Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-09-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 109, Heifers 169, Bulls 84)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $228.42/cwt on 60 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −156.45 against this barn's trailing median of $384.87.

Average price

$228.42

60 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,260

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$94

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$15.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.32

vs VA average

−12.27 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	230.71	1,272	29
Medium and Large 2	544	228.50	1,243	21
Medium and Large 3	584	226.00	1,320	6thin
Small 1	548	215.00	1,178	4thin

One grade step is worth $15.71/cwt here — about $94 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 sale60 hd

228.42

—

VA average6 barns · 271 hd

230.74

−2.32

National average148 barns · 7,025 hd

240.69

−12.27

This barn, trailing median32 sales

384.87

−156.45

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 1	550–600	552	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,457	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,472	1
Steers	Small 1	650–700	662	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,582	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	567	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,463	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	625	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,506	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,665	1
Steers	Small 1	400–450	415	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,089	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,124	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	292.25/cwt	292.25–292.25	1,593	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,682	9
Steers	Small 1	350–400	395	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,067	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	451	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,312	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,006	3
Steers	Small 1	550–600	550	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,441	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	290.46/cwt	260.00–295.00	1,345	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,575	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,638	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,638	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	730	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,577	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,083	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	467	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,322	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	286.50/cwt	286.50–286.50	1,387	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,504	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	266.43/cwt	254.00–274.00	1,132	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	997	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,237	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	262.25/cwt	230.00–264.00	1,492	20
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	430	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,122	2
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	516	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,300	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,135	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	582	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,432	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	446	236.45/cwt	220.00–237.00	1,055	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	351	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,062	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	404	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,131	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,456	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	893	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	504	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,406	8
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	548	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,178	4
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	305	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	723	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,377	1
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	392	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	902	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	584	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,320	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	990	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,517	1
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	555	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,315	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	989	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,393	22
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	487	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,120	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	253.44/cwt	217.50–257.00	1,173	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	356	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	881	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	888	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	631	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,306	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	544	228.50/cwt	228.50–228.50	1,243	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,277	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	213.83/cwt	212.00–214.00	1,369	11

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 Sep 2, 2024

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

Receipts 363Last week 964Year ago 422

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 109, Heifers 169, Bulls 84)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	372	291.00	291.00
8	450–500	451	291.00	291.00
30	500–550	545	292.25	292.25
2	550–600	552	264.00	264.00
10	600–650	645	254.00	254.00
9	700–750	722	233.00	233.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	270.00	270.00
1	400–450	415	262.50	262.50
7	550–600	550	262.00	262.00
2	650–700	662	239.00	239.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	467	283.00	283.00
2	550–600	567	258.00	258.00
1	600–650	625	241.00	241.00
1	700–750	730	216.00	216.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	340	296.00	296.00
8	450–500	463	260.00–295.00	290.46
11	500–550	543	290.00	290.00
7	600–650	635	258.00	258.00
1	700–750	740	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	363	272.50	272.50
30	400–450	446	220.00–237.00	236.45
21	500–550	544	228.50	228.50
11	600–650	640	212.00–214.00	213.83
1	700–750	725	203.00	203.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	265.00	265.00
23	450–500	463	217.50–257.00	253.44
1	500–550	505	222.50	222.50
28	550–600	553	231.00	231.00
22	600–650	645	216.00	216.00
1	650–700	685	201.00	201.00
1	700–750	740	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	392	230.00	230.00
2	450–500	487	230.00	230.00
4	500–550	548	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	356	247.50	247.50
1	400–450	440	225.00	225.00
6	550–600	584	226.00	226.00
3	600–650	631	207.00	207.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	327	305.00	305.00
5	400–450	425	254.00–274.00	266.43
15	450–500	484	286.50	286.50
1	500–550	510	242.50	242.50
20	550–600	569	230.00–264.00	262.25
8	600–650	619	243.00	243.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	237.00	237.00
2	400–450	430	261.00	261.00
3	500–550	516	252.00	252.00
1	550–600	555	237.00	237.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	262.50	262.50
5	350–400	351	302.50	302.50
5	400–450	404	280.00	280.00
1	450–500	483	235.00	235.00
8	500–550	504	279.00	279.00
2	550–600	582	246.00	246.00
5	600–650	625	233.00	233.00

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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