Sale reports / Virginia / Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. / 2024-10-21

Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, Oct 21
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184
Receipts
1,222 head
▲ 286 vs last sale 936▲ 40 vs year ago 1,182 · +3.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 338, Heifers 567, Bulls 317)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $225.13/cwt on 200 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −156.84 against this barn's trailing median of $381.97.
Average price
$225.13
200 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,230
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$85
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$10.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.78
vs VA average
−34.50 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549226.181,243100
Medium and Large 2542225.291,22164
Medium and Large 3549224.561,23325
Small 1536216.001,15811thin
One grade step is worth $10.18/cwt here — about $85 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale200 hd
225.13
—
VA average9 barns · 660 hd
224.35
+0.78
National average195 barns · 25,856 hd
259.63
−34.50
This barn, trailing median35 sales
381.97
−156.84
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

63 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2358274.00/cwt274.00–274.0098112
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1372277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,0324
Steers350–400Small 1390235.00/cwt235.00–235.009171
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3395237.50/cwt237.50–237.509382
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3444237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,0558
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2445267.05/cwt246.00–268.001,18821
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1457265.95/cwt234.00–267.001,21531
Steers450–500Small 1460226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,0402
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2541255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,38028
Steers500–550Small 1541220.27/cwt220.00–222.001,1927
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3551229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,2628
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1555259.36/cwt243.00–261.001,43977
Steers600–650Small 1630197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,2413
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3631210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3258
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2642244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,56615
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1646247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,59961
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1654235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,53714
Steers700–750Small 1711219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,5573
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2742230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7075
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1743232.78/cwt230.00–233.001,73027
Steers750–800Medium and Large 3750205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,5381
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2326237.00/cwt237.00–237.007733
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1361244.23/cwt230.00–247.0088219
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2362250.00/cwt250.00–250.0090521
Heifers350–400Small 1365219.00/cwt219.00–219.007992
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3367230.84/cwt220.00–232.0084721
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3436228.00/cwt228.00–228.0099417
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1447223.00/cwt223.00–223.009977
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2449233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,04674
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2454226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,0265
Heifers450–500Small 1461220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0147
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1462232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,07268
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3465222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,0322
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3505214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,0811
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1445
Heifers500–550Small 1536216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,15811
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2542225.29/cwt222.00–225.501,22164
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1551226.50/cwt226.50–226.501,24895
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3551225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,24024
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3627202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,2675
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2637222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,41724
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1638217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,38860
Heifers600–650Small 1645166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,0711
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1650205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3338
Heifers650–700Small 1651174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,1334
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1727205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,49015
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3737171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,2602
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2772191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,4752
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Small 1305262.00/cwt262.00–262.007993
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2342264.00/cwt264.00–264.0090319
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2352245.00/cwt245.00–245.008622
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1355256.03/cwt244.00–262.0090912
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2417252.18/cwt237.00–254.001,05229
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1419248.54/cwt239.00–250.001,04129
Bulls400–450Small 1419233.00/cwt233.00–233.009766
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1496244.35/cwt227.50–246.501,21262
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2498243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,21021
Bulls500–550Small 1508223.14/cwt219.00–224.001,1346
Bulls550–600Small 1553225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2446
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2563236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,32926
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1566239.46/cwt220.00–241.001,35555
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2621220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3669
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1626225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,40932

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.