Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 227, Heifers 349, Bulls 225)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $240.95/cwt on 117 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −143.92 against this barn's trailing median of $384.87.

Average price

$240.95

117 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,326

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$197

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$31.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.23

vs VA average

−42.37 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	539	246.48	1,329	29
Medium and Large 1	555	239.72	1,330	79
Medium and Large 3	553	239.43	1,324	7thin
Small 1	528	214.50	1,131	2thin

One grade step is worth $31.98/cwt here — about $197 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 sale117 hd

240.95

—

VA average3 barns · 302 hd

241.18

−0.23

National average190 barns · 29,311 hd

283.32

−42.37

This barn, trailing median32 sales

384.87

−143.92

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	400–450	435	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,031	2
Steers	Small 1	600–650	647	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,423	2
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	560	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,294	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	649	259.84/cwt	252.00–260.00	1,686	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,032	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	345	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	997	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,194	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	281.98/cwt	275.00–282.50	1,021	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	547	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,247	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	281.06/cwt	260.00–281.50	1,563	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,348	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,209	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,411	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	313.71/cwt	282.00–314.75	1,440	33
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,540	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	670	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,461	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	245.14/cwt	245.00–247.00	1,804	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,625	12
Steers	Small 1	500–550	538	240.31/cwt	229.00–244.00	1,293	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,259	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	756	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,822	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	552	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,424	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	290.50/cwt	290.50–290.50	1,409	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,467	45
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	494	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,442	36
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	318.96/cwt	304.00–319.50	1,320	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,187	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,374	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	544	260.33/cwt	259.00–270.00	1,416	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	343	339.83/cwt	309.00–341.00	1,166	24
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	410	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,087	5
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	485	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,164	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	244.17/cwt	227.00–245.50	1,111	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	318.48/cwt	309.00–319.00	1,306	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	606	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,321	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,393	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,489	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	742	201.50/cwt	201.50–201.50	1,495	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	234.60/cwt	231.00–238.00	1,450	2
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	550	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,128	1
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	380	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	941	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,406	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	239.72/cwt	229.00–240.00	1,330	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,041	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,051	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	1,178	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,297	1
Heifers	Small 1	650–700	657	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,268	2
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	446	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	1,046	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,329	28
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	505	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,131	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	809	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	251.50/cwt	251.50–251.50	1,157	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	626	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	1,437	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	590	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,817	1

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 Dec 2, 2024

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

Receipts 801Last week 539Year ago 537

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 227, Heifers 349, Bulls 225)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	435	237.00	237.00
4	500–550	538	229.00–244.00	240.31
2	600–650	647	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	363	333.00	333.00
33	450–500	459	282.00–314.75	313.71
52	550–600	556	260.00–281.50	281.06
48	600–650	649	252.00–260.00	259.84
29	700–750	736	245.00–247.00	245.14
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	289.00	289.00
1	450–500	470	254.00	254.00
2	550–600	552	258.00	258.00
1	650–700	670	218.00	218.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	377	334.00	334.00
16	450–500	458	308.00	308.00
11	550–600	555	277.50	277.50
12	600–650	625	260.00	260.00
3	750–800	756	241.00	241.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	410	265.00	265.00
2	450–500	485	240.00	240.00
2	550–600	560	231.00	231.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	300–350	343	309.00–341.00	339.83
19	400–450	410	309.00–319.00	318.48
15	450–500	485	290.50	290.50
8	500–550	544	259.00–270.00	260.33
2	600–650	618	231.00–238.00	234.60
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	350	339.00	339.00
30	400–450	414	304.00–319.50	318.96
36	450–500	494	292.00	292.00
2	500–550	507	271.00	271.00
45	550–600	560	262.00	262.00
25	600–650	627	237.50	237.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	362	275.00–282.50	281.98
1	400–450	430	240.00	240.00
52	450–500	461	255.50	255.50
79	550–600	555	229.00–240.00	239.72
41	600–650	636	221.00	221.00
4	650–700	651	214.00	214.00
11	700–750	742	201.50	201.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	330	245.00	245.00
14	450–500	455	227.00–245.50	244.17
6	500–550	547	228.00	228.00
1	550–600	590	308.00	308.00
3	600–650	606	218.00	218.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	350–400	372	282.50	282.50
1	400–450	425	245.00	245.00
45	450–500	460	251.50	251.50
28	500–550	537	247.50	247.50
1	550–600	595	218.00	218.00
8	600–650	626	229.50	229.50
1	750–800	770	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	247.50	247.50
9	400–450	446	234.50	234.50
1	500–550	505	224.00	224.00
1	550–600	550	205.00	205.00
2	650–700	657	193.00	193.00

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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