Sale reports / Virginia / Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. / 2024-09-16

Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, Sep 16
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184
Receipts
958 head
▼ 423 vs last sale 1,381▼ 233 vs year ago 1,191 · −19.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 338, Heifers 423, Bulls 197)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $233.84/cwt on 135 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −148.14 against this barn's trailing median of $381.97.
Average price
$233.84
135 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,288
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$55
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$11.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.83
vs VA average
−3.17 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551235.341,29665
Medium and Large 2550235.191,29448
Medium and Large 3551228.501,25912thin
Small 1554224.001,24110thin
One grade step is worth $11.34/cwt here — about $55 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 sale135 hd
233.84
—
VA average8 barns · 510 hd
229.01
+4.83
National average181 barns · 11,482 hd
237.01
−3.17
This barn, trailing median35 sales
381.97
−148.14
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

57 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
Steers300–350Small 1345252.50/cwt252.50–252.508712
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2370294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,0883
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,1102
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2461289.50/cwt270.00–290.501,33520
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1467287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,34040
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3470271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,2747
Steers450–500Small 1470259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,2176
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2535254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,3591
Steers500–550Small 1538242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,30514
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1554260.92/cwt248.00–261.501,44569
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2554259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,43531
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3561252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,4145
Steers600–650Small 1624232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,4485
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3628232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,4573
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2631241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,52117
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1646233.95/cwt232.00–234.001,51173
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1740232.42/cwt223.00–233.001,72035
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2767225.22/cwt212.00–232.001,7273
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2347271.00/cwt271.00–271.009402
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2360279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,00414
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3362275.09/cwt271.00–276.0099611
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,0219
Heifers350–400Small 1375240.00/cwt240.00–240.009002
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2445246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,0956
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3449247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,10922
Heifers450–500Small 1458230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,05313
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2461250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,15341
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1466251.13/cwt242.00–251.751,17046
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2527228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,2022
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1540225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2151
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1551235.50/cwt235.50–235.501,29864
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2551235.50/cwt235.50–235.501,29846
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3551228.50/cwt228.50–228.501,25912
Heifers550–600Small 1554224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,24110
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3636215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,3674
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2640225.75/cwt225.75–225.751,44533
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1642225.35/cwt220.00–225.751,44756
Heifers650–700Small 1653202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,3193
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2655219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,4341
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3710205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,4561
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2715218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,5594
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1730216.50/cwt216.50–216.501,58022
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2332295.00/cwt295.00–295.009799
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1354301.54/cwt277.00–305.001,06711
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1411288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,1849
Bulls400–450Small 1423241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,0193
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2427275.88/cwt255.00–277.001,17820
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1491269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,32124
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2494267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,32119
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1500245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,2251
Bulls500–550Small 1503235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,1825
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2525250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3131
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2559245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,37011
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1562241.83/cwt235.00–242.001,35944
Bulls550–600Small 1583242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,4118
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1627234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,46725
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2630240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5127

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.