Sale reports / Virginia / Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. / 2024-07-15

Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, Jul 15
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184
Receipts
925 head
▼ 56 vs last sale 981▲ 24 vs year ago 901 · +2.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 328, Heifers 444, Bulls 153)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $248.77/cwt on 154 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −133.20 against this barn's trailing median of $381.97.
Average price
$248.77
154 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,358
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$57
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$14.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.31
vs VA average
−9.03 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2539253.051,36461
Medium and Large 1553247.161,36766
Medium and Large 3541245.411,32917thin
Small 1547239.001,30710thin
One grade step is worth $14.05/cwt here — about $57 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 sale154 hd
248.77
—
VA average10 barns · 641 hd
249.08
−0.31
National average156 barns · 7,883 hd
257.80
−9.03
This barn, trailing median35 sales
381.97
−133.20
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

53 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Small 1310240.00/cwt240.00–240.007441
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2367299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,09711
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1387295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,1422
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1435271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,1791
Steers400–450Small 1442260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,14910
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3453255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,1555
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1463278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,28719
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2466284.15/cwt260.00–285.001,32431
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3521243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,2668
Steers500–550Small 1543250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3587
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2546260.28/cwt252.00–260.501,42136
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1561268.46/cwt252.00–269.251,50665
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3635220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3972
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2643246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,58219
Steers600–650Small 1648242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,5685
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1651249.49/cwt239.00–250.001,62466
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2738221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,6313
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1741228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,68937
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1349292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,0197
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3357259.00/cwt259.00–259.0092510
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2366293.26/cwt270.00–295.501,07323
Heifers350–400Small 1387240.00/cwt240.00–240.009292
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1395269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,0631
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3437242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,0602
Heifers450–500Small 1453239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,08312
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2458260.15/cwt242.00–260.501,19155
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3458251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,15021
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1460259.87/cwt245.00–262.001,19532
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2539253.05/cwt248.00–253.501,36461
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3539247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,33116
Heifers500–550Small 1547239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,30710
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1553247.16/cwt240.00–247.501,36766
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3580220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2761
Heifers600–650Small 1617225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3884
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3622218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,3564
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2636242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,53921
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1642232.38/cwt225.00–232.501,49259
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2685225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5411
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2730214.50/cwt214.50–214.501,5668
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1742214.50/cwt214.50–214.501,59228
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2340313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,0646
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1356318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,1325
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1411304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,24912
Bulls400–450Small 1413238.00/cwt238.00–238.009837
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2419272.20/cwt250.00–275.001,14118
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1489254.16/cwt237.50–255.001,24320
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2489253.50/cwt253.50–253.501,24015
Bulls450–500Small 1489227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,1129
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2560247.77/cwt243.00–248.001,38822
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1564248.50/cwt248.50–248.501,40222
Bulls550–600Small 1571223.75/cwt220.00–225.001,2784
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2630232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,4627
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1635228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,4486

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.