Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2019-08-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 319, Heifers 407, Bulls 202)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.41/cwt on 407 head.

Average price

$117.41

407 head · 517 lb average

Value per head Derived

$606

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$141

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$27.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.34

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	499	121.06	604	166
Medium and Large 1	553	118.28	654	176
Medium and Large 3	450	110.15	495	48
Small 1	497	93.15	463	17thin

One grade step is worth $27.91/cwt here — about $141 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 sale407 hd

117.41

—

VA average10 barns · 1,243 hd

116.07

+1.34

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
Bulls	Small 1	—	546	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	562	4
Steers	Small 1	—	425	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	383	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	456	145.84/cwt	119.00–147.00	665	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	137.16/cwt	118.00–138.00	763	72
Heifers	Small 1	—	446	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	428	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	543	98.83/cwt	94.00–100.00	537	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	447	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	343	118.16/cwt	118.00–119.00	405	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	484	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	675	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	571	123.99/cwt	117.00–124.50	708	30
Steers	Small 1	—	537	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	510	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	400	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	416	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	641	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	849	82
Heifers	Small 1	—	548	93.50/cwt	93.50–93.50	512	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	441	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	498	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	637	121.25/cwt	121.25–121.25	772	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	547	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	618	6
Bulls	Small 1	—	350	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	280	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	491	139.09/cwt	130.50–140.00	683	41
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	662	105.50/cwt	105.50–105.50	698	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	705	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	909	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	843	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	555	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	522	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	118.92/cwt	118.00–119.00	648	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	834	6
Bulls	Small 1	—	337	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	371	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	616	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	764	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	517	110.35/cwt	107.00–112.00	571	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	826	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	391	129.01/cwt	120.00–132.00	504	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	605	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	575	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	452	122.82/cwt	111.00–123.00	555	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	641	108.70/cwt	102.50–109.00	697	42
Bulls	Small 1	—	468	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	529	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	336	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	440	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	332	129.10/cwt	125.00–131.00	429	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	450	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	531	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	128.63/cwt	118.00–130.00	480	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	933	21
Heifers	Small 1	—	375	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	338	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	610	90.41/cwt	85.00–96.00	552	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	118.29/cwt	111.00–119.50	552	43
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	557	127.19/cwt	116.00–128.00	708	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	619	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	752	11
Steers	Small 1	—	365	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	356	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	139.59/cwt	115.00–140.50	744	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	149.55/cwt	129.00–151.00	680	30
Heifers	Small 1	—	460	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	405	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	347	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	409	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	693	73
Bulls	Small 1	—	422	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	462	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	592	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	137.06/cwt	121.00–139.50	583	15

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 Aug 19, 2019

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

Receipts 928Last week 1,344Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 319, Heifers 407, Bulls 202)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	546	103.00	103.00
1	—	350	80.00	80.00
2	—	337	110.00	110.00
3	—	468	113.00	113.00
8	—	422	109.50	109.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	484	139.50	139.50
3	—	616	124.00	124.00
8	—	336	131.00	131.00
15	—	557	116.00–128.00	127.19
23	—	420	141.00	141.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	571	117.00–124.50	123.99
41	—	491	130.50–140.00	139.09
3	—	332	125.00–131.00	129.10
11	—	619	121.50	121.50
15	—	425	121.00–139.50	137.06
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	90.00	90.00
2	—	537	95.00	95.00
1	—	365	97.50	97.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	456	119.00–147.00	145.84
1	—	705	129.00	129.00
7	—	628	131.50	131.50
9	—	373	118.00–130.00	128.63
27	—	533	115.00–140.50	139.59
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	556	118.00–138.00	137.16
82	—	641	132.50	132.50
1	—	685	123.00	123.00
4	—	391	120.00–132.00	129.01
21	—	735	127.00	127.00
30	—	455	129.00–151.00	149.55
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	104.00	104.00
2	—	662	105.50	105.50
3	—	517	107.00–112.00	110.35
6	—	450	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	446	96.00	96.00
7	—	548	93.50	93.50
1	—	555	94.00	94.00
1	—	605	95.00	95.00
2	—	375	90.00	90.00
2	—	460	88.00	88.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	543	94.00–100.00	98.83
26	—	441	113.00	113.00
2	—	610	85.00–96.00	90.41
10	—	347	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	368	121.50	121.50
16	—	637	121.25	121.25
64	—	545	118.00–119.00	118.92
73	—	452	111.00–123.00	122.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	343	118.00–119.00	118.16
6	—	547	113.00	113.00
6	—	725	115.00	115.00
42	—	641	102.50–109.00	108.70
43	—	467	111.00–119.50	118.29
73	—	557	124.50	124.50

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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