Sale reports / Virginia / Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. / 2024-09-02

Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, Sep 2
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184
Receipts
363 head
▼ 601 vs last sale 964▼ 59 vs year ago 422 · −14.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 109, Heifers 169, Bulls 84)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $228.42/cwt on 60 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −153.56 against this barn's trailing median of $381.97.
Average price
$228.42
60 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,260
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$94
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$15.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.32
vs VA average
−12.27 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551230.711,27229
Medium and Large 2544228.501,24321
Medium and Large 3584226.001,3206thin
Small 1548215.001,1784thin
One grade step is worth $15.71/cwt here — about $94 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 sale60 hd
228.42
—
VA average6 barns · 271 hd
230.74
−2.32
National average148 barns · 7,025 hd
240.69
−12.27
This barn, trailing median35 sales
381.97
−153.56
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

55 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2340296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,0063
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1372291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,0834
Steers350–400Small 1395270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,0671
Steers400–450Small 1415262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,0891
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1451291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,3128
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2463290.46/cwt260.00–295.001,3458
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3467283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,3221
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2543290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,57511
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1545292.25/cwt292.25–292.251,59330
Steers550–600Small 1550262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,4417
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1552264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,4572
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3567258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,4632
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3625241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,5061
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2635258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,6387
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1645254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,63810
Steers650–700Small 1662239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,5822
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1722233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,6829
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3730216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,5771
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2740225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,6651
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1335265.00/cwt265.00–265.008882
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3356247.50/cwt247.50–247.508813
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2363272.50/cwt272.50–272.509897
Heifers350–400Small 1392230.00/cwt230.00–230.009022
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3440225.00/cwt225.00–225.009901
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2446236.45/cwt220.00–237.001,05530
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1463253.44/cwt217.50–257.001,17323
Heifers450–500Small 1487230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1202
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1505222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,1241
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2544228.50/cwt228.50–228.501,24321
Heifers500–550Small 1548215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,1784
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1553231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,27728
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3584226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,3206
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3631207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,3063
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2640213.83/cwt212.00–214.001,36911
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1645216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,39322
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1685201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,3771
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2725203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,4721
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1740205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,5171
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Small 1305237.00/cwt237.00–237.007231
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1327305.00/cwt305.00–305.009972
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2340262.50/cwt262.50–262.508931
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2351302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,0625
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2404280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,1315
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1425266.43/cwt254.00–274.001,1325
Bulls400–450Small 1430261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,1222
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2483235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,1351
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1484286.50/cwt286.50–286.501,38715
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2504279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,4068
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1510242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,2371
Bulls500–550Small 1516252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,3003
Bulls550–600Small 1555237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,3151
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1569262.25/cwt230.00–264.001,49220
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2582246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,4322
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1619243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,5048
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2625233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,4565

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.