Sale reports / Virginia / Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. / 2024-07-29

Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, Jul 29
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184
Receipts
870 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 887▼ 15 vs year ago 885 · −1.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 283, Heifers 412, Bulls 175)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $245.85/cwt on 147 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −136.12 against this barn's trailing median of $381.97.
Average price
$245.85
147 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,345
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$166
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Small 1
$24.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.27
vs VA average
−12.61 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3541246.651,33424
Medium and Large 1549246.601,35475
Medium and Large 2548245.231,34546
Small 1525222.501,1682thin
One grade step is worth $24.15/cwt here — about $166 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 sale147 hd
245.85
—
VA average6 barns · 332 hd
242.58
+3.27
National average139 barns · 7,218 hd
258.46
−12.61
This barn, trailing median35 sales
381.97
−136.12
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

56 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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3345290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,0013
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2364319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,1616
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1379313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,1865
Steers400–450Small 1443277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,2274
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1463290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,34323
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3464287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,3329
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2466289.15/cwt270.00–290.001,34725
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2549283.37/cwt265.00–284.501,55634
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1555278.44/cwt264.00–279.001,54553
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3557275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,5326
Steers550–600Small 1575258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,4844
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3640234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,4981
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2643256.07/cwt241.00–257.001,64717
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1649249.75/cwt249.75–249.751,62166
Steers650–700Small 1650236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,5342
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1662249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,6482
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2738237.21/cwt237.00–239.001,7519
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1741239.80/cwt237.00–240.001,77714
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2315277.50/cwt277.50–277.508741
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2357296.75/cwt296.75–296.751,05922
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3357275.00/cwt275.00–275.0098212
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1367290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,06420
Heifers350–400Small 1375245.00/cwt245.00–245.009191
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3451248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,11824
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2452258.50/cwt258.50–258.501,16834
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1461257.53/cwt250.00–258.001,18752
Heifers450–500Small 1463245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,1347
Heifers500–550Small 1525222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,1682
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1526237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,2473
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3541246.65/cwt215.00–249.501,33424
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2548245.50/cwt245.50–245.501,34545
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1550247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,35972
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2565233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,3161
Heifers600–650Small 1630205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,2924
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3638220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4043
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2647235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,52027
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1650232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,50840
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2719225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,6187
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3740210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5541
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2750215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,6131
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1754214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,6149
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2340313.50/cwt275.00–319.001,06616
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1354303.41/cwt270.00–310.001,0746
Bulls350–400Small 1375282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,0592
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2410294.30/cwt284.00–295.001,20733
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1416299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,24418
Bulls400–450Small 1428267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,1433
Bulls450–500Small 1475270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2831
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2482285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,37414
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1485279.04/cwt264.00–280.001,35333
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2549276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,5157
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1558258.86/cwt240.00–261.001,44420
Bulls550–600Small 1563259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,4586
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2580246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,4271
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1620240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,48812
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2626255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,5963

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.