Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2019-09-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 218, Heifers 327, Bulls 170)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.05/cwt on 327 head.

Average price

$116.05

327 head · 517 lb average

Value per head Derived

$600

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$95

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$14.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.01

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	493	117.90	582	125
Medium and Large 1	552	116.23	642	153
Medium and Large 3	462	113.60	525	35
Small 1	469	103.71	486	14thin

One grade step is worth $14.19/cwt here — about $95 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 sale327 hd

116.05

—

VA average6 barns · 1,109 hd

114.04

+2.01

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

50 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	—	410	103.13/cwt	100.00–116.00	423	5
Steers	Small 1	—	510	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	602	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	392	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	531	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	555	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	627	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	361	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	424	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	359	118.43/cwt	114.00–119.50	425	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	456	114.98/cwt	105.00–116.50	524	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	954	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	642	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	825	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	458	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	591	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	566	127.73/cwt	121.00–128.25	723	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	483	135.79/cwt	125.25–136.50	656	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	104.12/cwt	101.00–104.50	752	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	654	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	703	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	527	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	572	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	508	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	509	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	550	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	677	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	489	133.35/cwt	126.00–134.00	652	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	422	145.75/cwt	145.75–145.75	615	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	477	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	755	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	755	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	357	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	418	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	443	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	470	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	738	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	856	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	380	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	513	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	424	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	579	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	333	159.83/cwt	159.00–160.00	532	12
Bulls	Small 1	—	472	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	557	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	122.95/cwt	111.00–124.00	679	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	565	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	588	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	632	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	575	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	861	40
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	620	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	725	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	334	154.73/cwt	153.00–155.00	517	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	632	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	768	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	108.07/cwt	99.00–108.75	694	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	462	116.61/cwt	113.50–116.75	539	47
Heifers	Small 1	—	517	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	543	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	136.01/cwt	129.00–137.50	752	35
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	138.93/cwt	120.00–140.00	764	38
Steers	Small 1	—	463	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	546	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	626	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	754	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	554	129.05/cwt	119.00–130.75	715	7
Bulls	Small 1	—	350	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	371	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	454	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	529	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	544	121.95/cwt	114.00–123.50	663	45
Heifers	Small 1	—	362	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	384	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	142.78/cwt	137.00–143.50	668	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	457	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	644	30

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 Sep 2, 2019

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

Receipts 715Last week 1,423Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 218, Heifers 327, Bulls 170)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	410	100.00–116.00	103.13
1	—	555	113.00	113.00
5	—	472	118.00	118.00
2	—	350	106.00	106.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	392	135.50	135.50
16	—	483	125.25–136.50	135.79
14	—	422	145.75	145.75
12	—	333	159.00–160.00	159.83
7	—	632	121.50	121.50
7	—	554	119.00–130.75	129.05
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	566	121.00–128.25	127.73
24	—	489	126.00–134.00	133.35
22	—	424	136.50	136.50
14	—	334	153.00–155.00	154.73
11	—	626	120.50	120.50
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	510	118.00	118.00
5	—	463	118.00	118.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	731	130.50	130.50
2	—	367	138.50	138.50
40	—	645	133.50	133.50
35	—	553	129.00–137.50	136.01
19	—	468	137.00–143.50	142.78
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	642	128.50	128.50
4	—	360	141.50	141.50
3	—	738	116.00	116.00
38	—	550	120.00–140.00	138.93
30	—	457	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	458	129.00	129.00
2	—	550	123.00	123.00
2	—	380	135.00	135.00
1	—	620	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	361	117.50	117.50
9	—	722	101.00–104.50	104.12
1	—	420	113.50	113.50
63	—	552	111.00–124.00	122.95
41	—	642	99.00–108.75	108.07
26	—	454	116.50	116.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	359	114.00–119.50	118.43
11	—	654	107.50	107.50
1	—	755	100.00	100.00
47	—	462	113.50–116.75	116.61
45	—	544	114.00–123.50	121.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	456	105.00–116.50	114.98
7	—	527	108.50	108.50
4	—	357	117.00	117.00
1	—	565	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	443	106.00	106.00
2	—	632	91.00	91.00
2	—	517	105.00	105.00
2	—	362	106.00	106.00

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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