Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-07-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 273, Heifers 388, Bulls 157)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $261.64/cwt on 144 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −123.39 against this barn's trailing median of $385.02.

Average price

$261.64

144 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,425

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$137

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$28.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.04

vs VA average

−15.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	542	272.96	1,479	49
Medium and Large 1	547	257.70	1,410	58
Medium and Large 3	543	256.55	1,393	26
Small 1	550	244.00	1,342	11thin

One grade step is worth $28.96/cwt here — about $137 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 sale144 hd

261.64

—

VA average5 barns · 330 hd

253.60

+8.04

National average18 barns · 1,550 hd

276.94

−15.30

This barn, trailing median31 sales

385.02

−123.39

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,747	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	547	257.70/cwt	249.00–258.00	1,410	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	266.09/cwt	256.00–266.50	1,719	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	288.81/cwt	268.00–289.50	1,603	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,063	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,100	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	451	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,258	14
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	566	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,353	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	687	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,518	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,131	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	851	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,331	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,554	7
Steers	Small 1	600–650	630	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,607	1
Steers	Small 1	500–550	545	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,199	3
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	493	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,228	11
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	320	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	744	1
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	413	254.29/cwt	227.50–260.00	1,050	6
Steers	Small 1	450–500	457	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,108	4
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	454	250.02/cwt	240.00–251.00	1,135	12
Steers	Small 1	350–400	385	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	928	1
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	645	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,438	3
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	550	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,342	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,493	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	240.50/cwt	240.50–240.50	1,498	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	277.59/cwt	271.00–283.00	1,171	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,308	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	359	285.32/cwt	275.00–287.50	1,024	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,305	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	552	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,314	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	641	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,526	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	350	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	884	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	461	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,286	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	634	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,420	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	543	256.55/cwt	245.00–257.00	1,393	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	978	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	366	269.15/cwt	245.00–271.00	985	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	642	243.89/cwt	230.00–244.50	1,566	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	736	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,560	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	741	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,519	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	730	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,570	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	626	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,515	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,157	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,097	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	542	272.96/cwt	260.00–273.50	1,479	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	454	292.57/cwt	257.50–293.50	1,328	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	304.41/cwt	262.50–307.50	1,114	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,053	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,373	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	634	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,724	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	491	284.50/cwt	284.50–284.50	1,397	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	411	296.97/cwt	282.50–299.00	1,221	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	553	263.79/cwt	248.00–265.00	1,459	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,507	47
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	546	298.41/cwt	281.00–299.00	1,629	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,066	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	766	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,754	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	441	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,266	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 Jul 1, 2024

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

Receipts 818Last week 1,034Year ago 292

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 273, Heifers 388, Bulls 157)

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	381	279.00	279.00
1	400–450	440	250.00	250.00
14	450–500	451	279.00	279.00
66	550–600	555	268.00–289.50	288.81
77	600–650	646	256.00–266.50	266.09
12	700–750	731	239.00	239.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	241.00	241.00
4	450–500	457	242.50	242.50
3	500–550	545	220.00	220.00
1	600–650	630	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	350	252.50	252.50
4	400–450	445	260.00	260.00
4	550–600	552	238.00	238.00
3	600–650	641	238.00	238.00
1	700–750	730	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	365	292.00	292.00
28	400–450	441	287.00	287.00
29	500–550	546	281.00–299.00	298.41
10	600–650	634	272.00	272.00
4	750–800	766	229.00	229.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	270.00	270.00
6	350–400	367	287.00	287.00
1	400–450	435	260.00	260.00
27	450–500	462	288.00	288.00
58	500–550	547	249.00–258.00	257.70
47	600–650	636	237.00	237.00
2	650–700	687	221.00	221.00
7	700–750	740	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	232.50	232.50
12	450–500	454	240.00–251.00	250.02
11	550–600	550	244.00	244.00
3	600–650	645	223.00	223.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	366	245.00–271.00	269.15
13	450–500	461	279.00	279.00
26	500–550	543	245.00–257.00	256.55
5	600–650	634	224.00	224.00
3	700–750	741	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	350–400	366	262.50–307.50	304.41
42	450–500	454	257.50–293.50	292.57
49	500–550	542	260.00–273.50	272.96
23	600–650	642	230.00–244.50	243.89
7	700–750	736	212.00	212.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	413	227.50–260.00	254.29
11	450–500	493	249.00	249.00
7	550–600	566	239.00	239.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	359	275.00–287.50	285.32
9	400–450	422	271.00–283.00	277.59
8	450–500	488	268.00	268.00
4	500–550	516	253.00	253.00
14	550–600	559	267.00	267.00
12	600–650	623	240.50	240.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	287.50	287.50
10	350–400	355	309.00	309.00
16	400–450	411	282.50–299.00	296.97
27	450–500	491	284.50	284.50
1	500–550	520	264.00	264.00
14	550–600	553	248.00–265.00	263.79
10	600–650	626	242.00	242.00

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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