Sale reports / Virginia / Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. / 2024-09-30

Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, Sep 30
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184
Receipts
400 head
▼ 274 vs last sale 674▼ 649 vs year ago 1,049 · −61.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Grader Feeder Cattle (steers 90, Heifers 196, Bulls 114)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $224.33/cwt on 62 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −157.65 against this barn's trailing median of $381.97.
Average price
$224.33
62 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,228
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$187
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$40.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.15
vs VA average
−22.45 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2542230.151,24720
Medium and Large 1552228.791,26332
Medium and Large 3535204.001,0916thin
Small 1558190.001,0604thin
One grade step is worth $40.15/cwt here — about $187 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 sale62 hd
224.33
—
VA average6 barns · 271 hd
226.48
−2.15
National average172 barns · 12,740 hd
246.78
−22.45
This barn, trailing median35 sales
381.97
−157.65
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

44 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2368268.00/cwt268.00–268.009863
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370269.00/cwt269.00–269.009955
Steers350–400Small 1395222.50/cwt222.50–222.508791
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2456275.25/cwt275.25–275.251,2556
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,23712
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2531260.50/cwt260.50–260.501,3835
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1561256.98/cwt234.00–258.001,44224
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3561230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2903
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2638231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,4743
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1652231.68/cwt228.00–232.001,51125
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1718216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,5513
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1354231.78/cwt227.50–235.008217
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2362240.00/cwt240.00–240.0086916
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3364228.00/cwt228.00–228.008305
Heifers350–400Small 1372282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,0512
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1445232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,03220
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2448239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,07122
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3451221.00/cwt221.00–221.009978
Heifers450–500Small 1458198.03/cwt186.00–200.009077
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3535204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,0916
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2540232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,25319
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1552228.79/cwt192.50–230.001,26332
Heifers550–600Small 1558190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0604
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2580195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,1311
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2625208.50/cwt208.50–208.501,3039
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3640192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,2292
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1651214.50/cwt214.50–214.501,39624
Heifers650–700Small 1661187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,2363
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1729199.50/cwt199.50–199.501,4546
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2735199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,4633
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2335275.00/cwt275.00–275.0092114
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1337274.67/cwt259.00–277.009267
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1422260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,09714
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2424267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,13416
Bulls400–450Small 1426218.00/cwt218.00–218.009293
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2485247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,1986
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1495252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,25019
Bulls450–500Small 1495232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,1511
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1515225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1592
Bulls550–600Small 1557230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2812
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1559246.11/cwt238.00–248.001,37616
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2567245.50/cwt245.50–245.501,3925
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1628233.50/cwt233.50–233.501,4668
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2645229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,4771

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.