Sale reports / Virginia / Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. / 2024-04-08

Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, Apr 8
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184
Receipts
1,339 head
▲ 799 vs last sale 540▲ 615 vs year ago 724 · +84.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 385, Heifers 649, Bulls 305)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $242.98/cwt on 200 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −138.99 against this barn's trailing median of $381.97.
Average price
$242.98
200 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,322
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$95
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$10.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.86
vs VA average
−20.98 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546244.461,335104
Medium and Large 3537243.691,30929
Medium and Large 2545241.001,31361
Small 1530234.001,2406thin
One grade step is worth $10.46/cwt here — about $95 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 sale200 hd
242.98
—
VA average9 barns · 685 hd
247.84
−4.86
National average181 barns · 13,137 hd
263.96
−20.98
This barn, trailing median35 sales
381.97
−138.99
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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2305275.00/cwt275.00–275.008391
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2354300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,06213
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1361305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,1019
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3370310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,1473
Steers350–400Small 1376255.00/cwt255.00–255.009593
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2449312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,40127
Steers450–500Small 1455282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,2853
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1457312.84/cwt255.00–315.001,43055
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3463317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,46811
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2485280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,3581
Steers500–550Small 1530258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,3673
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1549295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,620115
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2552293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,61727
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3553250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3833
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1595274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,6301
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3627238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,4922
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2635265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,68313
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1636262.03/cwt262.00–263.001,66767
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2672261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,7542
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1741238.25/cwt238.25–238.251,76517
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2746231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,7237
Steers750–800Medium and Large 3780210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,6382
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2351274.85/cwt257.50–275.5096557
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3357272.31/cwt257.50–273.0097224
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1360271.00/cwt271.00–271.0097621
Heifers350–400Small 1366235.00/cwt235.00–235.008604
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2443265.06/cwt265.00–267.501,174117
Heifers400–450Small 1444246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,0928
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3450264.11/cwt225.00–265.001,18845
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1455266.53/cwt266.50–267.001,21373
Heifers500–550Small 1530234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,2406
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3537243.69/cwt235.00–244.001,30929
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2545241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,31361
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1546244.46/cwt243.00–244.501,335104
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1637230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,46545
Heifers600–650Small 1640167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,0721
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2644235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,51324
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3658215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4153
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3700197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,3831
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2723209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,5119
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1735199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,4632
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1750213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,59814
Heifers750–800Small 1750182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,3691
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2343316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,08427
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1354303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,0739
Bulls350–400Small 1360225.00/cwt225.00–225.008101
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2362293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,0612
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2413309.01/cwt300.00–309.501,27658
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1416305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,26932
Bulls400–450Small 1426255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,0869
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1483294.08/cwt277.00–294.501,42040
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2486300.88/cwt295.00–301.001,46250
Bulls450–500Small 1498250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2455
Bulls550–600Small 1558237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,3223
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2563270.71/cwt270.50–273.001,52424
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1566265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,50034
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1626267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,6718
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2626264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,6533

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.