Sale reports / Virginia / Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. / 2024-10-07

Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, Oct 7
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184
Receipts
864 head
▲ 464 vs last sale 400▼ 241 vs year ago 1,105 · −21.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 290, Heifers 340, Bulls 234)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $235.03/cwt on 123 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −146.94 against this barn's trailing median of $381.97.
Average price
$235.03
123 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,286
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$169
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$25.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.18
vs VA average
−17.65 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2551240.251,32439
Medium and Large 1546237.361,29761
Medium and Large 3551226.481,24810thin
Small 1537215.001,15513thin
One grade step is worth $25.25/cwt here — about $169 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 sale123 hd
235.03
—
VA average10 barns · 504 hd
227.85
+7.18
National average183 barns · 16,319 hd
252.68
−17.65
This barn, trailing median35 sales
381.97
−146.94
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

59 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3353270.00/cwt270.00–270.009533
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,0733
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2380286.63/cwt262.50–296.001,0897
Steers350–400Small 1385230.00/cwt230.00–230.008861
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2455278.83/cwt237.50–280.501,26928
Steers450–500Small 1455225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,0245
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1461274.55/cwt242.50–275.501,26637
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3463245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,1344
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3540239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,2915
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1545253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,37957
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2547252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,38133
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1551238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,3113
Steers550–600Small 1551230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2674
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2575210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2081
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3595210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2501
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3630212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,3363
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2636237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,51112
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1649231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,49948
Steers650–700Small 1675218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,4722
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2734223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,6375
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1744238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,77124
Steers700–750Small 1745186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,3862
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1752220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6542
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Small 1343205.00/cwt205.00–205.007034
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2364257.00/cwt257.00–257.0093512
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1371245.51/cwt230.00–249.0091111
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3371235.00/cwt235.00–235.008724
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3447235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,05011
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2448244.50/cwt244.50–244.501,09545
Heifers450–500Small 1456229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,04410
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1458239.50/cwt217.50–240.001,09748
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2495220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0891
Heifers500–550Small 1537215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,15513
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1546239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,30556
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2551240.25/cwt240.25–240.251,32439
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3551226.48/cwt217.50–227.501,24810
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1552219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,2095
Heifers600–650Small 1627210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3177
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3631218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,3766
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1643219.70/cwt215.00–220.001,41332
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2645224.50/cwt224.50–224.501,44813
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2710214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,5192
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1725213.50/cwt213.50–213.501,54811
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2337285.00/cwt285.00–285.0096011
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1340245.00/cwt245.00–245.008331
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1350290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,0153
Bulls350–400Small 1370212.50/cwt212.50–212.507861
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2411262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,07737
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1426258.19/cwt232.50–260.001,10029
Bulls400–450Small 1426224.00/cwt224.00–224.009546
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2487266.88/cwt264.00–267.001,30024
Bulls450–500Small 1492236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,1615
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1494264.39/cwt260.00–265.001,30632
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1545237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,2922
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2561245.50/cwt245.50–245.501,37714
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1568241.50/cwt241.50–241.501,37242
Bulls550–600Small 1571229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,3084
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1625229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,43118
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2626229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,4345

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.