Sale reports / Virginia / Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. / 2024-12-09

Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Rustburg, Virginia · Mon, Dec 9
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2184
Receipts
706 head
▼ 95 vs last sale 801▲ 339 vs year ago 367 · +92.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 174, Heifers 314, Bulls 218)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $245.54/cwt on 109 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −136.43 against this barn's trailing median of $381.97.
Average price
$245.54
109 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,355
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$118
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$32.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.70
vs VA average
−34.76 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548248.541,36257
Medium and Large 2557247.481,37840
Medium and Large 3546227.751,2449thin
Small 1576216.001,2443thin
One grade step is worth $32.54/cwt here — about $118 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale109 hd
245.54
—
VA average8 barns · 708 hd
244.84
+0.70
National average188 barns · 25,726 hd
280.30
−34.76
This barn, trailing median35 sales
381.97
−136.43
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

57 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2342361.00/cwt361.00–361.001,2354
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3355314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,1152
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1372356.00/cwt356.00–356.001,3245
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2435347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,51213
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3453295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,3364
Steers450–500Small 1460242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,1131
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1462330.83/cwt290.00–339.501,52824
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2548285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,56218
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3551257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,4164
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1557290.77/cwt270.00–293.501,62026
Steers550–600Small 1565221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,2492
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2580267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,5491
Steers600–650Small 1620229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,4201
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2642258.50/cwt258.50–258.501,6608
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1655254.16/cwt253.50–259.001,66533
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3695210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4601
Steers700–750Small 1715227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,6232
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1741243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,80122
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3745225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,6761
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1775247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,9142
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Small 1356247.50/cwt247.50–247.508814
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1357295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,05310
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2368293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,07816
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3375285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,0693
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3410243.00/cwt243.00–243.009961
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2444275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,22131
Heifers450–500Small 1453224.92/cwt205.00–230.001,0195
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3462249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,15013
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,27435
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2515227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,1691
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3546227.75/cwt227.75–227.751,2449
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1547249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,36255
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2558248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,38439
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,3572
Heifers550–600Small 1576216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,2443
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2639225.50/cwt225.50–225.501,44118
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3640200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2803
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1646223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,44141
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1660230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5185
Heifers650–700Small 1661192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,2693
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2736195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,4353
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1745208.57/cwt208.50–209.001,55414
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2346371.00/cwt371.00–371.001,2849
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1347370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,2849
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1360354.00/cwt354.00–354.001,2741
Bulls350–400Small 1360290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,0442
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2414336.83/cwt319.00–338.001,39433
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1417360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,50116
Bulls400–450Small 1428262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,1213
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2485314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,52327
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1495339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,67837
Bulls500–550Small 1506246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,2455
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2556268.50/cwt268.50–268.501,49316
Bulls550–600Small 1556245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3624
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1564271.70/cwt250.00–272.501,53228
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1626246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,54023
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2638245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,5635

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.