Sale reports / Virginia / Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. / 2024-05-06

Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, May 6
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184
Receipts
1,002 head
▼ 69 vs last sale 1,071▼ 242 vs year ago 1,244 · −19.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 405, Heifers 418, Bulls 179)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $247.71/cwt on 153 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −134.27 against this barn's trailing median of $381.97.
Average price
$247.71
153 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,366
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$107
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$14.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.74
vs VA average
−19.88 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551248.361,36890
Medium and Large 2554248.331,37642
Medium and Large 3554247.501,37115thin
Small 1539234.001,2616thin
One grade step is worth $14.36/cwt here — about $107 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 sale153 hd
247.71
—
VA average8 barns · 429 hd
245.96
+1.74
National average178 barns · 10,823 hd
267.59
−19.88
This barn, trailing median35 sales
381.97
−134.27
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

57 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
Steers300–350Small 1325260.00/cwt260.00–260.008451
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2365332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,21216
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1383310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,1874
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3390285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,1123
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3442313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,3837
Steers450–500Small 1450276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,2425
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2451312.43/cwt299.00–313.001,40926
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1453319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,44544
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3540289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,5619
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2545293.84/cwt292.00–294.001,60136
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1554296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,640121
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3610234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,4272
Steers600–650Small 1611227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,3903
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1632264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,6682
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2636278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,76813
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1656275.75/cwt275.75–275.751,80981
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3725215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,5591
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1732240.02/cwt233.00–240.251,75730
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2745241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,7951
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3356272.00/cwt272.00–272.0096811
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365291.10/cwt255.00–292.251,06335
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1371286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,06110
Heifers350–400Small 1372260.00/cwt260.00–260.009672
Heifers400–450Small 1430230.00/cwt230.00–230.009892
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3449259.75/cwt259.75–259.751,16623
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2457264.25/cwt264.25–264.251,20847
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1459263.95/cwt246.00–264.751,21249
Heifers450–500Small 1464250.50/cwt250.50–250.501,16210
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2532240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2772
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1535236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,2631
Heifers500–550Small 1539234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,2616
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1551248.50/cwt248.50–248.501,36989
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3554247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,37115
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2555248.75/cwt248.75–248.751,38140
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3636222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,4124
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2638232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,4807
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1640235.75/cwt235.75–235.751,50952
Heifers650–700Small 1655202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,3232
Heifers700–750Small 1715165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,1801
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1752198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,4897
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 3767182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,3962
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2785186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,4601
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2350320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,1207
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1354308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,0905
Bulls350–400Small 1355272.50/cwt272.50–272.509671
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1425289.50/cwt289.50–289.501,23021
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2426292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,24612
Bulls400–450Small 1430255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,0972
Bulls450–500Small 1483265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,2806
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1490279.75/cwt279.75–279.751,37135
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2495279.50/cwt279.50–279.501,38416
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2500255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,2751
Bulls500–550Small 1535250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3381
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1535232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,2441
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1566272.25/cwt272.25–272.251,54134
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2570260.50/cwt260.50–260.501,48514
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1629249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,56623

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.