Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 400, Heifers 722, Bulls 403)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $254.02/cwt on 232 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −130.85 against this barn's trailing median of $384.87.

Average price

$254.02

232 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,382

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$97

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$13.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.56

vs VA average

−23.20 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	256.25	1,407	78
Medium and Large 2	544	254.95	1,387	94
Medium and Large 3	537	253.50	1,361	39
Small 1	540	242.50	1,310	21

One grade step is worth $13.75/cwt here — about $97 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $415.34, low $341.76, median $384.87 across 32 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale232 hd

254.02

—

VA average9 barns · 762 hd

254.58

−0.56

National average179 barns · 15,589 hd

277.22

−23.20

This barn, trailing median32 sales

384.87

−130.85

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

64 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	261.25/cwt	261.25–261.25	1,688	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,752	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	631	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,407	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,544	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,320	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	444	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,146	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	208.35/cwt	207.00–209.00	1,511	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	549	256.25/cwt	256.25–256.25	1,407	78
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	1,528	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	225.73/cwt	217.00–226.00	1,447	32
Steers	Small 1	600–650	638	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,579	6
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	631	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,363	14
Heifers	Small 1	750–800	761	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,355	4
Steers	Small 1	300–350	345	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,007	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	354.31/cwt	325.00–359.00	1,268	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,140	2
Steers	Small 1	400–450	446	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,182	16
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	442	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,167	14
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	354	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,002	9
Steers	Small 1	700–750	725	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,450	1
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	496	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,334	14
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	413	282.88/cwt	265.00–287.00	1,168	11
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	540	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,310	21
Steers	Small 1	550–600	553	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,300	3
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	564	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,325	10
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	343	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	995	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,238	75
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,399	62
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	314.79/cwt	282.50–315.50	1,332	49
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	277.18/cwt	265.00–277.50	1,491	37
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,523	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	344.26/cwt	332.50–346.00	1,250	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	452	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,225	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	536	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	1,364	37
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	491	292.64/cwt	287.00–293.00	1,437	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	544	254.95/cwt	240.00–255.25	1,387	94
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	439	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,392	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	645	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,613	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	770	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,405	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	770	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,694	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,363	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,092	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	647	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,378	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	557	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,309	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	585	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,346	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,296	58
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	649	268.50/cwt	268.50–268.50	1,743	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	733	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,759	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	359	291.45/cwt	255.00–292.50	1,046	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	407	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	987	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,190	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,492	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	290.71/cwt	290.71–290.71	1,602	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	454	274.50/cwt	274.50–274.50	1,246	113
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	544	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,550	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,214	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	353	344.45/cwt	292.50–348.00	1,216	35
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	289.58/cwt	282.00–289.75	1,578	42
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	379	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,345	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	444	318.97/cwt	290.00–320.25	1,416	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	295.68/cwt	260.00–297.50	1,088	41
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,735	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	292.90/cwt	255.00–296.00	1,093	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	315.50/cwt	315.50–315.50	1,442	47

How this sale compares

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.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Lynchburg Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Rustburg, VA

Mon Mar 18, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Richmond, VA (LS-RH)

Receipts 1,525Last week 667Year ago 1,293

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 400, Heifers 722, Bulls 403)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	358	325.00–359.00	354.31
2	400–450	430	265.00	265.00
47	450–500	457	315.50	315.50
1	500–550	500	264.00	264.00
97	550–600	551	290.71	290.71
42	600–650	646	261.25	261.25
9	700–750	736	238.00	238.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	292.00	292.00
16	400–450	446	265.00	265.00
3	550–600	553	235.00	235.00
6	600–650	638	247.50	247.50
1	700–750	725	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	365	332.50	332.50
13	400–450	439	317.00	317.00
12	500–550	544	285.00	285.00
1	550–600	585	230.00	230.00
2	600–650	645	250.00	250.00
1	750–800	770	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	350.00	350.00
20	350–400	379	355.00	355.00
47	400–450	444	290.00–320.25	318.97
42	500–550	545	282.00–289.75	289.58
17	600–650	649	268.50	268.50
1	650–700	670	259.00	259.00
6	700–750	733	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
41	350–400	368	260.00–297.50	295.68
1	400–450	420	260.00	260.00
113	450–500	454	274.50	274.50
94	500–550	544	240.00–255.25	254.95
34	600–650	631	223.00	223.00
1	650–700	665	205.00	205.00
8	700–750	735	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	373	255.00–296.00	292.90
6	400–450	444	258.00	258.00
75	450–500	457	271.00	271.00
78	500–550	549	256.25	256.25
32	600–650	641	217.00–226.00	225.73
3	700–750	725	207.00–209.00	208.35
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	354	283.00	283.00
14	400–450	442	264.00	264.00
21	500–550	540	242.50	242.50
14	600–650	631	216.00	216.00
4	750–800	761	178.00	178.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
35	350–400	359	255.00–292.50	291.45
2	400–450	407	242.50	242.50
76	450–500	452	271.00	271.00
37	500–550	536	254.50	254.50
2	550–600	557	235.00	235.00
7	600–650	647	213.00	213.00
1	750–800	770	182.50	182.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	350–400	353	292.50–348.00	344.45
58	400–450	418	310.00	310.00
49	450–500	491	287.00–293.00	292.64
30	550–600	563	265.00	265.00
10	600–650	625	244.50	244.50
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	343	290.00	290.00
11	400–450	413	265.00–287.00	282.88
14	450–500	496	269.00	269.00
10	550–600	564	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	363	332.50–346.00	344.26
49	400–450	423	282.50–315.50	314.79
62	450–500	489	286.00	286.00
37	500–550	538	265.00–277.50	277.18
19	600–650	628	242.50	242.50

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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