Sale reports / Virginia / Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. / 2024-03-25

Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, Mar 25
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184
Receipts
925 head
▼ 600 vs last sale 1,525▼ 313 vs year ago 1,238 · −25.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 333, Heifers 382, Bulls 210)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $256.54/cwt on 133 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −125.43 against this barn's trailing median of $381.97.
Average price
$256.54
133 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,392
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$13
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Small 1
$10.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.22
vs VA average
−10.33 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3541259.281,40318thin
Medium and Large 2537257.771,38544
Medium and Large 1543257.001,39654
Small 1558249.001,38917thin
One grade step is worth $10.28/cwt here — about $13 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale133 hd
256.54
—
VA average10 barns · 451 hd
250.32
+6.22
National average161 barns · 9,489 hd
266.87
−10.33
This barn, trailing median35 sales
381.97
−125.43
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

62 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3330325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,0732
Steers300–350Small 1345292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,0091
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2349364.00/cwt364.00–364.001,27012
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370363.00/cwt363.00–363.001,3439
Steers400–450Small 1434285.82/cwt285.00–286.001,2405
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2454326.33/cwt312.00–327.501,48227
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1457325.52/cwt279.00–327.501,48849
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3462322.14/cwt275.00–327.001,48811
Steers500–550Small 1540252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,36411
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1542307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,66467
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2544298.50/cwt290.00–299.001,62436
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3557284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,5826
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1560280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,5682
Steers550–600Small 1565252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,4271
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3635253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,6071
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2643266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,71020
Steers600–650Small 1643250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6086
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1645260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,67736
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1675232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,5661
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2695248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,7241
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2722227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,6392
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1742230.63/cwt223.00–231.001,71121
Steers700–750Small 1745220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6393
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2763233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,7783
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3342277.50/cwt277.50–277.509492
Heifers300–350Small 1344280.00/cwt280.00–280.009635
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3365292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,06617
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2368297.66/cwt286.00–298.251,09521
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1377290.64/cwt284.00–294.001,0963
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1440271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,1921
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3447275.50/cwt275.50–275.501,23120
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2452279.17/cwt273.00–279.751,26260
Heifers450–500Small 1456269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,2279
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1458282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,29240
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3465263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,2233
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2535258.75/cwt258.75–258.751,38440
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3541259.28/cwt251.00–259.751,40318
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1543257.00/cwt244.00–257.501,39654
Heifers550–600Small 1558249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,38917
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2560248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,3894
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3633224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,4186
Heifers600–650Small 1633220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3936
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1635230.93/cwt229.00–231.001,46628
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2640235.75/cwt235.75–235.751,50916
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1738207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,52810
Heifers750–800Small 1770171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,3171
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2780195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,5211
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Small 1325300.00/cwt300.00–300.009751
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2343363.00/cwt363.00–363.001,24522
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1354359.00/cwt359.00–359.001,27113
Bulls400–450Small 1409295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,2077
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2413332.00/cwt314.00–333.001,37120
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1417338.00/cwt338.00–338.001,40919
Bulls450–500Small 1486270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3127
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2489303.81/cwt289.00–305.001,48626
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1492299.50/cwt299.50–299.501,47435
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1511269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,3753
Bulls500–550Small 1540260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4042
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1562280.09/cwt254.00–284.251,57422
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2569276.03/cwt260.00–277.501,57112
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2628252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,58313
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1628251.50/cwt251.50–251.501,5798

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.