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Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-07-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-20

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, Jul 20

● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184

← Jul 13Jul 20Jul 27 →

Receipts

809 head

▲ 15 vs last sale 794▲ 7 vs year ago 802 · +0.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 223, Heifers 394, Bulls 192)

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 $354.39/cwt on 159 head, down $30.64 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 35 comparable sales and sits −27.59 against this barn's trailing median of $381.97.

Average price

$354.39

▼ 30.64 vs prior sale

159 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,951

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$222

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$32.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.24

vs VA average

−21.42 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	541	357.80	1,935	49
Medium and Large 1	558	355.45	1,983	91
Medium and Large 3	542	344.64	1,868	15thin
Small 1	527	325.00	1,713	4thin

One grade step is worth $32.80/cwt here — about $222 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 sale159 hd

354.39

—

VA average9 barns · 455 hd

358.62

−4.24

National average148 barns · 5,785 hd

375.81

−21.42

This barn, trailing median35 sales

381.97

−27.59

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

51 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	340	476.00/cwt	476.00–476.00	1,618	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,758	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	377	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,678	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	459	459.58/cwt	425.00–461.00	2,109	27
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	459	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	2,070	6
Steers	450–500	Small 1	467	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,821	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	427.06/cwt	422.50–427.50	2,003	22
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	545	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	2,300	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	549	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,388	29
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	2,438	50
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	565	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,305	4
Steers	600–650	Small 1	612	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,111	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	640	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,560	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	644	381.58/cwt	381.00–395.00	2,457	47
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	650	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,386	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	736	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,591	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	745	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,615	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 3	760	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,432	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	340	429.33/cwt	397.50–432.00	1,460	12
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	354	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,487	7
Heifers	350–400	Small 1	355	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,393	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	367	424.75/cwt	416.00–425.50	1,559	25
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	440	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	1,778	23
Heifers	450–500	Small 1	457	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,645	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	461	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,890	55
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	384.37/cwt	377.50–385.00	1,791	36
Heifers	500–550	Small 1	527	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,713	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	358.50/cwt	358.50–358.50	1,936	46
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	542	344.64/cwt	325.00–346.00	1,868	15
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	553	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,919	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	355.45/cwt	351.00–356.00	1,983	91
Heifers	600–650	Small 1	615	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,768	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	640	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,022	38
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	645	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,951	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	648	315.50/cwt	315.50–315.50	2,044	13
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	732	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,152	9
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	755	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,212	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	349	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,710	20
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	355	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,704	3
Bulls	350–400	Small 1	360	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,530	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	419	410.79/cwt	410.00–422.50	1,721	33
Bulls	400–450	Small 1	420	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,701	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	448.00/cwt	448.00–448.00	1,891	17
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	479	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,753	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	492	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,956	27
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	494	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,001	22
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	557	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,239	16
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	389.82/cwt	388.00–390.00	2,195	22
Bulls	550–600	Small 1	572	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,008	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,314	13
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	628	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,355	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 Jul 20, 2026

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

Receipts 809Last week 794Year ago 802

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 223, Heifers 394, Bulls 192)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	467	390.00	390.00
2	600–650	612	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	370	475.00	475.00
22	450–500	469	422.50–427.50	427.06
1	500–550	545	422.00	422.00
50	550–600	558	437.00	437.00
47	600–650	644	381.00–395.00	381.58
10	700–750	736	352.00	352.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	340	476.00	476.00
27	450–500	459	425.00–461.00	459.58
29	500–550	549	435.00	435.00
8	600–650	640	400.00	400.00
2	700–750	745	351.00	351.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	377	445.00	445.00
6	450–500	459	451.00	451.00
4	550–600	565	408.00	408.00
1	650–700	650	367.00	367.00
1	750–800	760	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	425.00	425.00
1	400–450	420	405.00	405.00
5	450–500	479	366.00	366.00
2	550–600	572	351.00	351.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	355	480.00	480.00
17	400–450	422	448.00	448.00
27	450–500	492	397.50	397.50
22	550–600	563	388.00–390.00	389.82
13	600–650	622	372.00	372.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	300–350	349	490.00	490.00
33	400–450	419	410.00–422.50	410.79
22	450–500	494	405.00	405.00
16	550–600	557	402.00	402.00
10	600–650	628	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	354	420.00	420.00
36	450–500	466	377.50–385.00	384.37
91	550–600	558	351.00–356.00	355.45
38	600–650	640	316.00	316.00
9	700–750	732	294.00	294.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	355	392.50	392.50
9	450–500	457	360.00	360.00
4	500–550	527	325.00	325.00
1	600–650	615	287.50	287.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	350–400	367	416.00–425.50	424.75
55	450–500	461	410.00	410.00
46	500–550	540	358.50	358.50
3	550–600	553	347.00	347.00
13	600–650	648	315.50	315.50
3	750–800	755	293.00	293.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	340	397.50–432.00	429.33
23	400–450	440	404.00	404.00
15	500–550	542	325.00–346.00	344.64
2	600–650	645	302.50	302.50

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.