Sale reports / Virginia / Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. / 2024-10-28

Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, Oct 28
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184
Receipts
1,081 head
▼ 141 vs last sale 1,222▲ 148 vs year ago 933 · +15.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 237, Heifers 535, Bulls 309)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $226.13/cwt on 193 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −155.84 against this barn's trailing median of $381.97.
Average price
$226.13
193 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,239
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$80
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$11.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.53
vs VA average
−34.33 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2551227.611,25481
Medium and Large 1548226.431,24182
Medium and Large 3536225.001,20617thin
Small 1542216.501,17313thin
One grade step is worth $11.11/cwt here — about $80 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 sale193 hd
226.13
—
VA average10 barns · 638 hd
228.66
−2.53
National average194 barns · 26,693 hd
260.46
−34.33
This barn, trailing median35 sales
381.97
−155.84
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

56 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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1330276.00/cwt276.00–276.009112
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2359282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,0129
Steers350–400Small 1378240.00/cwt240.00–240.009074
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3385258.00/cwt258.00–258.009932
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3447241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,0772
Steers450–500Small 1458229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,0496
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2469291.06/cwt234.00–295.001,36516
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1476291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,38515
Steers500–550Small 1510225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1482
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3543226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,2278
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1545248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,3523
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2552262.75/cwt262.75–262.751,45030
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1564262.25/cwt262.25–262.251,47946
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2643258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,65916
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1652261.49/cwt243.00–264.251,70554
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3695200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3901
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1739243.55/cwt240.00–244.001,80017
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2753229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,7244
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1361251.00/cwt251.00–251.0090628
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3361230.00/cwt230.00–230.0083014
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2362251.39/cwt242.50–253.0091021
Heifers350–400Small 1375235.00/cwt235.00–235.008811
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3447229.12/cwt221.00–229.501,02422
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1456235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,07253
Heifers450–500Small 1456223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,01714
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2458236.70/cwt222.00–238.001,08449
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3536225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,20617
Heifers500–550Small 1542216.50/cwt216.50–216.501,17313
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2546224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,2233
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1548226.75/cwt226.75–226.751,24379
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2551227.75/cwt227.75–227.751,25578
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1551218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,2013
Heifers600–650Small 1640192.17/cwt177.50–195.001,2306
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2647226.19/cwt207.00–226.751,46333
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1649218.79/cwt205.00–220.001,42062
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3657208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,3675
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3721200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4424
Heifers700–750Small 1721195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,4063
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2733219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,60510
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1736218.72/cwt215.00–219.501,61017
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1329266.08/cwt249.00–270.0087510
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2347271.33/cwt251.00–275.0094213
Bulls350–400Small 1350240.00/cwt240.00–240.008401
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2414265.42/cwt251.00–266.001,09928
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,13421
Bulls400–450Small 1445236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,0506
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2490251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,23033
Bulls450–500Small 1495225.50/cwt225.50–225.501,11616
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1496220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,09145
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1510220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1221
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2535225.10/cwt219.00–238.001,2043
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2562237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,33226
Bulls550–600Small 1564223.50/cwt223.50–223.501,26116
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1568241.64/cwt220.00–243.001,37350
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2629225.25/cwt225.25–225.251,41720
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1633226.25/cwt226.25–226.251,43220

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.