Sale reports / Virginia / Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. / 2024-05-27

Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, May 27
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184
Receipts
616 head
▼ 272 vs last sale 888▲ 76 vs year ago 540 · +14.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 226, Heifers 292, Bulls 98)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $262.98/cwt on 109 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −118.99 against this barn's trailing median of $381.97.
Average price
$262.98
109 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,444
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$129
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$33.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.52
vs VA average
−4.64 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2536268.431,43830
Medium and Large 1554263.971,46266
Medium and Large 3555250.001,3889thin
Small 1557235.001,3094thin
One grade step is worth $33.43/cwt here — about $129 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale109 hd
262.98
—
VA average6 barns · 363 hd
255.46
+7.52
National average129 barns · 6,320 hd
267.62
−4.64
This barn, trailing median35 sales
381.97
−118.99
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

55 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2366336.00/cwt336.00–336.001,2305
Steers350–400Small 1385312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,2034
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3395340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,3431
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3444331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,47011
Steers450–500Small 1450296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,33212
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2456331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,50919
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1463329.97/cwt292.50–332.001,52820
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2540304.50/cwt304.50–304.501,64421
Steers500–550Small 1545262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,4311
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3553297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,6423
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1555306.50/cwt294.00–306.751,70153
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3612288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,7632
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2633290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,83614
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1641282.75/cwt282.75–282.751,81251
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1685272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,8631
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1735251.25/cwt251.25–251.251,8476
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2765245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,8742
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1331299.00/cwt299.00–299.009903
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3360298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,0736
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,13211
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,1031
Heifers350–400Small 1382286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,0932
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2410280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,1481
Heifers400–450Small 1447268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,1987
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2450278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,25141
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3451262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,18218
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1466270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,25818
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2534270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,44229
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1554263.97/cwt230.00–264.501,46266
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3555250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3889
Heifers550–600Small 1557235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,3094
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2580223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,2931
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2623239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,4899
Heifers600–650Small 1635216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,3724
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1637240.49/cwt228.00–241.001,53249
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3647222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,4362
Heifers700–750Small 1720172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,2421
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3735183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,3451
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1752208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,5647
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2767204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,5652
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Small 1310330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,0231
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2330351.00/cwt351.00–351.001,1582
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1349340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,1875
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1365335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,2231
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2406335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,36011
Bulls400–450Small 1410295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,2102
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1431330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,4226
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1485302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,46718
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2495303.48/cwt279.00–305.501,50213
Bulls450–500Small 1495280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,3866
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2551281.25/cwt281.25–281.251,5508
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1567273.88/cwt258.00–275.001,55315
Bulls550–600Small 1585260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5212
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1620258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,6006
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2635258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,6382

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.