Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-03-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 333, Heifers 382, Bulls 210)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $256.54/cwt on 133 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −128.48 against this barn's trailing median of $385.02.

Average price

$256.54

133 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,392

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$13

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Small 1

$10.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.22

vs VA average

−10.33 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	541	259.28	1,403	18thin
Medium and Large 2	537	257.77	1,385	44
Medium and Large 1	543	257.00	1,396	54
Small 1	558	249.00	1,389	17thin

One grade step is worth $10.28/cwt here — about $13 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

31 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $415.34, low $348.06, median $385.02 across 31 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 sale133 hd

256.54

—

VA average10 barns · 451 hd

250.32

+6.22

National average161 barns · 9,489 hd

266.87

−10.33

This barn, trailing median31 sales

385.02

−128.48

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

62 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	550–600	560	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,568	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,710	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	349	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,270	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	325.52/cwt	279.00–327.50	1,488	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,528	10
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	558	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,389	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	257.00/cwt	244.00–257.50	1,396	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,566	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,192	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,677	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,292	40
Steers	Small 1	500–550	540	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,364	11
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	486	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,312	7
Steers	Small 1	550–600	565	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,427	1
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	325	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	975	1
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	409	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,207	7
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	540	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,404	2
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	344	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	963	5
Heifers	Small 1	750–800	770	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,317	1
Steers	Small 1	400–450	434	285.82/cwt	285.00–286.00	1,240	5
Steers	Small 1	700–750	745	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,639	3
Steers	Small 1	300–350	345	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,009	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	456	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,227	9
Steers	Small 1	600–650	643	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,608	6
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	633	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,393	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	492	299.50/cwt	299.50–299.50	1,474	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	280.09/cwt	254.00–284.25	1,574	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,409	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	354	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,271	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	251.50/cwt	251.50–251.50	1,579	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,375	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	342	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	949	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,066	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	447	275.50/cwt	275.50–275.50	1,231	20
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,073	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	635	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,607	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,223	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	462	322.14/cwt	275.00–327.00	1,488	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	633	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,418	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	780	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,521	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	489	303.81/cwt	289.00–305.00	1,486	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	452	279.17/cwt	273.00–279.75	1,262	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	258.75/cwt	258.75–258.75	1,384	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	297.66/cwt	286.00–298.25	1,095	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	541	259.28/cwt	251.00–259.75	1,403	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	343	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,245	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	332.00/cwt	314.00–333.00	1,371	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	235.75/cwt	235.75–235.75	1,509	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,389	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,583	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	557	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,582	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	454	326.33/cwt	312.00–327.50	1,482	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	763	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,778	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	722	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,639	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,724	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	290.64/cwt	284.00–294.00	1,096	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	544	298.50/cwt	290.00–299.00	1,624	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,664	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	742	230.63/cwt	223.00–231.00	1,711	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,343	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	569	276.03/cwt	260.00–277.50	1,571	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	230.93/cwt	229.00–231.00	1,466	28

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 25, 2024

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

Receipts 925Last week 1,525Year ago 1,238

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 333, Heifers 382, Bulls 210)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	370	363.00	363.00
49	450–500	457	279.00–327.50	325.52
67	500–550	542	307.00	307.00
2	550–600	560	280.00	280.00
36	600–650	645	260.00	260.00
1	650–700	675	232.00	232.00
21	700–750	742	223.00–231.00	230.63
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	349	364.00	364.00
27	450–500	454	312.00–327.50	326.33
36	500–550	544	290.00–299.00	298.50
20	600–650	643	266.00	266.00
1	650–700	695	248.00	248.00
2	700–750	722	227.00	227.00
3	750–800	763	233.00	233.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	292.50	292.50
5	400–450	434	285.00–286.00	285.82
11	500–550	540	252.50	252.50
1	550–600	565	252.50	252.50
6	600–650	643	250.00	250.00
3	700–750	745	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	325.00	325.00
11	450–500	462	275.00–327.00	322.14
6	550–600	557	284.00	284.00
1	600–650	635	253.00	253.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	377	284.00–294.00	290.64
1	400–450	440	271.00	271.00
40	450–500	458	282.00	282.00
54	500–550	543	244.00–257.50	257.00
28	600–650	635	229.00–231.00	230.93
10	700–750	738	207.00	207.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	344	280.00	280.00
9	450–500	456	269.00	269.00
17	550–600	558	249.00	249.00
6	600–650	633	220.00	220.00
1	750–800	770	171.00	171.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	342	277.50	277.50
17	350–400	365	292.00	292.00
20	400–450	447	275.50	275.50
3	450–500	465	263.00	263.00
18	500–550	541	251.00–259.75	259.28
6	600–650	633	224.00	224.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	350–400	368	286.00–298.25	297.66
60	450–500	452	273.00–279.75	279.17
40	500–550	535	258.75	258.75
4	550–600	560	248.00	248.00
16	600–650	640	235.75	235.75
1	750–800	780	195.00	195.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	300.00	300.00
7	400–450	409	295.00	295.00
7	450–500	486	270.00	270.00
2	500–550	540	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	354	359.00	359.00
19	400–450	417	338.00	338.00
35	450–500	492	299.50	299.50
3	500–550	511	269.00	269.00
22	550–600	562	254.00–284.25	280.09
8	600–650	628	251.50	251.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	300–350	343	363.00	363.00
20	400–450	413	314.00–333.00	332.00
26	450–500	489	289.00–305.00	303.81
12	550–600	569	260.00–277.50	276.03
13	600–650	628	252.00	252.00

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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