Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-11-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 139, Heifers 242, Bulls 158)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $230.04/cwt on 69 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −154.99 against this barn's trailing median of $385.02.

Average price

$230.04

69 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,269

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$187

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$28.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.87

vs VA average

−50.86 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	233.86	1,310	37
Medium and Large 2	540	232.38	1,255	20
Medium and Large 3	544	221.00	1,202	7thin
Small 1	548	205.00	1,123	5thin

One grade step is worth $28.86/cwt here — about $187 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale69 hd

230.04

—

VA average8 barns · 306 hd

225.17

+4.87

National average40 barns · 6,153 hd

280.90

−50.86

This barn, trailing median31 sales

385.02

−154.99

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	Small 1	450–500	480	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,166	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	264.58/cwt	250.00–267.50	992	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	277.97/cwt	266.00–278.50	1,548	24
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	444	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,234	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	505	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,222	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,773	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	264.75/cwt	264.75–264.75	1,742	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	350	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	882	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,645	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,119	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,104	3
Steers	Small 1	550–600	562	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,208	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,382	1
Steers	Small 1	700–750	720	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,411	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	296.80/cwt	264.00–300.25	1,404	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	276.50/cwt	276.50–276.50	1,521	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	300.25/cwt	300.25–300.25	1,390	16
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	395	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,094	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,664	4
Steers	Small 1	350–400	380	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	950	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	247.25/cwt	247.25–247.25	1,867	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	285.59/cwt	280.00–287.00	1,379	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	995	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	290.91/cwt	279.00–294.50	1,242	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	256.71/cwt	231.00–260.00	1,458	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,403	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,365	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	302.31/cwt	266.00–306.00	998	11
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	335	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	771	1
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	418	240.50/cwt	240.50–240.50	1,005	9
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	483	214.59/cwt	213.00–215.00	1,036	5
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	452	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	990	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	296.09/cwt	279.00–300.00	1,238	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,012	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	240.50/cwt	240.50–240.50	1,491	5
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	557	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,114	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,465	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	202.29/cwt	194.00–203.00	1,507	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	244.25/cwt	244.25–244.25	1,522	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	220.49/cwt	209.00–221.25	1,418	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,193	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,321	34
Heifers	Small 1	650–700	695	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,348	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	232.38/cwt	220.00–233.00	1,255	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	220.70/cwt	217.00–221.00	1,424	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	462	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,090	12
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	358	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	850	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	452	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,085	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	736	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,487	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,353	1
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	548	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,123	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	646	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,382	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	544	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,202	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	361	257.89/cwt	246.00–260.00	931	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	447	243.86/cwt	239.00–244.00	1,090	31

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 25, 2024

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

Receipts 539Last week 887Year ago 844

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 139, Heifers 242, Bulls 158)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	250.00	250.00
1	450–500	480	243.00	243.00
2	550–600	562	215.00	215.00
1	700–750	720	196.00	196.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	373	296.00	296.00
16	450–500	463	300.25	300.25
24	550–600	557	266.00–278.50	277.97
37	650–700	658	264.75	264.75
1	700–750	715	230.00	230.00
14	750–800	755	247.25	247.25
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	277.00	277.00
5	400–450	444	278.00	278.00
1	500–550	505	242.00	242.00
1	550–600	555	249.00	249.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	368	304.00	304.00
11	450–500	473	264.00–300.25	296.80
1	500–550	505	268.00	268.00
6	550–600	550	276.50	276.50
4	600–650	640	260.00	260.00
1	700–750	745	238.00	238.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	375	250.00–267.50	264.58
5	400–450	440	230.00	230.00
13	450–500	452	240.00	240.00
3	500–550	540	221.00	221.00
34	550–600	562	235.00	235.00
31	600–650	643	209.00–221.25	220.49
12	700–750	745	194.00–203.00	202.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	350	252.00	252.00
12	450–500	462	236.00	236.00
7	500–550	544	221.00	221.00
3	600–650	646	214.00	214.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	358	237.50	237.50
5	450–500	452	219.00	219.00
5	500–550	548	205.00	205.00
2	650–700	695	194.00	194.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	350–400	361	246.00–260.00	257.89
31	400–450	447	239.00–244.00	243.86
20	500–550	540	220.00–233.00	232.38
13	600–650	645	217.00–221.00	220.70
5	700–750	736	202.00	202.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	330	266.00–306.00	302.31
17	400–450	418	279.00–300.00	296.09
20	450–500	483	280.00–287.00	285.59
9	550–600	570	257.00	257.00
5	600–650	620	240.50	240.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	343	290.00	290.00
22	400–450	427	279.00–294.50	290.91
18	450–500	488	287.50	287.50
4	500–550	515	265.00	265.00
18	550–600	568	231.00–260.00	256.71
14	600–650	623	244.25	244.25
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	230.00	230.00
9	400–450	418	240.50	240.50
5	450–500	483	213.00–215.00	214.59
2	550–600	557	200.00	200.00

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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