Sale reports / Virginia / Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. / 2024-03-11

Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, Mar 11
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184
Receipts
667 head
▼ 306 vs last sale 973▼ 58 vs year ago 725 · −8.0%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 199, Heifers 296, Bulls 172)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $253.23/cwt on 94 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −128.74 against this barn's trailing median of $381.97.
Average price
$253.23
94 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,382
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$23
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$7.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.03
vs VA average
−22.94 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547255.501,39826
Medium and Large 2542253.931,37641
Medium and Large 3549250.501,37520
Small 1553248.501,3747thin
One grade step is worth $7.00/cwt here — about $23 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale94 hd
253.23
—
VA average8 barns · 467 hd
253.26
−0.03
National average176 barns · 16,729 hd
276.17
−22.94
This barn, trailing median35 sales
381.97
−128.74
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
416378340303median 381.9703/0204/2706/2908/3110/26
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

58 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1352345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,2142
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3357309.84/cwt305.00–319.001,1063
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2362344.27/cwt327.50–348.001,2466
Steers350–400Small 1390300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1701
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2460314.50/cwt314.50–314.501,44718
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1460310.50/cwt310.50–310.501,42822
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3461310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,4297
Steers450–500Small 1472277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,3077
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3520297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,5444
Steers500–550Small 1531268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,4234
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2535273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,4612
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1551292.24/cwt276.00–293.001,61046
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2552299.50/cwt299.50–299.501,65325
Steers600–650Small 1615245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,5071
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1645265.50/cwt265.50–265.501,71223
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2649274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,77815
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3650229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,4891
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2665264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,7561
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3700222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,5541
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2705246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,7341
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1744241.50/cwt241.50–241.501,7979
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2315280.00/cwt280.00–280.008821
Heifers300–350Small 1347277.50/cwt277.50–277.509632
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3355288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,0228
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2366293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,07219
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1390289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,1274
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2405282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,1441
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2450279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,25647
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3452276.62/cwt267.50–277.001,25025
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1463272.65/cwt265.00–273.501,26220
Heifers450–500Small 1463268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,24117
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2542253.93/cwt253.00–254.001,37641
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1547255.50/cwt255.50–255.501,39826
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3549250.50/cwt250.50–250.501,37520
Heifers550–600Small 1553248.50/cwt248.50–248.501,3747
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3620234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,4511
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1638230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,46717
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2645233.52/cwt233.25–239.001,50620
Heifers600–650Small 1645216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,3931
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3671232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,5573
Heifers700–750Small 1700210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4701
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3722212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,5312
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2746218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,6267
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1748220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6466
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2357344.98/cwt335.00–347.001,23212
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1360345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,2423
Bulls350–400Small 1395300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1851
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1418328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,37123
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2422329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,38817
Bulls450–500Small 1486270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3127
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2488292.98/cwt280.00–294.001,43027
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1490281.50/cwt281.50–281.501,37925
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2530250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3251
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1556265.87/cwt250.00–267.501,47822
Bulls550–600Small 1560254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,4224
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2563264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,48613
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1629236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,4846
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2632234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,47911

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.