Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-01-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 298, Heifers 515, Bulls 291)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.86/cwt on 515 head.

Average price

$126.86

515 head · 487 lb average

Value per head Derived

$618

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$31

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$25.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.14

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	472	131.18	619	232
Medium and Large 1	509	125.58	639	212
Medium and Large 3	453	118.96	539	58
Small 1	556	105.96	589	13thin

One grade step is worth $25.22/cwt here — about $31 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 sale515 hd

126.86

—

VA average7 barns · 930 hd

123.72

+3.14

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
Heifers	Small 1	—	740	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	644	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	450	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	500	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	546	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	579	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	626	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	786	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	344	181.18/cwt	175.00–181.50	623	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	558	132.47/cwt	129.00–133.00	739	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	410	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	697	43
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	484	147.72/cwt	136.00–148.00	715	44
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	372	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	614	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	332	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	598	41
Bulls	Small 1	—	540	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	670	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	408	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	530	4
Bulls	Small 1	—	325	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	423	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	477	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	596	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	620	127.25/cwt	127.25–127.25	789	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	568	133.73/cwt	128.00–134.75	760	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	492	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	731	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	414	169.77/cwt	166.00–170.00	703	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	777	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	116.92/cwt	114.00–117.00	737	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	674	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	129.75/cwt	129.75–129.75	601	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	746	106.50/cwt	106.50–106.50	794	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	359	139.57/cwt	135.00–139.75	501	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	588	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	675	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	444	133.25/cwt	133.25–133.25	592	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	661	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	694	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	545	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	646	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	361	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	498	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	356	121.33/cwt	118.00–121.50	432	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	570	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	774	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	539	126.38/cwt	119.50–126.50	681	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	446	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	540	17
Heifers	Small 1	—	360	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	421	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	627	104.50/cwt	104.50–104.50	655	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	347	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	481	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	540	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	670	6
Steers	Small 1	—	570	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	678	1
Steers	Small 1	—	430	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	570	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	541	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	795	63
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	644	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	850	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	784	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	659	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	136.26/cwt	128.00–136.50	867	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	167.75/cwt	167.75–167.75	765	39
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	869	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	350	180.79/cwt	175.00–181.00	633	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	538	150.49/cwt	135.00–151.00	810	31
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	446	168.41/cwt	164.50–168.75	751	49
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	405	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	601	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	742	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	931	5

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 Jan 20, 2020

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

Receipts 1,104Last week 1,399Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 298, Heifers 515, Bulls 291)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	740	87.00	87.00
3	—	450	111.00	111.00
3	—	546	106.00	106.00
1	—	360	117.00	117.00
5	—	627	104.50	104.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	733	106.00	106.00
35	—	630	114.00–117.00	116.92
75	—	539	125.00	125.00
1	—	490	120.00	120.00
5	—	553	122.00	122.00
27	—	361	138.00	138.00
63	—	445	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	463	129.75	129.75
7	—	746	106.50	106.50
54	—	359	135.00–139.75	139.57
93	—	444	133.25	133.25
17	—	645	120.00	120.00
58	—	539	119.50–126.50	126.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	661	105.00	105.00
12	—	545	118.50	118.50
23	—	356	118.00–121.50	121.33
17	—	446	121.00	121.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	626	125.50	125.50
20	—	344	175.00–181.50	181.18
31	—	558	129.00–133.00	132.47
43	—	410	170.00	170.00
44	—	484	136.00–148.00	147.72
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	372	165.00	165.00
41	—	332	180.00	180.00
6	—	620	127.25	127.25
20	—	568	128.00–134.75	133.73
33	—	492	148.50	148.50
35	—	414	166.00–170.00	169.77
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	124.00	124.00
4	—	408	130.00	130.00
2	—	325	130.00	130.00
4	—	477	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	347	138.50	138.50
6	—	540	124.00	124.00
1	—	405	148.50	148.50
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	119.00	119.00
5	—	430	132.50	132.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	541	147.00	147.00
5	—	556	141.00	141.00
17	—	368	179.00	179.00
34	—	636	128.00–136.50	136.26
39	—	456	167.75	167.75
5	—	742	125.50	125.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	644	132.00	132.00
1	—	730	119.00	119.00
28	—	350	175.00–181.00	180.79
31	—	538	135.00–151.00	150.49
49	—	446	164.50–168.75	168.41

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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