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Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-08-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-31

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, Aug 31

● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184

← Aug 24Aug 31Sep 7 →

Receipts

688 head

▲ 18 vs last sale 670▲ 287 vs year ago 401 · +71.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 159, Heifers 337, 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 $342.74/cwt on 110 head, down $10.38 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 36 comparable sales and sits −36.16 against this barn's trailing median of $378.91.

Average price

$342.74

▼ 10.38 vs prior sale

110 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,892

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$267

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$47.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.06

vs VA average

+11.22 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	349.54	1,931	54
Medium and Large 2	553	344.09	1,903	42
Medium and Large 3	547	320.00	1,750	8thin
Small 1	550	302.50	1,664	6thin

One grade step is worth $47.04/cwt here — about $267 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 sale110 hd

342.74

—

VA average5 barns · 201 hd

337.69

+5.06

National average157 barns · 5,611 hd

331.52

+11.22

This barn, trailing median36 sales

378.91

−36.16

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

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

60 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	315	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,394	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	345	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,544	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	347	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	1,588	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	369	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,697	8
Steers	350–400	Small 1	390	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,385	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	442	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	1,848	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	450	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,868	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	456	422.11/cwt	417.50–423.00	1,925	13
Steers	450–500	Small 1	466	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,701	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	472	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	1,997	16
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	547	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,018	32
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	551	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,088	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	551	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,033	5
Steers	550–600	Small 1	558	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,827	7
Steers	600–650	Small 1	635	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,048	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	646	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,261	22
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	657	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,102	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	661	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,366	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,374	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	746	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,693	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	746	357.69/cwt	334.00–360.00	2,668	11
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Small 1	325	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,040	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	358	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,325	11
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	364	384.90/cwt	370.00–387.50	1,401	20
Heifers	350–400	Small 1	365	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,205	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,338	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	443	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,484	3
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	443	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,329	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	446	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,481	27
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	459	358.88/cwt	325.00–361.00	1,647	52
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	459	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,629	24
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	475	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,437	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	537	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,812	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	547	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,750	8
Heifers	550–600	Small 1	550	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,664	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	553	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,936	52
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	553	344.09/cwt	322.50–347.00	1,903	42
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	637	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,854	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	640	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,888	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	649	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,992	20
Heifers	650–700	Small 1	650	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,755	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	652	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,982	29
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	705	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,956	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	750	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,100	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	775	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,093	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Small 1	339	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,178	6
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	341	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,654	23
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	355	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,589	4
Bulls	400–450	Small 1	401	331.38/cwt	322.50–332.50	1,329	9
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	416	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,768	28
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,751	14
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	485	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,460	11
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	493	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,859	30
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	494	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,877	16
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	520	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,820	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	339.41/cwt	339.00–342.00	1,924	22
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	570	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,035	16
Bulls	550–600	Small 1	580	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,740	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	628	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,123	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,115	7

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 Aug 31, 2026

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

Receipts 688Last week 670Year ago 401

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 159, Heifers 337, Bulls 192)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	377	355.00	355.00
3	400–450	443	335.00	335.00
24	450–500	459	355.00	355.00
2	500–550	537	337.50	337.50
52	550–600	553	350.00	350.00
2	600–650	640	295.00	295.00
29	650–700	652	304.00	304.00
4	750–800	750	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	320.00	320.00
3	350–400	365	330.00	330.00
6	400–450	443	300.00	300.00
6	550–600	550	302.50	302.50
2	650–700	650	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	364	370.00–387.50	384.90
52	450–500	459	325.00–361.00	358.88
42	550–600	553	322.50–347.00	344.09
20	600–650	649	307.00	307.00
2	750–800	775	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	358	370.00	370.00
27	400–450	446	332.00	332.00
3	450–500	475	302.50	302.50
8	500–550	547	320.00	320.00
10	600–650	637	291.00	291.00
1	700–750	705	277.50	277.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	447.50	447.50
13	450–500	456	417.50–423.00	422.11
32	500–550	547	369.00	369.00
22	600–650	646	350.00	350.00
1	650–700	665	357.00	357.00
11	700–750	746	334.00–360.00	357.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	355.00	355.00
3	450–500	466	365.00	365.00
7	550–600	558	327.50	327.50
2	600–650	635	322.50	322.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	347	457.50	457.50
8	350–400	369	460.00	460.00
2	400–450	442	418.00	418.00
16	450–500	472	423.00	423.00
16	550–600	551	379.00	379.00
8	650–700	661	358.00	358.00
4	700–750	746	361.00	361.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	442.50	442.50
2	450–500	450	415.00	415.00
5	550–600	551	369.00	369.00
2	650–700	657	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	355	447.50	447.50
14	400–450	427	410.00	410.00
16	450–500	494	380.00	380.00
22	550–600	567	339.00–342.00	339.41
7	600–650	635	333.00	333.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	339	347.50	347.50
9	400–450	401	322.50–332.50	331.38
11	450–500	485	301.00	301.00
2	550–600	580	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	300–350	341	485.00	485.00
28	400–450	416	425.00	425.00
30	450–500	493	377.00	377.00
1	500–550	520	350.00	350.00
16	550–600	570	357.00	357.00
3	600–650	628	338.00	338.00

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.