Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 264, Heifers 427, Bulls 245)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $231.21/cwt on 173 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −153.66 against this barn's trailing median of $384.87.

Average price

$231.21

173 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,262

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$25

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$14.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.40

vs VA average

−26.60 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	234.56	1,272	102
Medium and Large 3	546	229.79	1,255	18thin
Medium and Large 2	549	226.45	1,243	43
Small 1	567	220.00	1,247	10thin

One grade step is worth $14.56/cwt here — about $25 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 sale173 hd

231.21

—

VA average10 barns · 654 hd

226.81

+4.40

National average191 barns · 21,361 hd

257.81

−26.60

This barn, trailing median32 sales

384.87

−153.66

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	Medium and Large 1	500–550	549	260.75/cwt	260.75–260.75	1,432	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	264.73/cwt	240.00–269.00	974	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	551	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,400	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,026	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	640	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,312	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,247	41
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	439	281.31/cwt	274.00–282.00	1,235	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	649	222.41/cwt	195.00–224.00	1,443	18
Steers	Small 1	650–700	665	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,330	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,801	12
Steers	Small 1	600–650	640	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,453	2
Steers	Small 1	450–500	475	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,069	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	766	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,838	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	249.85/cwt	247.00–250.00	1,599	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	285.50/cwt	285.50–285.50	1,316	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,759	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	392	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,133	5
Steers	Small 1	550–600	561	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,248	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,320	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	340	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	772	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	548	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	1,296	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	438	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,113	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	648	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,639	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	492	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,319	43
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	283.50/cwt	283.50–283.50	1,168	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,429	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	921	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	501	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,273	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,011	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	561	239.03/cwt	231.00–239.50	1,341	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,112	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	348	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	957	7
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	502	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,124	7
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	450	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,058	1
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	596	212.36/cwt	202.50–214.00	1,266	7
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	443	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	908	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	241.60/cwt	227.00–242.75	1,360	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	437	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	918	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	358	225.29/cwt	207.50–229.00	807	6
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	431	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	940	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	263.61/cwt	242.50–266.00	1,279	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	216.36/cwt	209.00–216.50	1,376	53
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,419	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	238.04/cwt	233.00–238.50	1,090	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,215	10
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	377	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	707	2
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	567	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,247	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	546	229.79/cwt	217.50–230.50	1,255	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,169	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	236.25/cwt	236.25–236.25	1,278	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	625	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,000	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	260.93/cwt	240.00–262.00	900	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	452	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,062	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	448	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,035	4
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	647	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,158	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	473	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,069	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,536	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,565	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	650	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,274	4

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 14, 2024

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

Receipts 936Last week 864Year ago 798

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 264, Heifers 427, Bulls 245)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	392	289.00	289.00
46	450–500	461	285.50	285.50
67	500–550	549	260.75	260.75
3	550–600	550	240.00	240.00
41	600–650	640	247.00–250.00	249.85
12	700–750	735	245.00	245.00
2	750–800	755	233.00	233.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	360	285.00	285.00
22	400–450	439	274.00–282.00	281.31
13	550–600	551	254.00	254.00
16	600–650	648	253.00	253.00
5	750–800	766	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	227.00	227.00
5	400–450	438	254.00	254.00
10	500–550	548	236.50	236.50
1	600–650	640	205.00	205.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	225.00	225.00
5	550–600	561	222.50	222.50
2	600–650	640	227.00	227.00
1	650–700	665	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	368	240.00–269.00	264.73
48	450–500	458	233.00–238.50	238.04
92	500–550	541	236.25	236.25
10	550–600	555	219.00	219.00
53	600–650	636	209.00–216.50	216.36
16	700–750	745	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	300–350	345	240.00–262.00	260.93
4	400–450	448	231.00	231.00
33	450–500	452	235.00	235.00
41	500–550	548	227.50	227.50
2	550–600	570	205.00	205.00
18	600–650	649	195.00–224.00	222.41
8	700–750	735	209.00	209.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	377	187.50	187.50
5	400–450	443	205.00	205.00
10	550–600	567	220.00	220.00
8	600–650	647	179.00	179.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	358	207.50–229.00	225.29
2	400–450	437	210.00	210.00
13	450–500	473	226.00	226.00
18	500–550	546	217.50–230.50	229.79
1	600–650	625	160.00	160.00
4	650–700	650	196.00	196.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	329	280.00	280.00
1	350–400	395	256.00	256.00
23	400–450	412	283.50	283.50
43	450–500	492	268.00	268.00
4	500–550	501	254.00	254.00
55	550–600	563	227.00–242.75	241.60
22	600–650	635	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	348	275.00	275.00
21	400–450	415	268.00	268.00
26	450–500	485	242.50–266.00	263.61
18	550–600	561	231.00–239.50	239.03
1	600–650	625	227.00	227.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	431	218.00	218.00
1	450–500	450	235.00	235.00
7	500–550	502	224.00	224.00
7	550–600	596	202.50–214.00	212.36

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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