Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-12-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 174, Heifers 314, Bulls 218)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $245.54/cwt on 109 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −139.49 against this barn's trailing median of $385.02.

Average price

$245.54

109 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,355

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$118

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$32.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.70

vs VA average

−34.76 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	248.54	1,362	57
Medium and Large 2	557	247.48	1,378	40
Medium and Large 3	546	227.75	1,244	9thin
Small 1	576	216.00	1,244	3thin

One grade step is worth $32.54/cwt here — about $118 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale109 hd

245.54

—

VA average8 barns · 708 hd

244.84

+0.70

National average188 barns · 25,726 hd

280.30

−34.76

This barn, trailing median31 sales

385.02

−139.49

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

57 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	462	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,150	13
Steers	Small 1	700–750	715	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,623	2
Steers	Small 1	550–600	565	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,249	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	254.16/cwt	253.50–259.00	1,665	33
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	576	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,244	3
Heifers	Small 1	650–700	661	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,269	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,384	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,324	5
Steers	Small 1	600–650	620	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,420	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,801	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	642	258.50/cwt	258.50–258.50	1,660	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	330.83/cwt	290.00–339.50	1,528	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	736	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,435	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,549	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	745	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,676	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	290.77/cwt	270.00–293.50	1,620	26
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	695	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,460	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,914	2
Steers	Small 1	450–500	460	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,113	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	453	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,336	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	355	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,115	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	551	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,416	4
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	428	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,121	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	556	268.50/cwt	268.50–268.50	1,493	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	346	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,284	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,678	37
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	347	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,284	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,274	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,274	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	357	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,053	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,518	5
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	360	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,044	2
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	556	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,362	4
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	506	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,245	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,169	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	410	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	996	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	444	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,221	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	638	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,563	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	414	336.83/cwt	319.00–338.00	1,394	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	271.70/cwt	250.00–272.50	1,532	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,357	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	546	227.75/cwt	227.75–227.75	1,244	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,069	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,540	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,501	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,523	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	639	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	1,441	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	547	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,362	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,441	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,078	16
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	453	224.92/cwt	205.00–230.00	1,019	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	208.57/cwt	208.50–209.00	1,554	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,562	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	342	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,235	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,512	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	640	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,280	3
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	356	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	881	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 Dec 9, 2024

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

Receipts 706Last week 801Year ago 367

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 174, Heifers 314, Bulls 218)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	375	285.00	285.00
1	400–450	410	243.00	243.00
13	450–500	462	249.00	249.00
9	500–550	546	227.75	227.75
3	600–650	640	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	356	247.50	247.50
5	450–500	453	205.00–230.00	224.92
3	550–600	576	216.00	216.00
3	650–700	661	192.00	192.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	368	293.00	293.00
31	400–450	444	275.00	275.00
1	500–550	515	227.00	227.00
39	550–600	558	248.00	248.00
18	600–650	639	225.50	225.50
3	700–750	736	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	357	295.00	295.00
35	450–500	465	274.00	274.00
55	500–550	547	249.00	249.00
2	550–600	575	236.00	236.00
41	600–650	646	223.00	223.00
5	650–700	660	230.00	230.00
14	700–750	745	208.50–209.00	208.57
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	242.00	242.00
2	550–600	565	221.00	221.00
1	600–650	620	229.00	229.00
2	700–750	715	227.00	227.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	372	356.00	356.00
24	450–500	462	290.00–339.50	330.83
26	550–600	557	270.00–293.50	290.77
33	650–700	655	253.50–259.00	254.16
22	700–750	741	243.00	243.00
2	750–800	775	247.00	247.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	342	361.00	361.00
13	400–450	435	347.50	347.50
18	500–550	548	285.00	285.00
1	550–600	580	267.00	267.00
8	600–650	642	258.50	258.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	355	314.00	314.00
4	450–500	453	295.00	295.00
4	550–600	551	257.00	257.00
1	650–700	695	210.00	210.00
1	700–750	745	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	360	290.00	290.00
3	400–450	428	262.00	262.00
5	500–550	506	246.00	246.00
4	550–600	556	245.00	245.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	346	371.00	371.00
33	400–450	414	319.00–338.00	336.83
27	450–500	485	314.00	314.00
16	550–600	556	268.50	268.50
5	600–650	638	245.00	245.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	347	370.00	370.00
1	350–400	360	354.00	354.00
16	400–450	417	360.00	360.00
37	450–500	495	339.00	339.00
28	550–600	564	250.00–272.50	271.70
23	600–650	626	246.00	246.00

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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