Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-05-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 226, Heifers 292, Bulls 98)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $262.98/cwt on 109 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −121.89 against this barn's trailing median of $384.87.

Average price

$262.98

109 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,444

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$129

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$33.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.52

vs VA average

−4.64 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	536	268.43	1,438	30
Medium and Large 1	554	263.97	1,462	66
Medium and Large 3	555	250.00	1,388	9thin
Small 1	557	235.00	1,309	4thin

One grade step is worth $33.43/cwt here — about $129 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 sale109 hd

262.98

—

VA average6 barns · 363 hd

255.46

+7.52

National average129 barns · 6,320 hd

267.62

−4.64

This barn, trailing median32 sales

384.87

−121.89

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

55 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,258	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	534	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,442	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,836	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	990	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	240.49/cwt	228.00–241.00	1,532	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,103	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	752	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,564	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	251.25/cwt	251.25–251.25	1,847	6
Steers	Small 1	450–500	450	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,332	12
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	310	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,023	1
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	585	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,521	2
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	557	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,309	4
Steers	Small 1	500–550	545	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,431	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	282.75/cwt	282.75–282.75	1,812	51
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	447	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,198	7
Steers	Small 1	350–400	385	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,203	4
Heifers	Small 1	700–750	720	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,242	1
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	495	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,386	6
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	382	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,093	2
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	410	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,210	2
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	635	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,372	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,467	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	273.88/cwt	258.00–275.00	1,553	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,600	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,422	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	349	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,187	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,223	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	360	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,073	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	553	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,642	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	444	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,470	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	647	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,436	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	612	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,763	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	735	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,345	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,132	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,158	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	767	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,565	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,388	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,293	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	395	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,343	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	303.48/cwt	279.00–305.50	1,502	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	551	281.25/cwt	281.25–281.25	1,550	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	406	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,360	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	451	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,182	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	304.50/cwt	304.50–304.50	1,644	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,638	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,874	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,489	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,230	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	456	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,509	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	306.50/cwt	294.00–306.75	1,701	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,148	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	329.97/cwt	292.50–332.00	1,528	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,863	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,251	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	263.97/cwt	230.00–264.50	1,462	66

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 27, 2024

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

Receipts 616Last week 888Year ago 540

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 226, Heifers 292, Bulls 98)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	331	299.00	299.00
1	350–400	375	294.00	294.00
18	450–500	466	270.00	270.00
66	550–600	554	230.00–264.50	263.97
49	600–650	637	228.00–241.00	240.49
7	750–800	752	208.00	208.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	365	310.00	310.00
1	400–450	410	280.00	280.00
41	450–500	450	278.00	278.00
29	500–550	534	270.00	270.00
1	550–600	580	223.00	223.00
9	600–650	623	239.00	239.00
2	750–800	767	204.00	204.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	382	286.00	286.00
7	400–450	447	268.00	268.00
4	550–600	557	235.00	235.00
4	600–650	635	216.00	216.00
1	700–750	720	172.50	172.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	360	298.00	298.00
18	450–500	451	262.00	262.00
9	550–600	555	250.00	250.00
2	600–650	647	222.00	222.00
1	700–750	735	183.00	183.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	366	336.00	336.00
19	450–500	456	331.00	331.00
21	500–550	540	304.50	304.50
14	600–650	633	290.00	290.00
2	750–800	765	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	450–500	463	292.50–332.00	329.97
53	550–600	555	294.00–306.75	306.50
51	600–650	641	282.75	282.75
1	650–700	685	272.00	272.00
6	700–750	735	251.25	251.25
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	385	312.50	312.50
12	450–500	450	296.00	296.00
1	500–550	545	262.50	262.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	340.00	340.00
11	400–450	444	331.00	331.00
3	550–600	553	297.00	297.00
2	600–650	612	288.00	288.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	330.00	330.00
2	400–450	410	295.00	295.00
6	450–500	495	280.00	280.00
2	550–600	585	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	349	340.00	340.00
1	350–400	365	335.00	335.00
6	400–450	431	330.00	330.00
18	450–500	485	302.50	302.50
15	550–600	567	258.00–275.00	273.88
6	600–650	620	258.00	258.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	351.00	351.00
11	400–450	406	335.00	335.00
13	450–500	495	279.00–305.50	303.48
8	550–600	551	281.25	281.25
2	600–650	635	258.00	258.00

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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