Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-05-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 354, Heifers 483, Bulls 173)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $252.99/cwt on 177 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −131.88 against this barn's trailing median of $384.87.

Average price

$252.99

177 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,382

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$71

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Small 1

$14.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.62

vs VA average

−17.01 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	529	256.76	1,358	19thin
Medium and Large 2	542	253.09	1,370	57
Medium and Large 1	553	252.75	1,398	96
Small 1	532	242.00	1,287	5thin

One grade step is worth $14.76/cwt here — about $71 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.

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 sale177 hd

252.99

—

VA average10 barns · 523 hd

250.36

+2.62

National average167 barns · 11,471 hd

270.00

−17.01

This barn, trailing median32 sales

384.87

−131.88

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

54 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	643	278.94/cwt	274.00–279.00	1,794	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	297.62/cwt	288.00–297.75	1,661	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	316.50/cwt	316.50–316.50	1,472	31
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	415	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,131	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,230	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,569	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,054	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,344	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	252.75/cwt	252.75–252.75	1,398	96
Steers	Small 1	600–650	640	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,504	1
Steers	Small 1	700–750	715	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,609	1
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	380	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,011	1
Steers	Small 1	400–450	444	277.22/cwt	255.00–280.00	1,231	9
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	485	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,310	7
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	563	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,351	3
Steers	Small 1	500–550	500	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,313	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	460	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,182	13
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	532	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,287	5
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	641	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,385	4
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	435	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,033	2
Steers	Small 1	550–600	575	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,409	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	496	280.50/cwt	280.50–280.50	1,391	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,613	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	347	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,128	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	1,503	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,197	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,216	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,391	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	446	264.50/cwt	264.50–264.50	1,180	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	529	256.76/cwt	235.00–258.00	1,358	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	349	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	974	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	626	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,446	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	564	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,630	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	561	271.50/cwt	271.50–271.50	1,523	16
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	645	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,484	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	366	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,149	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,431	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	631	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,514	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,523	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,264	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	449	275.62/cwt	260.00–276.00	1,238	84
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	554	295.50/cwt	295.50–295.50	1,637	37
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	456	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,482	37
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	342	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,122	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,544	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	251.98/cwt	246.00–252.25	1,852	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	541	253.25/cwt	253.25–253.25	1,370	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,089	36
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	357	328.94/cwt	299.00–331.00	1,174	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	641	278.50/cwt	278.50–278.50	1,785	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,566	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	275.31/cwt	251.00–276.50	1,567	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,439	41
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	310.50/cwt	310.50–310.50	1,313	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 May 13, 2024

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

Receipts 1,010Last week 1,002Year ago 1,072

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 354, Heifers 483, Bulls 173)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	380	315.00	315.00
31	450–500	465	316.50	316.50
76	550–600	558	288.00–297.75	297.62
81	600–650	643	274.00–279.00	278.94
22	700–750	735	246.00–252.25	251.98
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	444	255.00–280.00	277.22
1	500–550	500	262.50	262.50
2	550–600	575	245.00	245.00
1	600–650	640	235.00	235.00
1	700–750	715	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	366	314.00	314.00
7	450–500	460	311.00	311.00
5	550–600	564	289.00	289.00
3	600–650	645	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	357	299.00–331.00	328.94
1	400–450	445	284.00	284.00
37	450–500	456	325.00	325.00
1	500–550	540	290.00	290.00
37	550–600	554	295.50	295.50
11	600–650	641	278.50	278.50
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	415	272.50	272.50
7	450–500	485	270.00	270.00
3	550–600	563	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	347	325.00	325.00
13	400–450	418	291.00	291.00
19	450–500	496	280.50	280.50
1	500–550	525	256.00	256.00
22	550–600	569	251.00–276.50	275.31
9	600–650	630	256.00	256.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	342	328.00	328.00
28	400–450	423	310.50	310.50
41	450–500	486	296.00	296.00
16	550–600	561	271.50	271.50
3	600–650	630	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	375	281.00	281.00
42	450–500	466	264.00	264.00
96	550–600	553	252.75	252.75
50	600–650	641	234.50	234.50
9	700–750	733	214.00	214.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	266.00	266.00
2	400–450	435	237.50	237.50
13	450–500	460	257.00	257.00
5	500–550	532	242.00	242.00
4	600–650	641	216.00	216.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	350–400	366	297.50	297.50
84	400–450	449	260.00–276.00	275.62
56	500–550	541	253.25	253.25
1	550–600	570	244.00	244.00
17	600–650	631	240.00	240.00
1	700–750	705	216.00	216.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	349	279.00	279.00
22	400–450	446	264.50	264.50
19	500–550	529	235.00–258.00	256.76
6	600–650	626	231.00	231.00

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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