Sale reports / Virginia / Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. / 2024-05-13

Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, May 13
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184
Receipts
1,010 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 1,002▼ 62 vs year ago 1,072 · −5.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 354, Heifers 483, Bulls 173)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $252.99/cwt on 177 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −128.99 against this barn's trailing median of $381.97.
Average price
$252.99
177 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,382
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$71
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Small 1
$14.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.62
vs VA average
−17.01 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3529256.761,35819thin
Medium and Large 2542253.091,37057
Medium and Large 1553252.751,39896
Small 1532242.001,2875thin
One grade step is worth $14.76/cwt here — about $71 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 sale177 hd
252.99
—
VA average10 barns · 523 hd
250.36
+2.62
National average167 barns · 11,471 hd
270.00
−17.01
This barn, trailing median35 sales
381.97
−128.99
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

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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2357328.94/cwt299.00–331.001,17417
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3366314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,1498
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1380315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,1973
Steers400–450Small 1444277.22/cwt255.00–280.001,2319
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2445284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,2641
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2456325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,48237
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3460311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,4317
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465316.50/cwt316.50–316.501,47231
Steers500–550Small 1500262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,3131
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2540290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,5661
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2554295.50/cwt295.50–295.501,63737
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1558297.62/cwt288.00–297.751,66176
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3564289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,6305
Steers550–600Small 1575245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4092
Steers600–650Small 1640235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5041
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2641278.50/cwt278.50–278.501,78511
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1643278.94/cwt274.00–279.001,79481
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3645230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4843
Steers700–750Small 1715225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,6091
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1735251.98/cwt246.00–252.251,85222
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3349279.00/cwt279.00–279.0097411
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2366297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,08936
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,0548
Heifers350–400Small 1380266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,0111
Heifers400–450Small 1435237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,0332
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3446264.50/cwt264.50–264.501,18022
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2449275.62/cwt260.00–276.001,23884
Heifers450–500Small 1460257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,18213
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1466264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,23042
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3529256.76/cwt235.00–258.001,35819
Heifers500–550Small 1532242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,2875
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2541253.25/cwt253.25–253.251,37056
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1553252.75/cwt252.75–252.751,39896
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2570244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,3911
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3626231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,4466
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2631240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,51417
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1641234.50/cwt234.50–234.501,50350
Heifers600–650Small 1641216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,3854
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2705216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,5231
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1733214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,5699
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2342328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,1227
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1347325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,1282
Bulls400–450Small 1415272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,1312
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1418291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,21613
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2423310.50/cwt310.50–310.501,31328
Bulls450–500Small 1485270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3107
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2486296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,43941
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1496280.50/cwt280.50–280.501,39119
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1525256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,3441
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2561271.50/cwt271.50–271.501,52316
Bulls550–600Small 1563240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3513
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1569275.31/cwt251.00–276.501,56722
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1630256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,6139
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2630245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,5443

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.