Bulls 160)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $385.02/cwt on 132 head, up $0.31 from the prior sale. That ranks 23 of 36 comparable sales and sits +6.12 against this barn's trailing median of $378.91.
Average price
$385.02
▲ 0.31 vs prior sale
132 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,101
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$242
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$42.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.12
vs VA average
−11.03 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2544392.502,13554
Medium and Large 1550389.002,14045
Medium and Large 3543371.232,01627
Small 1541350.001,8946thin
One grade step is worth $42.50/cwt here — about $242 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 sale132 hd
385.02
—
VA average6 barns · 371 hd
378.90
+6.12
National average163 barns · 8,583 hd
396.05
−11.03
This barn, trailing median36 sales
378.91
+6.12
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

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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2363507.50/cwt507.50–507.501,8426
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1378480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,8143
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3381472.50/cwt472.50–472.501,8003
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3457472.00/cwt472.00–472.002,15719
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2459479.00/cwt479.00–479.002,19933
Steers450–500Small 1465443.00/cwt443.00–443.002,0606
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1469453.06/cwt415.00–457.502,12510
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3534436.00/cwt436.00–436.002,32818
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2541433.44/cwt433.00–440.002,34531
Steers500–550Small 1543422.50/cwt422.50–422.502,2944
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1554444.00/cwt444.00–444.002,46046
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2630416.00/cwt416.00–416.002,62112
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3640383.00/cwt383.00–383.002,4514
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1642400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,56830
Steers650–700Small 1665360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,3942
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2724368.00/cwt368.00–368.002,6647
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1743368.00/cwt368.00–368.002,73417
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1355455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,6156
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3361427.50/cwt427.50–427.501,54314
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2366452.00/cwt452.00–452.001,65412
Heifers350–400Small 1375417.13/cwt415.00–417.501,5647
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2435432.50/cwt432.50–432.501,8811
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3435417.50/cwt417.50–417.501,8161
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1445427.50/cwt427.50–427.501,9023
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3454423.00/cwt423.00–423.001,92028
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2456430.25/cwt430.25–430.251,96246
Heifers450–500Small 1457405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,8519
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1459430.50/cwt430.50–430.501,97638
Heifers500–550Small 1541350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,8946
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3543371.23/cwt350.00–372.002,01627
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2544392.50/cwt392.50–392.502,13554
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1550389.00/cwt389.00–389.002,14045
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623351.00/cwt351.00–351.002,1873
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2631356.14/cwt348.00–356.502,24724
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3633346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,19010
Heifers600–650Small 1633339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,1463
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1650351.50/cwt351.50–351.502,28534
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2725312.00/cwt312.00–312.002,2623
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3727300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1812
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1735313.00/cwt313.00–313.002,3017
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2335502.50/cwt502.50–502.501,6836
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1355487.50/cwt487.50–487.501,7314
Bulls350–400Small 1365407.50/cwt407.50–407.501,4871
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1405473.53/cwt445.00–480.001,91811
Bulls400–450Small 1408442.50/cwt442.50–442.501,8054
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2415477.50/cwt477.50–477.501,98220
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2488436.00/cwt436.00–436.002,12820
Bulls450–500Small 1489430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,1037
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1490448.00/cwt448.00–448.002,19521
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1545388.00/cwt388.00–388.002,1152
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2558394.00/cwt394.00–394.002,19915
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1566386.00/cwt386.00–386.002,18520
Bulls550–600Small 1567374.00/cwt374.00–374.002,12113
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1624370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,30911
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2626370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,3165

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.