Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 290, Heifers 340, Bulls 234)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $235.03/cwt on 123 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −150.00 against this barn's trailing median of $385.02.

Average price

$235.03

123 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,286

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$169

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$25.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.18

vs VA average

−17.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	551	240.25	1,324	39
Medium and Large 1	546	237.36	1,297	61
Medium and Large 3	551	226.48	1,248	10thin
Small 1	537	215.00	1,155	13thin

One grade step is worth $25.25/cwt here — about $169 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 sale123 hd

235.03

—

VA average10 barns · 504 hd

227.85

+7.18

National average183 barns · 16,319 hd

252.68

−17.65

This barn, trailing median31 sales

385.02

−150.00

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

59 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	Small 1	350–400	385	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	886	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,209	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	274.55/cwt	242.50–275.50	1,266	37
Steers	Small 1	550–600	551	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,267	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	630	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,336	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	547	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,381	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,073	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	353	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	953	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	734	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,637	5
Steers	Small 1	700–750	745	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,386	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	752	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,654	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,311	3
Steers	Small 1	650–700	675	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,472	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,379	57
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	278.83/cwt	237.50–280.50	1,269	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	286.63/cwt	262.50–296.00	1,089	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	649	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,499	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	744	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,771	24
Steers	Small 1	450–500	455	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,024	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	636	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,511	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,291	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	463	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,134	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	595	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,250	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	494	264.39/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,306	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	258.19/cwt	232.50–260.00	1,100	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,431	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,015	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,292	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	833	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	1,372	42
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	626	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,434	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	337	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	960	11
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	426	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	954	6
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	492	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,161	5
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	571	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,308	4
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	627	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,317	7
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	370	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	786	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	551	226.48/cwt	217.50–227.50	1,248	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	371	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	872	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	411	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,077	37
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	561	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	1,377	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,519	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	487	266.88/cwt	264.00–267.00	1,300	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	213.50/cwt	213.50–213.50	1,548	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,305	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	219.70/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,413	32
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	537	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,155	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	1,448	13
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	343	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	703	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	239.50/cwt	217.50–240.00	1,097	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	447	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,050	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	364	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	935	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	245.51/cwt	230.00–249.00	911	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,208	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	456	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,044	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	631	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,376	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,089	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	551	240.25/cwt	240.25–240.25	1,324	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	448	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	1,095	45

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 Oct 7, 2024

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

Receipts 864Last week 400Year ago 1,105

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 290, Heifers 340, Bulls 234)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	230.00	230.00
5	450–500	455	225.00	225.00
4	550–600	551	230.00	230.00
2	650–700	675	218.00	218.00
2	700–750	745	186.00	186.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	370	290.00	290.00
37	450–500	461	242.50–275.50	274.55
57	500–550	545	253.00	253.00
3	550–600	551	238.00	238.00
48	600–650	649	231.00	231.00
24	700–750	744	238.00	238.00
2	750–800	752	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	353	270.00	270.00
4	450–500	463	245.00	245.00
5	500–550	540	239.00	239.00
1	550–600	595	210.00	210.00
3	600–650	630	212.00	212.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	380	262.50–296.00	286.63
28	450–500	455	237.50–280.50	278.83
33	500–550	547	252.50	252.50
1	550–600	575	210.00	210.00
12	600–650	636	237.50	237.50
5	700–750	734	223.00	223.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	371	230.00–249.00	245.51
48	450–500	458	217.50–240.00	239.50
56	500–550	546	239.00	239.00
5	550–600	552	219.00	219.00
32	600–650	643	215.00–220.00	219.70
11	700–750	725	213.50	213.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	343	205.00	205.00
10	450–500	456	229.00	229.00
13	500–550	537	215.00	215.00
7	600–650	627	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	371	235.00	235.00
11	400–450	447	235.00	235.00
10	550–600	551	217.50–227.50	226.48
6	600–650	631	218.00	218.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	364	257.00	257.00
45	400–450	448	244.50	244.50
1	450–500	495	220.00	220.00
39	550–600	551	240.25	240.25
13	600–650	645	224.50	224.50
2	700–750	710	214.00	214.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	245.00	245.00
3	350–400	350	290.00	290.00
29	400–450	426	232.50–260.00	258.19
32	450–500	494	260.00–265.00	264.39
2	500–550	545	237.00	237.00
42	550–600	568	241.50	241.50
18	600–650	625	229.00	229.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	337	285.00	285.00
37	400–450	411	262.00	262.00
24	450–500	487	264.00–267.00	266.88
14	550–600	561	245.50	245.50
5	600–650	626	229.00	229.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	212.50	212.50
6	400–450	426	224.00	224.00
5	450–500	492	236.00	236.00
4	550–600	571	229.00	229.00

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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