Sale reports / Virginia / Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. / 2024-04-01

Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, Apr 1
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184
Receipts
540 head
▼ 385 vs last sale 925▼ 638 vs year ago 1,178 · −54.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 184, Heifers 221, Bulls 135)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $250.17/cwt on 58 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −131.80 against this barn's trailing median of $381.97.
Average price
$250.17
58 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,363
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$74
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Small 1
$20.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.97
vs VA average
−20.42 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3525255.001,3395thin
Medium and Large 2548253.881,39225
Medium and Large 1547247.821,35524
Small 1538235.001,2644thin
One grade step is worth $20.00/cwt here — about $74 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 sale58 hd
250.17
—
VA average6 barns · 286 hd
249.20
+0.97
National average179 barns · 13,329 hd
270.59
−20.42
This barn, trailing median35 sales
381.97
−131.80
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

56 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Small 1351290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,0183
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2355329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,1683
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1365327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,1958
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1417272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,1362
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3436322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,4043
Steers400–450Small 1445273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,2151
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2451324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,46113
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3460280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,2881
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1461315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,45226
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1542306.60/cwt285.00–309.251,66237
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2547303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,65715
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3570260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4822
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3615250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5381
Steers600–650Small 1620250.20/cwt250.00–251.001,5515
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1635274.21/cwt265.00–274.501,74132
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2643271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,7438
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2695245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,7031
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2724228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,6516
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1725231.72/cwt224.00–233.001,68014
Steers700–750Small 1741205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,5193
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3305275.00/cwt275.00–275.008391
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3356288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,02515
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365281.53/cwt266.00–284.001,02822
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1368278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,0238
Heifers350–400Small 1385260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,0016
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2407270.50/cwt270.50–270.501,1012
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3431277.93/cwt268.00–280.001,19812
Heifers400–450Small 1432250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0808
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1433239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,0354
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2451279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,25831
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1456265.50/cwt265.50–265.501,21124
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3525255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,3395
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2527241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,2702
Heifers500–550Small 1538235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,2644
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1546248.25/cwt248.25–248.251,35523
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2550255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,40323
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,3451
Heifers600–650Small 1610220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3421
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3632233.75/cwt233.75–233.751,4779
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2632228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,4414
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1650229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,48914
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2717198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,4202
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1338318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,0754
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2342329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,1259
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2375307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,1531
Bulls400–450Small 1410285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,1699
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2420325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,36516
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,34015
Bulls450–500Small 1485258.29/cwt250.00–262.501,2533
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1491295.25/cwt295.25–295.251,45021
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2492298.20/cwt265.00–300.251,46717
Bulls550–600Small 1560242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,3581
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1566266.50/cwt266.50–266.501,50818
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2574272.25/cwt272.25–272.251,56311
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2623252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,5705
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1631252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,5905

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.