Sale reports / Virginia / Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. / 2024-04-15

Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, Apr 15
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184
Receipts
1,114 head
▼ 225 vs last sale 1,339▼ 262 vs year ago 1,376 · −19.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 320, Heifers 517, Bulls 277)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $245.65/cwt on 163 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −136.32 against this barn's trailing median of $381.97.
Average price
$245.65
163 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,323
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$62
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$17.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.63
vs VA average
−18.87 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2539250.041,34853
Medium and Large 3539246.911,33120
Medium and Large 1537243.871,31081
Small 1552233.001,2869thin
One grade step is worth $17.04/cwt here — about $62 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale163 hd
245.65
—
VA average10 barns · 625 hd
241.02
+4.63
National average180 barns · 13,997 hd
264.52
−18.87
This barn, trailing median35 sales
381.97
−136.32
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

54 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2357325.50/cwt325.50–325.501,1627
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1371325.50/cwt325.50–325.501,20812
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3380318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,2082
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3415270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,1211
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2453308.25/cwt265.00–310.001,39627
Steers450–500Small 1453272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,2344
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1459316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,45057
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3462313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,44610
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3528248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,3096
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,4951
Steers500–550Small 1530255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,3527
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2546288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,57223
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1553294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,626103
Steers600–650Small 1617210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2962
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2633256.50/cwt256.50–256.501,62411
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3637239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,5222
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1641263.16/cwt260.00–263.251,68734
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1728221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,6097
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2747222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,6584
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1352272.00/cwt272.00–272.0095717
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3360264.91/cwt235.00–268.0095423
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2362277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,00346
Heifers350–400Small 1395237.50/cwt237.50–237.509382
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3449265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,19033
Heifers450–500Small 1453244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,10513
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2455267.25/cwt267.25–267.251,21678
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1456258.20/cwt241.00–259.001,17768
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1537243.87/cwt233.00–244.001,31081
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2539250.04/cwt238.00–250.751,34853
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3539246.91/cwt245.00–247.001,33120
Heifers550–600Small 1552233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,2869
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3629230.44/cwt229.00–231.001,4497
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1634242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,53733
Heifers600–650Small 1643216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,3894
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2649242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,57119
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2725181.16/cwt174.00–186.001,3135
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3730164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,1971
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1736182.78/cwt181.00–184.001,3455
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Small 1342260.10/cwt220.00–265.008909
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2347330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,14530
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1348321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,1175
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2395293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,1571
Bulls400–450Small 1408277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,1325
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2418307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,28327
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1423291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,23119
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1491293.69/cwt274.00–294.501,44243
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2492292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,43926
Bulls450–500Small 1498243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,2108
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2535264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,4121
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2557275.50/cwt275.50–275.501,53514
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1565375.50/cwt375.50–375.502,12258
Bulls550–600Small 1568238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,3529
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2624248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,5486
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1626255.50/cwt255.50–255.501,59916

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.