Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-06-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 463, Heifers 657, Bulls 176)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $261.23/cwt on 252 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −123.79 against this barn's trailing median of $385.02.

Average price

$261.23

252 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,441

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$187

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$33.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.22

vs VA average

−11.80 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	545	267.20	1,456	76
Medium and Large 3	550	264.32	1,455	14thin
Medium and Large 1	555	258.79	1,436	158
Small 1	544	233.50	1,270	4thin

One grade step is worth $33.70/cwt here — about $187 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

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 sale252 hd

261.23

—

VA average6 barns · 484 hd

261.02

+0.22

National average170 barns · 13,742 hd

273.03

−11.80

This barn, trailing median31 sales

385.02

−123.79

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

58 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	352	360.34/cwt	320.00–365.00	1,268	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	228.73/cwt	220.00–229.50	1,695	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	258.79/cwt	247.75–259.00	1,436	158
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	338.30/cwt	315.00–339.50	1,428	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,612	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,295	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,604	33
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	414	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,225	5
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	335	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	997	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	243.75/cwt	243.75–243.75	1,550	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,170	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	1,617	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	332.19/cwt	310.00–334.00	1,389	13
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	550	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,309	3
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	459	264.53/cwt	240.00–268.00	1,214	8
Steers	Small 1	400–450	438	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,292	3
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	561	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,548	8
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	474	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,410	6
Steers	Small 1	350–400	385	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,126	1
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	346	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	934	3
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	525	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,155	1
Steers	Small 1	500–550	533	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,492	4
Steers	Small 1	600–650	632	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,713	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,558	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,314	53
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	357	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,246	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,576	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,575	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	304.50/cwt	304.50–304.50	1,678	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	449	278.51/cwt	271.00–279.00	1,251	32
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	529	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,555	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,560	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,283	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	547	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,463	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	638	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,474	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	267.20/cwt	266.00–267.25	1,456	76
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	644	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,835	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	595	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,327	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	355	301.50/cwt	301.50–301.50	1,070	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,142	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,169	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	348	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,065	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	724	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	1,669	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	374	321.57/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,203	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	446	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,476	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,525	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,614	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	539	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,617	35
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,836	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,281	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	448	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,534	44
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	280.84/cwt	264.00–285.00	1,595	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	631	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,704	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	309.75/cwt	309.75–309.75	1,512	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,801	38
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,496	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,735	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	274.87/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,765	110

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 Jun 3, 2024

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

Receipts 1,296Last week 616Year ago 1,773

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 463, Heifers 657, Bulls 176)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	352	320.00–365.00	360.34
21	400–450	422	315.00–339.50	338.30
10	450–500	481	317.00	317.00
1	500–550	525	307.00	307.00
10	550–600	568	264.00–285.00	280.84
8	600–650	631	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	357	349.00	349.00
13	400–450	418	310.00–334.00	332.19
32	450–500	488	309.75	309.75
33	550–600	561	286.00	286.00
14	600–650	633	255.50	255.50
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	297.50	297.50
5	400–450	414	296.00	296.00
6	450–500	474	297.50	297.50
8	550–600	561	276.00	276.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	381	307.00	307.00
53	450–500	471	279.00	279.00
158	550–600	555	247.75–259.00	258.79
104	600–650	636	243.75	243.75
1	650–700	660	236.00	236.00
12	700–750	741	220.00–229.50	228.73
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	346	270.00	270.00
8	450–500	459	240.00–268.00	264.53
1	500–550	525	220.00	220.00
3	550–600	550	238.00	238.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
21	350–400	355	301.50	301.50
32	400–450	449	271.00–279.00	278.51
13	500–550	547	267.50	267.50
1	550–600	595	223.00	223.00
3	600–650	638	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	348	306.00	306.00
31	350–400	366	312.00	312.00
3	400–450	425	275.00	275.00
101	450–500	455	282.00	282.00
76	500–550	545	266.00–267.25	267.20
15	600–650	633	255.00	255.00
1	650–700	650	240.00	240.00
5	700–750	724	230.50	230.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	381	340.00	340.00
29	450–500	469	336.00	336.00
3	500–550	543	290.00	290.00
134	550–600	551	304.50	304.50
110	600–650	642	260.00–275.00	274.87
38	700–750	732	246.00	246.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	292.50	292.50
3	400–450	438	295.00	295.00
4	500–550	533	280.00	280.00
2	600–650	632	271.00	271.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	374	305.00–325.00	321.57
9	400–450	446	331.00	331.00
6	500–550	529	294.00	294.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	365	351.00	351.00
44	400–450	448	342.50	342.50
4	450–500	475	315.00	315.00
35	500–550	539	300.00	300.00
19	600–650	644	285.00	285.00
1	650–700	670	274.00	274.00
2	700–750	720	241.00	241.00

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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