Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-03-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 282, Heifers 457, Bulls 255)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.85/cwt on 457 head.

Average price

$125.85

457 head · 469 lb average

Value per head Derived

$591

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$16

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Small 1

$18.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.54

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	425	131.14	557	73
Medium and Large 2	459	128.94	592	168
Medium and Large 1	494	123.12	609	186
Small 1	481	112.58	541	30

One grade step is worth $18.56/cwt here — about $16 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 sale457 hd

125.85

—

VA average11 barns · 2,558 hd

125.31

+0.54

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

54 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	—	448	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	515	12
Bulls	Small 1	—	415	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	531	7
Steers	Small 1	—	469	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	565	5
Steers	Small 1	—	600	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	684	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	537	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	728	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	454	167.75/cwt	167.75–167.75	762	32
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	646	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	888	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	452	164.53/cwt	148.00–165.50	744	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	893	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	730	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	642	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	543	115.75/cwt	115.75–115.75	629	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	135.18/cwt	128.00–135.75	480	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	577	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	657	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	777	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	615	99.50/cwt	99.50–99.50	612	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	433	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	582	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	447	132.75/cwt	132.75–132.75	593	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	632	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	743	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	448	128.66/cwt	121.50–128.75	576	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	112.25/cwt	112.25–112.25	708	24
Heifers	Small 1	—	346	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	396	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	136.44/cwt	126.00–136.75	498	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	690	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	683	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	649	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	721	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	786	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	353	127.87/cwt	125.00–128.00	451	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	597	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	550	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	635	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	414	153.14/cwt	142.00–153.75	634	40
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	567	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	768	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	416	150.66/cwt	141.00–152.00	627	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	628	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	779	8
Bulls	Small 1	—	485	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	599	7
Bulls	Small 1	—	320	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	400	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	333	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	556	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	486	143.30/cwt	133.00–143.75	696	49
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	351	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	569	20
Bulls	Small 1	—	551	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	658	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	487	142.33/cwt	126.00–143.00	693	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	622	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	799	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	563	133.92/cwt	121.00–134.50	754	23
Steers	Small 1	—	507	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	619	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	360	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	583	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	620	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	750	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	351	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	614	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	148.52/cwt	140.00–149.00	801	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	915	21
Steers	Small 1	—	365	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	438	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	450	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	630	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	760	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	836	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	539	151.31/cwt	146.50–151.50	816	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	624	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	356	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	570	24

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 9, 2020

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

Receipts 994Last week 909Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 282, Heifers 457, Bulls 255)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	448	115.00	115.00
1	—	730	88.00	88.00
3	—	615	99.50	99.50
6	—	346	114.50	114.50
8	—	550	115.50	115.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	543	115.75	115.75
20	—	433	134.50	134.50
37	—	365	126.00–136.75	136.44
1	—	690	99.00	99.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	355	128.00–135.75	135.18
4	—	460	125.50	125.50
57	—	447	132.75	132.75
21	—	632	117.50	117.50
26	—	545	119.00	119.00
3	—	721	109.00	109.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	552	119.00	119.00
4	—	726	107.00	107.00
78	—	448	121.50–128.75	128.66
24	—	631	112.25	112.25
26	—	353	125.00–128.00	127.87
1	—	540	110.50	110.50
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	415	128.00	128.00
7	—	485	123.50	123.50
2	—	320	125.00	125.00
3	—	551	119.50	119.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	414	142.00–153.75	153.14
17	—	567	135.50	135.50
18	—	333	167.00	167.00
24	—	487	126.00–143.00	142.33
5	—	622	128.50	128.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	416	141.00–152.00	150.66
8	—	628	124.00	124.00
49	—	486	133.00–143.75	143.30
20	—	351	162.00	162.00
23	—	563	121.00–134.50	133.92
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	469	120.50	120.50
1	—	600	114.00	114.00
2	—	507	122.00	122.00
4	—	365	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	537	135.50	135.50
8	—	360	162.00	162.00
1	—	620	121.00	121.00
10	—	450	140.00	140.00
1	—	760	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	454	167.75	167.75
5	—	646	137.50	137.50
21	—	351	175.00	175.00
26	—	539	146.50–151.50	151.31
1	—	430	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	452	148.00–165.50	164.53
4	—	750	119.00	119.00
56	—	539	140.00–149.00	148.52
21	—	642	142.50	142.50
24	—	356	160.00	160.00

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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