Sale reports / Virginia / Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. / 2024-08-12

Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, Aug 12
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184
Receipts
712 head
▲ 71 vs last sale 641▼ 340 vs year ago 1,052 · −32.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 240, Heifers 327, Bulls 145)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $260.81/cwt on 103 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −121.16 against this barn's trailing median of $381.97.
Average price
$260.81
103 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,424
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$102
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$30.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+15.59
vs VA average
+8.87 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2537268.501,44234
Medium and Large 1551259.051,42752
Medium and Large 3544256.171,39312thin
Small 1563238.001,3405thin
One grade step is worth $30.50/cwt here — about $102 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 sale103 hd
260.81
—
VA average8 barns · 423 hd
245.22
+15.59
National average159 barns · 7,784 hd
251.94
+8.87
This barn, trailing median35 sales
381.97
−121.16
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

52 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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2343313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,0746
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1374314.50/cwt314.50–314.501,1765
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1453300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,35930
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3453296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,3415
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2459304.45/cwt270.00–307.001,39715
Steers450–500Small 1470270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2692
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3545292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,5914
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2552300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,65634
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1553283.15/cwt274.00–283.501,56654
Steers550–600Small 1555265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,4718
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3633260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,6463
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2635275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,74618
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1644259.50/cwt259.50–259.501,67143
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1660256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,6902
Steers700–750Small 1705229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,6141
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1727244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,7747
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2741241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,7863
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2355285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,01213
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1372275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,02313
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3375270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,0132
Heifers350–400Small 1390252.50/cwt252.50–252.509851
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,1051
Heifers400–450Small 1445257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,1468
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2449280.47/cwt255.00–281.501,25951
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1452273.50/cwt273.50–273.501,23637
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3461261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,20310
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2537268.50/cwt268.50–268.501,44234
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3539259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,39611
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1551259.05/cwt248.00–259.501,42752
Heifers550–600Small 1563238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,3405
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3595225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3391
Heifers600–650Small 1622226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,4062
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2637240.08/cwt222.50–241.001,52919
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3637230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4654
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1644239.25/cwt239.25–239.251,54150
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3700217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,5231
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2733230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,6863
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1736229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,6859
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1342307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,0502
Bulls350–400Small 1357265.00/cwt265.00–265.009462
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2358306.12/cwt280.00–311.001,0967
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1415293.52/cwt280.00–294.501,21815
Bulls400–450Small 1423277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,1749
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2424299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,26811
Bulls450–500Small 1489260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,2717
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2490284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,39217
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1492277.60/cwt255.00–282.251,36617
Bulls500–550Small 1548245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3433
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2566279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,5799
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1566261.07/cwt235.00–262.001,47830
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1624248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,54812
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2638261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,6654

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.