Sale reports / Virginia / Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. / 2024-11-18

Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, Nov 18
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184
Receipts
887 head
▼ 85 vs last sale 972▲ 308 vs year ago 579 · +53.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 160, Heifers 423, Bulls 304)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $226.89/cwt on 150 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −155.09 against this barn's trailing median of $381.97.
Average price
$226.89
150 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,255
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$243
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$38.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.94
vs VA average
−40.16 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1558230.971,28875
Medium and Large 2550225.561,24159
Medium and Large 3542217.301,17813thin
Small 1543192.501,0453thin
One grade step is worth $38.47/cwt here — about $243 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 sale150 hd
226.89
—
VA average9 barns · 761 hd
229.83
−2.94
National average196 barns · 21,141 hd
267.05
−40.16
This barn, trailing median35 sales
381.97
−155.09
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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325300.00/cwt300.00–300.009751
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3373281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,0483
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2385288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,1091
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3436270.87/cwt261.00–274.001,1814
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2450282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,2695
Steers450–500Small 1461213.00/cwt213.00–213.009823
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1462283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,30717
Steers500–550Small 1547214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,1712
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1555275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,52646
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2563265.80/cwt240.00–269.501,4968
Steers600–650Small 1615219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,3471
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1643266.54/cwt250.00–267.501,71436
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2653248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,6198
Steers700–750Small 1710210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4911
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2730245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,7891
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1746248.25/cwt248.25–248.251,85223
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3347223.00/cwt223.00–223.007742
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1358239.00/cwt239.00–239.008566
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2366235.61/cwt227.50–237.0086220
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3367230.00/cwt230.00–230.0084410
Heifers350–400Small 1380185.00/cwt185.00–185.007032
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2453228.59/cwt205.00–230.001,03656
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1455232.15/cwt208.00–233.001,05659
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3455220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,00115
Heifers450–500Small 1466190.00/cwt190.00–190.008853
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2521210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,0945
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1535210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1241
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3542217.30/cwt208.00–219.001,17813
Heifers500–550Small 1543192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,0453
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2553227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,25554
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1558231.25/cwt231.25–231.251,29074
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3622200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2446
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2641215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,37821
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1645216.04/cwt191.00–216.501,39353
Heifers650–700Small 1651193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,2563
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2660203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,3403
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1732189.63/cwt185.00–190.001,38813
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2755181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,3671
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2330290.00/cwt290.00–290.009578
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1360284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,0222
Bulls350–400Small 1365229.00/cwt229.00–229.008361
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2395256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,0111
Bulls400–450Small 1408226.00/cwt226.00–226.009223
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2417281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,17216
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1432279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,20520
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2482275.25/cwt275.25–275.251,32738
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1493270.58/cwt252.00–271.251,33456
Bulls450–500Small 1498209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,0416
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1562250.73/cwt239.00–251.751,40975
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2564246.79/cwt219.00–252.251,39231
Bulls550–600Small 1564190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0727
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1623244.50/cwt244.50–244.501,52329
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2637226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,44011

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.