Sale reports / Virginia / Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. / 2024-09-23

Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, Sep 23
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184
Receipts
674 head
▼ 284 vs last sale 958▼ 174 vs year ago 848 · −20.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 246, Heifers 292, Bulls 136)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $227.18/cwt on 94 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −154.79 against this barn's trailing median of $381.97.
Average price
$227.18
94 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,260
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$45
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$9.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.59
vs VA average
−12.91 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2564228.501,28926
Medium and Large 3552228.001,25912thin
Medium and Large 1548227.631,24848
Small 1568219.001,2448thin
One grade step is worth $9.50/cwt here — about $45 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 sale94 hd
227.18
—
VA average9 barns · 566 hd
228.77
−1.59
National average173 barns · 10,203 hd
240.09
−12.91
This barn, trailing median35 sales
381.97
−154.79
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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3350271.00/cwt271.00–271.009491
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2380281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,0685
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1386283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,0924
Steers400–450Small 1432250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0807
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3445272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,2106
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2466276.09/cwt245.00–278.001,28718
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1467276.96/cwt245.00–279.001,29333
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1532232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,2372
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1553254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,40558
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2553252.23/cwt233.00–254.001,39512
Steers550–600Small 1555232.87/cwt215.00–235.001,29210
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3565259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,4636
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1648232.65/cwt220.00–233.501,50847
Steers650–700Small 1655229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,5003
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2657230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,51111
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3670231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,5483
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2715230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,6451
Steers700–750Small 1730217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,5841
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1758233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,76618
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Small 1351222.50/cwt222.50–222.507819
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2371259.00/cwt259.00–259.0096118
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375251.00/cwt251.00–251.009414
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3385235.00/cwt235.00–235.009053
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2455238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,08326
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1463235.33/cwt222.00–236.001,09042
Heifers450–500Small 1463231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,07013
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3465232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,0818
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1548228.50/cwt228.50–228.501,25246
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3552228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,25912
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1552207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,1452
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2564228.50/cwt228.50–228.501,28926
Heifers550–600Small 1568219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,2448
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3630222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,3999
Heifers600–650Small 1635214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,3592
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2637223.75/cwt212.00–224.501,42516
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1639218.50/cwt218.50–218.501,39634
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1726218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,5839
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2744220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6375
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1330272.50/cwt272.50–272.508991
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2340280.00/cwt280.00–280.009528
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1358288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,0314
Bulls350–400Small 1375243.00/cwt243.00–243.009111
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2412292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,20514
Bulls400–450Small 1416225.00/cwt225.00–225.009366
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1424283.45/cwt262.50–285.001,20214
Bulls450–500Small 1475207.50/cwt207.50–207.509864
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2488264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,28812
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1490256.84/cwt230.00–259.001,25927
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1562249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,39918
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2568249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,4148
Bulls550–600Small 1573227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,3046
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2633232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,4693
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1638231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,47410

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.