Sale reports / Virginia / Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. / 2024-04-22

Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, Apr 22
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184
Receipts
915 head
▼ 199 vs last sale 1,114▼ 150 vs year ago 1,065 · −14.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 356, Heifers 403, Bulls 156)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $249.14/cwt on 143 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −132.83 against this barn's trailing median of $381.97.
Average price
$249.14
143 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,361
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$60
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$6.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.53
vs VA average
−21.05 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2547252.001,37850
Medium and Large 3533249.501,33015thin
Medium and Large 1551247.541,36463
Small 1536246.001,31915thin
One grade step is worth $6.00/cwt here — about $60 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 sale143 hd
249.14
—
VA average9 barns · 511 hd
244.61
+4.53
National average178 barns · 11,596 hd
270.19
−21.05
This barn, trailing median35 sales
381.97
−132.83
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

50 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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1345336.00/cwt336.00–336.001,1593
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3357324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,1579
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2369345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,27314
Steers350–400Small 1380285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,0834
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1395289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,1421
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2452331.99/cwt292.00–334.001,50144
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3459323.00/cwt323.00–323.001,48313
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,50729
Steers450–500Small 1466270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2588
Steers500–550Small 1537250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3435
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3541260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4073
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2542291.50/cwt291.50–291.501,58039
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1555293.15/cwt285.00–293.501,62798
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2621276.50/cwt276.50–276.501,71714
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1635276.23/cwt264.00–276.751,75450
Steers600–650Small 1638239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,5255
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3655249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,6311
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1734242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,77615
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2755238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,7971
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1305262.50/cwt262.50–262.508011
Heifers350–400Small 1368260.24/cwt237.50–264.009587
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2371287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,06725
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3374278.75/cwt245.00–284.001,04315
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1378281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,0623
Heifers400–450Small 1444251.50/cwt251.50–251.501,11716
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2452264.50/cwt264.50–264.501,19654
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3455263.04/cwt249.00–263.501,19734
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1471259.31/cwt245.00–260.001,22143
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3533249.50/cwt249.50–249.501,33015
Heifers500–550Small 1536246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,31915
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2547252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,37850
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1551247.54/cwt235.00–247.751,36463
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2631241.45/cwt217.50–242.501,52423
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1636237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,50721
Heifers600–650Small 1637221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,4085
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3643220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4156
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1733219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,6056
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1775182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,4111
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1348323.00/cwt323.00–323.001,1244
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2357330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,1785
Bulls400–450Small 1413285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,1773
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2420321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,34825
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1433313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,3558
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1490301.88/cwt289.00–302.501,47922
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2490298.00/cwt279.00–300.251,46019
Bulls500–550Small 1538240.05/cwt233.00–255.001,2916
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2564270.25/cwt270.25–270.251,52418
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1571274.50/cwt274.50–274.501,56724
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2625255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,5947
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1630258.75/cwt258.75–258.751,63015

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.