Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-03-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 291, Heifers 404, Bulls 214)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.30/cwt on 399 head.

Average price

$131.30

399 head · 472 lb average

Value per head Derived

$620

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$33

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$14.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.80

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	452	136.56	617	132
Medium and Large 3	438	134.54	589	72
Medium and Large 1	503	127.49	641	161
Small 1	479	122.03	584	34

One grade step is worth $14.53/cwt here — about $33 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 sale399 hd

131.30

—

VA average6 barns · 731 hd

126.50

+4.80

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	—	765	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	880	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	455	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	573	13
Heifers	Small 1	—	357	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	443	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	618	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	837	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	337	181.10/cwt	179.50–181.50	610	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	415	162.25/cwt	162.25–162.25	673	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	562	143.25/cwt	143.25–143.25	805	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	487	150.53/cwt	143.00–150.75	733	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	630	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	838	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	415	165.75/cwt	165.75–165.75	688	27
Bulls	Small 1	—	545	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	692	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	410	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	554	7
Bulls	Small 1	—	357	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	482	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	493	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	653	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	360	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	630	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	561	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	816	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	491	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	746	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	345	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	633	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	118.75/cwt	118.75–118.75	755	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	132.94/cwt	129.00–133.00	592	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	631	114.59/cwt	112.00–115.00	723	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	537	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	703	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	361	146.25/cwt	146.25–146.25	528	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	630	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	611	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	825	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	504	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	357	142.25/cwt	142.25–142.25	508	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	437	137.75/cwt	137.75–137.75	602	34
Heifers	Small 1	—	635	104.50/cwt	104.50–104.50	664	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	156.33/cwt	152.00–156.50	852	51
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	436	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	645	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	641	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	952	32
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	772	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	340	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	544	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	642	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	838	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	548	156.75/cwt	156.75–156.75	859	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	638	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	903	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	765	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	933	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	804	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	168.25/cwt	168.25–168.25	762	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	694	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	128.22/cwt	122.00–129.50	976	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	918	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	739	45
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	185.75/cwt	185.75–185.75	669	25
Steers	Small 1	—	547	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	760	5
Steers	Small 1	—	440	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	550	4
Steers	Small 1	—	368	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	456	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	524	121.25/cwt	121.25–121.25	635	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	453	135.20/cwt	132.00–135.50	612	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	742	111.25/cwt	111.25–111.25	825	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	532	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	652	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	541	122.95/cwt	120.00–123.00	665	61

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 Mar 2, 2020

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

Receipts 909Last week 1,104Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 291, Heifers 404, Bulls 214)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	765	115.00	115.00
5	—	547	139.00	139.00
4	—	440	125.00	125.00
3	—	368	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	545	152.00–156.50	156.33
32	—	641	148.50	148.50
41	—	453	168.25	168.25
14	—	377	184.00	184.00
6	—	761	122.00–129.50	128.22
2	—	675	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	436	148.00	148.00
3	—	520	148.50	148.50
3	—	340	160.00	160.00
2	—	642	130.50	130.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	548	156.75	156.75
9	—	638	141.50	141.50
1	—	765	122.00	122.00
1	—	560	143.50	143.50
45	—	445	166.00	166.00
25	—	360	185.75	185.75
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	455	126.00	126.00
7	—	357	124.00	124.00
4	—	635	104.50	104.50
10	—	532	122.50	122.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	636	118.75	118.75
62	—	445	129.00–133.00	132.94
5	—	740	111.50	111.50
16	—	365	138.00	138.00
61	—	541	120.00–123.00	122.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	631	112.00–115.00	114.59
22	—	537	131.00	131.00
42	—	361	146.25	146.25
59	—	453	132.00–135.50	135.20
2	—	742	111.25	111.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	97.00	97.00
20	—	357	142.25	142.25
34	—	437	137.75	137.75
17	—	524	121.25	121.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	618	135.50	135.50
15	—	337	179.50–181.50	181.10
20	—	415	162.25	162.25
21	—	562	143.25	143.25
35	—	487	143.00–150.75	150.53
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	133.00	133.00
27	—	415	165.75	165.75
3	—	360	175.00	175.00
18	—	561	145.50	145.50
20	—	491	152.00	152.00
23	—	345	183.50	183.50
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	127.00	127.00
7	—	410	135.00	135.00
2	—	357	135.00	135.00
10	—	493	132.50	132.50

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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