Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2019-07-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 410, Heifers 693, Bulls 287)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.52/cwt on 693 head.

Average price

$120.52

693 head · 507 lb average

Value per head Derived

$611

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$140

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$25.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.61

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	480	124.84	599	327
Medium and Large 1	564	118.48	669	257
Medium and Large 3	454	115.00	523	90
Small 1	460	99.82	459	19thin

One grade step is worth $25.02/cwt here — about $140 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 sale693 hd

120.52

—

VA average7 barns · 1,168 hd

118.91

+1.61

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
Steers	Small 1	—	635	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	648	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	665	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	735	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	139.86/cwt	136.50–140.00	769	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	534	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	539	105.04/cwt	102.00–105.50	566	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	638	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	695	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	103.50/cwt	103.50–103.50	760	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	488	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	683	48
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	488	133.90/cwt	120.00–135.25	653	34
Steers	Small 1	—	467	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	500	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	615	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	729	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	700	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	875	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	861	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	444	118.97/cwt	104.00–120.00	528	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	352	130.31/cwt	124.50–130.50	459	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	127.31/cwt	119.50–127.50	587	45
Bulls	Small 1	—	551	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	584	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	562	125.95/cwt	113.50–126.75	708	34
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	556	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	651	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	131.94/cwt	120.50–132.50	838	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	446	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	631	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	642	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	578	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	547	123.31/cwt	117.50–123.50	675	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	644	113.55/cwt	104.00–114.25	731	59
Bulls	Small 1	—	360	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	392	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	628	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	747	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	414	145.58/cwt	144.00–146.00	603	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	421	139.79/cwt	130.00–140.00	589	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	342	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	455	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	718	104.50/cwt	104.50–104.50	750	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	371	117.80/cwt	102.00–119.50	437	21
Heifers	Small 1	—	447	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	458	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	135.05/cwt	129.00–135.25	862	63
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	146.40/cwt	136.00–146.75	673	65
Steers	Small 1	—	350	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	385	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	623	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	735	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	555	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	708	26
Bulls	Small 1	—	409	111.71/cwt	100.00–113.00	457	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	688	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	637	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	675	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	362	98.50/cwt	98.50–98.50	357	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	682	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	543	140.66/cwt	131.00–141.25	764	51
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	363	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	468	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	360	138.52/cwt	132.00–139.50	499	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	338	134.22/cwt	124.00–135.00	454	13
Bulls	Small 1	—	491	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	543	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	118.83/cwt	116.00–119.50	657	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	449	127.63/cwt	125.50–128.00	573	137
Heifers	Small 1	—	518	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	523	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	949	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	371	144.02/cwt	134.00–144.50	534	22
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	450	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	581	18

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 29, 2019

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

Receipts 1,390Last week 559Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 410, Heifers 693, Bulls 287)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	102.00	102.00
4	—	467	107.00	107.00
1	—	350	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	110.50	110.50
2	—	615	118.50	118.50
6	—	556	117.00	117.00
20	—	363	129.00	129.00
18	—	450	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	550	136.50–140.00	139.86
2	—	380	140.50	140.50
2	—	755	114.00	114.00
3	—	446	141.50	141.50
63	—	638	129.00–135.25	135.05
29	—	464	147.00	147.00
20	—	730	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	125.00	125.00
21	—	635	120.50–132.50	131.94
65	—	460	136.00–146.75	146.40
51	—	543	131.00–141.25	140.66
22	—	371	134.00–144.50	144.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	539	102.00–105.50	105.04
45	—	444	104.00–120.00	118.97
21	—	371	102.00–119.50	117.80
2	—	637	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	638	109.00	109.00
62	—	352	124.50–130.50	130.31
93	—	547	117.50–123.50	123.31
4	—	718	104.50	104.50
2	—	655	105.00	105.00
137	—	449	125.50–128.00	127.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	734	103.50	103.50
45	—	461	119.50–127.50	127.31
59	—	644	104.00–114.25	113.55
5	—	342	133.00	133.00
133	—	553	116.00–119.50	118.83
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	642	90.00	90.00
8	—	447	102.50	102.50
5	—	362	98.50	98.50
4	—	518	101.00	101.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	488	140.00	140.00
8	—	628	119.00	119.00
47	—	421	130.00–140.00	139.79
26	—	555	127.50	127.50
13	—	338	124.00–135.00	134.22
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	488	120.00–135.25	133.90
34	—	562	113.50–126.75	125.95
28	—	414	144.00–146.00	145.58
17	—	623	118.00	118.00
8	—	360	132.00–139.50	138.52
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	551	106.00	106.00
4	—	360	109.00	109.00
11	—	409	100.00–113.00	111.71
6	—	491	110.50	110.50

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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