Sale reports / Virginia / Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. / 2024-08-26

Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, Aug 26
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184
Receipts
964 head
▼ 79 vs last sale 1,043▲ 55 vs year ago 909 · +6.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 245, Heifers 468, Bulls 251)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $233.95/cwt on 167 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −148.02 against this barn's trailing median of $381.97.
Average price
$233.95
167 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,280
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$86
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$14.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.30
vs VA average
−7.93 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1552235.531,30175
Medium and Large 2544234.261,27473
Medium and Large 3528231.501,22210thin
Small 1550221.001,2169thin
One grade step is worth $14.53/cwt here — about $86 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 sale167 hd
233.95
—
VA average8 barns · 453 hd
234.25
−0.30
National average160 barns · 7,566 hd
241.88
−7.93
This barn, trailing median35 sales
381.97
−148.02
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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1333275.24/cwt255.00–285.009173
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2367290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,0642
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3380277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,0551
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3457280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,2809
Steers450–500Small 1457255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,1655
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2466286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,33324
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1466286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,33318
Steers500–550Small 1540250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3506
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2544284.24/cwt260.00–285.001,54631
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3551258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,4226
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1557285.29/cwt263.00–288.001,58958
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2638251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,60116
Steers600–650Small 1638237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,5153
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3645242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,5614
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1654255.05/cwt240.00–256.001,66834
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3720214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,5411
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1740241.68/cwt231.00–242.751,78822
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2745234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,7432
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2362267.00/cwt267.00–267.0096727
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3371242.04/cwt237.50–242.5089811
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1376275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,03411
Heifers350–400Small 1395232.50/cwt232.50–232.509181
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1443230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0193
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3446236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,05327
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1452248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,12143
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2454246.50/cwt246.50–246.501,11965
Heifers450–500Small 1481230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1064
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3528231.50/cwt231.50–231.501,22210
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2544234.26/cwt231.00–234.501,27473
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1544229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,2465
Heifers550–600Small 1550221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,2169
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1553236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,30570
Heifers600–650Small 1610224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,3663
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3631223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,4075
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2632228.70/cwt227.50–228.751,44526
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1641223.50/cwt223.50–223.501,43352
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1695218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,5151
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2717219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,5702
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1740219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,62120
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2345287.50/cwt287.50–287.5099215
Bulls300–350Small 1346245.00/cwt245.00–245.008483
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1351287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,0098
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2414274.50/cwt274.50–274.501,13623
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1417268.42/cwt250.00–269.001,11933
Bulls400–450Small 1420249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,0466
Bulls450–500Small 1485247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,2006
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2491270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,32627
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1492274.16/cwt240.00–275.501,34953
Bulls500–550Small 1546230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2566
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2565254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,43511
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1566256.46/cwt237.00–257.501,45239
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2628232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,4575
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1629239.50/cwt239.50–239.501,50616

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.