Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 160, Heifers 423, Bulls 304)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $226.89/cwt on 150 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −157.98 against this barn's trailing median of $384.87.

Average price

$226.89

150 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,255

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$243

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$38.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.94

vs VA average

−40.16 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	230.97	1,288	75
Medium and Large 2	550	225.56	1,241	59
Medium and Large 3	542	217.30	1,178	13thin
Small 1	543	192.50	1,045	3thin

One grade step is worth $38.47/cwt here — about $243 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 sale150 hd

226.89

—

VA average9 barns · 761 hd

229.83

−2.94

National average196 barns · 21,141 hd

267.05

−40.16

This barn, trailing median32 sales

384.87

−157.98

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

53 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,022	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,205	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	1,523	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	270.58/cwt	252.00–271.25	1,334	56
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	275.25/cwt	275.25–275.25	1,327	38
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	564	246.79/cwt	219.00–252.25	1,392	31
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	436	270.87/cwt	261.00–274.00	1,181	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,789	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	265.80/cwt	240.00–269.50	1,496	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,269	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	746	248.25/cwt	248.25–248.25	1,852	23
Steers	Small 1	700–750	710	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,491	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	653	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,619	8
Steers	Small 1	500–550	547	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,171	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,307	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	453	228.59/cwt	205.00–230.00	1,036	56
Steers	Small 1	600–650	615	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,347	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,526	46
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,048	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,109	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	975	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	347	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	774	2
Steers	Small 1	450–500	461	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	982	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	367	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	844	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	542	217.30/cwt	208.00–219.00	1,178	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,001	15
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	408	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	922	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	250.73/cwt	239.00–251.75	1,409	75
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	637	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,440	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,011	1
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	498	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,041	6
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	365	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	836	1
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	543	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,045	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	957	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	189.63/cwt	185.00–190.00	1,388	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	641	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,378	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	622	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,244	6
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	564	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,072	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,094	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,172	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	216.04/cwt	191.00–216.50	1,393	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	856	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	235.61/cwt	227.50–237.00	862	20
Heifers	Small 1	650–700	651	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,256	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,367	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	231.25/cwt	231.25–231.25	1,290	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	232.15/cwt	208.00–233.00	1,056	59
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	380	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	703	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,340	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,124	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	266.54/cwt	250.00–267.50	1,714	36
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	466	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	885	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	553	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,255	54

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 Nov 18, 2024

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

Receipts 887Last week 972Year ago 579

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 160, Heifers 423, Bulls 304)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	360	284.00	284.00
20	400–450	432	279.00	279.00
56	450–500	493	252.00–271.25	270.58
75	550–600	562	239.00–251.75	250.73
29	600–650	623	244.50	244.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	330	290.00	290.00
1	350–400	395	256.00	256.00
16	400–450	417	281.00	281.00
38	450–500	482	275.25	275.25
31	550–600	564	219.00–252.25	246.79
11	600–650	637	226.00	226.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	229.00	229.00
3	400–450	408	226.00	226.00
6	450–500	498	209.00	209.00
7	550–600	564	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	373	281.00	281.00
4	400–450	436	261.00–274.00	270.87
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	288.00	288.00
5	450–500	450	282.00	282.00
8	550–600	563	240.00–269.50	265.80
8	650–700	653	248.00	248.00
1	700–750	730	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	300.00	300.00
17	450–500	462	283.00	283.00
46	550–600	555	275.00	275.00
36	600–650	643	250.00–267.50	266.54
23	700–750	746	248.25	248.25
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	461	213.00	213.00
2	500–550	547	214.00	214.00
1	600–650	615	219.00	219.00
1	700–750	710	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	366	227.50–237.00	235.61
56	450–500	453	205.00–230.00	228.59
5	500–550	521	210.00	210.00
54	550–600	553	227.00	227.00
21	600–650	641	215.00	215.00
3	650–700	660	203.00	203.00
1	750–800	755	181.00	181.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	347	223.00	223.00
10	350–400	367	230.00	230.00
15	450–500	455	220.00	220.00
13	500–550	542	208.00–219.00	217.30
6	600–650	622	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	185.00	185.00
3	450–500	466	190.00	190.00
3	500–550	543	192.50	192.50
3	650–700	651	193.00	193.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	358	239.00	239.00
59	450–500	455	208.00–233.00	232.15
1	500–550	535	210.00	210.00
74	550–600	558	231.25	231.25
53	600–650	645	191.00–216.50	216.04
13	700–750	732	185.00–190.00	189.63

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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