Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2019-07-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle Sale (Steers 433, Heifers 548, Bulls 162)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.52/cwt on 548 head.

Average price

$124.52

548 head · 525 lb average

Value per head Derived

$654

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$197

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$18.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.98

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	568	127.54	725	244
Medium and Large 2	497	125.56	624	198
Medium and Large 3	480	117.30	563	84
Small 1	482	109.27	527	22

One grade step is worth $18.27/cwt here — about $197 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale548 hd

124.52

—

VA average4 barns · 765 hd

122.54

+1.98

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

51 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 2	—	642	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	742	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	475	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	561	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	136.92/cwt	118.00–137.75	631	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	475	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	363	116.73/cwt	106.00–117.50	424	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	142.76/cwt	138.00–144.00	667	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	734	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	892	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	630	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	737	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	627	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	718	16
Bulls	Small 1	—	375	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	413	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	112.75/cwt	112.75–112.75	834	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	735	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	639	106.83/cwt	96.00–108.00	683	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	498	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	376	139.25/cwt	139.25–139.25	524	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	531	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	653	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	568	125.16/cwt	113.00–126.00	711	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	487	133.92/cwt	126.00–134.50	652	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	548	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	641	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	727	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	840	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	575	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	621	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	437	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	489	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	608	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	357	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	428	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	506	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	648	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	417	134.49/cwt	132.50–134.75	561	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	361	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	462	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	345	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	400	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	710	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	753	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	537	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	569	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	134.63/cwt	124.00–135.00	864	113
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	549	133.27/cwt	126.00–133.50	732	66
Steers	Small 1	—	440	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	537	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	411	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	528	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	341	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	467	18
Bulls	Small 1	—	426	117.02/cwt	111.00–118.50	499	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	551	135.25/cwt	135.25–135.25	745	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	538	123.47/cwt	122.50–123.50	664	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	446	122.25/cwt	122.25–122.25	545	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	138.34/cwt	131.50–139.00	764	90
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	446	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	638	33
Steers	Small 1	—	545	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	632	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	348	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	468	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	550	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	699	9
Bulls	Small 1	—	561	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	637	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	116.70/cwt	116.25–116.75	746	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	451	129.56/cwt	120.00–130.00	584	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	538	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	621	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	124.11/cwt	120.00–124.25	916	30
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	806	29
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	450	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	565	9

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 Jul 8, 2019

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State Graded Feeder Cattle Sale (Steers 433, Heifers 548, Bulls 162)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	642	115.50	115.50
29	—	487	126.00–134.50	133.92
26	—	417	132.50–134.75	134.49
18	—	341	137.00	137.00
9	—	550	127.00	127.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	118.00	118.00
1	—	375	110.00	110.00
5	—	426	111.00–118.50	117.02
3	—	561	113.50	113.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	627	114.50	114.50
16	—	568	113.00–126.00	125.16
15	—	506	128.00	128.00
14	—	411	128.50	128.50
6	—	348	134.50	134.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	461	118.00–137.75	136.92
22	—	740	112.75	112.75
10	—	548	117.00	117.00
8	—	361	128.00	128.00
91	—	551	135.25	135.25
66	—	639	116.25–116.75	116.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	367	129.50	129.50
21	—	628	117.00	117.00
4	—	727	115.50	115.50
1	—	345	116.00	116.00
75	—	538	122.50–123.50	123.47
71	—	451	120.00–130.00	129.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	363	106.00–117.50	116.73
10	—	639	96.00–108.00	106.83
2	—	575	108.00	108.00
1	—	710	106.00	106.00
36	—	446	122.25	122.25
19	—	538	115.50	115.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	437	112.00	112.00
10	—	537	106.00	106.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	467	138.00–144.00	142.76
1	—	370	134.50	134.50
113	—	642	124.00–135.00	134.63
90	—	552	131.50–139.00	138.34
30	—	738	120.00–124.25	124.11
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	734	121.50	121.50
5	—	376	139.25	139.25
1	—	475	128.00	128.00
66	—	549	126.00–133.50	133.27
33	—	446	143.00	143.00
29	—	640	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	630	117.00	117.00
5	—	531	123.00	123.00
2	—	357	120.00	120.00
9	—	450	125.50	125.50
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	440	122.00	122.00
1	—	545	116.00	116.00

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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