Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 371, Heifers 393, Bulls 124)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $255.78/cwt on 128 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −129.24 against this barn's trailing median of $385.02.

Average price

$255.78

128 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,414

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$114

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Small 1

$15.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.04

vs VA average

−20.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	551	258.75	1,426	14thin
Medium and Large 2	550	258.00	1,419	36
Medium and Large 1	556	255.51	1,421	70
Small 1	540	243.00	1,312	8thin

One grade step is worth $15.75/cwt here — about $114 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale128 hd

255.78

—

VA average8 barns · 430 hd

250.74

+5.04

National average163 barns · 12,702 hd

276.46

−20.68

This barn, trailing median31 sales

385.02

−129.24

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	350–400	386	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,293	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	1,248	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	369	297.62/cwt	278.00–298.50	1,098	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	742	223.25/cwt	213.00–224.00	1,657	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	356	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,054	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,380	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	255.51/cwt	240.00–255.75	1,421	70
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	283.50/cwt	283.50–283.50	1,613	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,151	8
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	475	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,145	2
Steers	Small 1	600–650	648	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,426	4
Steers	Small 1	550–600	565	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,497	6
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	416	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,238	3
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	480	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,272	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	244.75/cwt	244.75–244.75	1,552	48
Steers	Small 1	450–500	451	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,252	4
Steers	Small 1	350–400	358	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,011	3
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	600	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,305	1
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	540	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,312	8
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	433	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,113	8
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	361	277.23/cwt	270.00–279.00	1,001	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	296.25/cwt	296.25–296.25	1,443	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,617	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	346	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,204	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,802	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	299.98/cwt	286.00–300.25	1,656	105
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,393	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	245.82/cwt	242.00–246.00	1,804	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,528	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	278.75/cwt	278.75–278.75	1,778	87
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	344	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,197	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,456	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,378	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,228	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,652	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	736	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,811	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,472	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,419	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	274.25/cwt	274.25–274.25	1,248	51
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	566	272.53/cwt	254.00–277.00	1,543	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,182	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	622	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,524	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	458	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,227	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	280.25/cwt	280.25–280.25	1,780	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	542	300.25/cwt	300.25–300.25	1,627	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	454	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,489	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	223.70/cwt	215.00–226.50	1,622	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	634	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,579	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	551	258.75/cwt	258.75–258.75	1,426	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	613	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,441	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	439	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,317	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,078	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	367	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,031	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	631	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,508	7

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 20, 2024

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

Receipts 888Last week 1,010Year ago 1,151

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 371, Heifers 393, Bulls 124)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	386	335.00	335.00
40	450–500	466	328.00	328.00
105	550–600	552	286.00–300.25	299.98
87	600–650	638	278.75	278.75
1	650–700	660	273.00	273.00
22	700–750	734	242.00–246.00	245.82
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	358	282.50	282.50
4	450–500	451	277.50	277.50
6	550–600	565	265.00	265.00
4	600–650	648	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	344	348.00	348.00
1	400–450	440	279.00	279.00
33	450–500	454	328.00	328.00
27	500–550	542	300.25	300.25
1	550–600	590	280.00	280.00
13	600–650	635	280.25	280.25
3	700–750	736	246.00	246.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	439	300.00	300.00
2	500–550	545	270.00	270.00
3	600–650	613	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	356	296.00	296.00
61	450–500	463	269.50	269.50
70	550–600	556	240.00–255.75	255.51
48	600–650	634	244.75	244.75
14	700–750	742	213.00–224.00	223.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	350–400	369	278.00–298.50	297.62
51	450–500	455	274.25	274.25
36	550–600	550	258.00	258.00
16	600–650	634	249.00	249.00
4	700–750	725	215.00–226.50	223.70
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	361	270.00–279.00	277.23
8	400–450	433	257.00	257.00
2	450–500	475	241.00	241.00
8	500–550	540	243.00	243.00
1	600–650	600	217.50	217.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	367	281.00	281.00
1	400–450	440	245.00	245.00
11	450–500	458	268.00	268.00
14	550–600	551	258.75	258.75
7	600–650	631	239.00	239.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	346	348.00	348.00
16	400–450	430	324.00	324.00
20	450–500	487	296.25	296.25
1	500–550	515	268.00	268.00
23	550–600	569	283.50	283.50
8	600–650	628	257.50	257.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	328	351.00	351.00
1	350–400	380	311.00	311.00
20	400–450	420	328.00	328.00
12	450–500	482	302.00	302.00
5	550–600	566	254.00–277.00	272.53
2	600–650	622	245.00	245.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	416	297.50	297.50
2	450–500	480	265.00	265.00

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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