Sale reports / Virginia / Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. / 2024-08-19

Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, Aug 19
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184
Receipts
1,043 head
▲ 331 vs last sale 712▲ 31 vs year ago 1,012 · +3.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 304, Heifers 496, Bulls 243)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $252.50/cwt on 176 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −129.48 against this barn's trailing median of $381.97.
Average price
$252.50
176 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,387
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$97
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$9.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.93
vs VA average
+8.09 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548254.441,395107
Medium and Large 2550250.001,37553
Medium and Large 3562249.001,39911thin
Small 1530245.001,2995thin
One grade step is worth $9.44/cwt here — about $97 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 sale176 hd
252.50
—
VA average8 barns · 377 hd
249.56
+2.93
National average171 barns · 9,778 hd
244.41
+8.09
This barn, trailing median35 sales
381.97
−129.48
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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2352327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,1537
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1367322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,1846
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3376277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,0433
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1451305.17/cwt283.00–306.001,37630
Steers450–500Small 1460278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,2791
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2461304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,40117
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3470277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,3043
Steers500–550Small 1505273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,3793
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3520270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4041
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2545288.25/cwt288.25–288.251,57130
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1552289.99/cwt270.00–290.251,60181
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3615230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4151
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2633264.50/cwt264.50–264.501,67414
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1639263.25/cwt263.25–263.251,68269
Steers650–700Small 1665229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,5231
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3705200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4101
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2735245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,8012
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1744244.54/cwt244.50–246.001,81934
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3355264.23/cwt252.50–265.0093816
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2360289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,04028
Heifers350–400Small 1369253.00/cwt253.00–253.009346
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370283.39/cwt270.00–284.501,04914
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1432261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,1284
Heifers400–450Small 1449247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,10910
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3454258.64/cwt250.00–259.001,17426
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2456272.09/cwt252.50–272.501,24153
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1456268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,22270
Heifers450–500Small 1475251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,1921
Heifers500–550Small 1530245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,2995
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1548254.53/cwt250.00–255.001,395106
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2550250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,37553
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3562249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,39911
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1580245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4211
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3627236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,4802
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2635229.50/cwt229.50–229.501,45714
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1642228.30/cwt228.00–237.001,46659
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1740220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,62816
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1750212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,5901
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1341317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,0815
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2348318.47/cwt306.00–320.001,10818
Bulls350–400Small 1360260.00/cwt260.00–260.009363
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2416297.29/cwt265.00–303.001,23727
Bulls400–450Small 1420257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,0798
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1423302.66/cwt258.00–306.501,28039
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1488287.25/cwt287.25–287.251,40241
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2493282.92/cwt255.00–284.001,39526
Bulls500–550Small 1500247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,2383
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1515252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,3001
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2540240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2961
Bulls550–600Small 1560232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,2996
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1561264.73/cwt240.00–266.751,48541
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2567259.50/cwt259.50–259.501,4719
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1622250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,55511
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2623241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,5014

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.