Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-08-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 304, Heifers 496, Bulls 243)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $252.50/cwt on 176 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −132.37 against this barn's trailing median of $384.87.

Average price

$252.50

176 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,387

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$97

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$9.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.93

vs VA average

+8.09 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	254.44	1,395	107
Medium and Large 2	550	250.00	1,375	53
Medium and Large 3	562	249.00	1,399	11thin
Small 1	530	245.00	1,299	5thin

One grade step is worth $9.44/cwt here — about $97 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

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 sale176 hd

252.50

—

VA average8 barns · 377 hd

249.56

+2.93

National average171 barns · 9,778 hd

244.41

+8.09

This barn, trailing median32 sales

384.87

−132.37

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	254.53/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,395	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,222	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,375	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	1,457	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	562	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,399	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	456	272.09/cwt	252.50–272.50	1,241	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,040	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	228.30/cwt	228.00–237.00	1,466	59
Steers	Small 1	450–500	460	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,279	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	289.99/cwt	270.00–290.25	1,601	81
Steers	Small 1	500–550	505	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,379	3
Steers	Small 1	650–700	665	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,523	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,304	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	376	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,043	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	705	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,410	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	288.25/cwt	288.25–288.25	1,571	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	263.25/cwt	263.25–263.25	1,682	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	744	244.54/cwt	244.50–246.00	1,819	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	451	305.17/cwt	283.00–306.00	1,376	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,184	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	615	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,415	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	520	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,404	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,801	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	461	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,401	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	264.50/cwt	264.50–264.50	1,674	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	352	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,153	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	297.29/cwt	265.00–303.00	1,237	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	302.66/cwt	258.00–306.50	1,280	39
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	341	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,081	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,300	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	264.73/cwt	240.00–266.75	1,485	41
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,555	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,501	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,296	1
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	560	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,299	6
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	500	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,238	3
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	360	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	936	3
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	420	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,079	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	355	264.23/cwt	252.50–265.00	938	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,628	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	287.25/cwt	287.25–287.25	1,402	41
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	493	282.92/cwt	255.00–284.00	1,395	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	348	318.47/cwt	306.00–320.00	1,108	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	259.50/cwt	259.50–259.50	1,471	9
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	475	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,192	1
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	449	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,109	10
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	369	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	934	6
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	530	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,299	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	627	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,480	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	454	258.64/cwt	250.00–259.00	1,174	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	283.39/cwt	270.00–284.50	1,049	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,128	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,590	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,421	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 Aug 19, 2024

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

Receipts 1,043Last week 712Year ago 1,012

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 304, Heifers 496, Bulls 243)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	370	270.00–284.50	283.39
4	400–450	432	261.00	261.00
70	450–500	456	268.00	268.00
106	500–550	548	250.00–255.00	254.53
1	550–600	580	245.00	245.00
59	600–650	642	228.00–237.00	228.30
16	700–750	740	220.00	220.00
1	750–800	750	212.00	212.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	350–400	360	289.00	289.00
53	450–500	456	252.50–272.50	272.09
53	550–600	550	250.00	250.00
14	600–650	635	229.50	229.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	355	252.50–265.00	264.23
26	450–500	454	250.00–259.00	258.64
11	550–600	562	249.00	249.00
2	600–650	627	236.00	236.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	369	253.00	253.00
10	400–450	449	247.00	247.00
1	450–500	475	251.00	251.00
5	500–550	530	245.00	245.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	278.00	278.00
3	500–550	505	273.00	273.00
1	650–700	665	229.00	229.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	367	322.50	322.50
30	450–500	451	283.00–306.00	305.17
81	550–600	552	270.00–290.25	289.99
69	600–650	639	263.25	263.25
34	700–750	744	244.50–246.00	244.54
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	376	277.50	277.50
3	450–500	470	277.50	277.50
1	500–550	520	270.00	270.00
1	600–650	615	230.00	230.00
1	700–750	705	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	352	327.50	327.50
17	450–500	461	304.00	304.00
30	500–550	545	288.25	288.25
14	600–650	633	264.50	264.50
2	700–750	735	245.00	245.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	300–350	348	306.00–320.00	318.47
27	400–450	416	265.00–303.00	297.29
26	450–500	493	255.00–284.00	282.92
1	500–550	540	240.00	240.00
9	550–600	567	259.50	259.50
4	600–650	623	241.00	241.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	341	317.00	317.00
39	400–450	423	258.00–306.50	302.66
41	450–500	488	287.25	287.25
1	500–550	515	252.50	252.50
41	550–600	561	240.00–266.75	264.73
11	600–650	622	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	360	260.00	260.00
8	400–450	420	257.00	257.00
3	500–550	500	247.50	247.50
6	550–600	560	232.00	232.00

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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