Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-06-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 367, Heifers 477, Bulls 190)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $253.15/cwt on 152 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −131.72 against this barn's trailing median of $384.87.

Average price

$253.15

152 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,388

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$154

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$22.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.32

vs VA average

−16.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	543	257.00	1,395	49
Medium and Large 1	552	252.16	1,392	86
Medium and Large 3	553	250.75	1,387	13thin
Small 1	528	235.00	1,241	4thin

One grade step is worth $22.00/cwt here — about $154 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale152 hd

253.15

—

VA average5 barns · 346 hd

254.47

−1.32

National average153 barns · 8,958 hd

269.28

−16.13

This barn, trailing median32 sales

384.87

−131.72

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
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	544	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,327	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	473	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,230	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	305	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	907	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	553	250.75/cwt	250.75–250.75	1,387	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	636	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,577	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	443	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,183	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	346	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,097	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	733	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,539	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	557	284.50/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,585	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	710	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,420	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	447	274.75/cwt	274.75–274.75	1,228	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	623	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,495	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,318	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	279.61/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,169	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	349	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,061	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,533	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	274.47/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,142	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,345	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	266.20/cwt	257.00–267.00	1,501	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,717	1
Steers	Small 1	350–400	350	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,024	2
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	528	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,241	4
Heifers	Small 1	650–700	662	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,506	2
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	448	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,156	5
Steers	Small 1	550–600	551	240.57/cwt	238.00–241.00	1,326	7
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	395	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,057	1
Steers	Small 1	600–650	640	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,472	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,749	93
Steers	Small 1	450–500	459	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,193	5
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	401	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,093	5
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	371	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,067	3
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	497	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,255	5
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	567	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,304	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	292.06/cwt	277.00–292.50	1,609	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	269.10/cwt	261.00–269.50	1,249	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,575	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	243.86/cwt	239.00–244.00	1,563	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,747	43
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	278.41/cwt	265.00–279.00	1,289	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	356	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,139	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	252.16/cwt	245.00–252.25	1,392	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	348	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,096	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,053	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,317	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	564	257.84/cwt	246.00–258.50	1,454	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	641	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,577	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,469	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,421	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,709	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	637	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,688	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	354	272.71/cwt	272.00–285.00	965	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,586	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	542	257.25/cwt	257.25–257.25	1,394	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	352	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	986	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,311	1

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 24, 2024

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

Receipts 1,034Last week 1,101Year ago 1,345

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 367, Heifers 477, Bulls 190)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	297.50	297.50
3	450–500	473	260.00	260.00
7	500–550	544	244.00	244.00
4	600–650	636	248.00	248.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	356	320.00	320.00
25	450–500	463	265.00–279.00	278.41
32	550–600	557	270.00–285.00	284.50
12	600–650	637	265.00	265.00
6	700–750	740	231.00	231.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	348	315.00	315.00
35	450–500	462	285.00	285.00
75	550–600	551	277.00–292.50	292.06
93	600–650	642	272.50	272.50
1	650–700	695	247.00	247.00
43	700–750	734	238.00	238.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	350	292.50	292.50
5	450–500	459	260.00	260.00
7	550–600	551	238.00–241.00	240.57
3	600–650	640	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	352	280.00	280.00
16	400–450	443	267.00	267.00
13	550–600	553	250.75	250.75
5	600–650	623	240.00	240.00
1	700–750	710	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
38	350–400	354	272.00–285.00	272.71
72	400–450	447	274.75	274.75
1	450–500	490	267.50	267.50
48	500–550	542	257.25	257.25
1	550–600	580	245.00	245.00
9	600–650	641	246.00	246.00
2	650–700	650	244.00	244.00
3	700–750	733	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	267.50	267.50
5	400–450	448	258.00	258.00
4	500–550	528	235.00	235.00
2	650–700	662	227.50	227.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	372	283.00	283.00
63	450–500	464	261.00–269.50	269.10
86	550–600	552	245.00–252.25	252.16
70	600–650	641	239.00–244.00	243.86
17	700–750	736	214.00	214.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	346	317.00	317.00
26	400–450	418	275.00–280.00	279.61
16	450–500	481	274.00	274.00
19	550–600	564	246.00–258.50	257.84
5	600–650	625	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	349	304.00	304.00
18	400–450	416	270.00–275.00	274.47
22	450–500	489	275.00	275.00
25	550–600	564	257.00–267.00	266.20
17	600–650	623	246.00	246.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	371	287.50	287.50
5	400–450	401	272.50	272.50
5	450–500	497	252.50	252.50
6	550–600	567	230.00	230.00

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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