Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-03-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 195, Heifers 300, Bulls 193)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.45/cwt on 300 head.

Average price

$116.45

300 head · 482 lb average

Value per head Derived

$561

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$65

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$15.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.05

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	119.12	562	118
Medium and Large 3	453	118.01	535	56
Medium and Large 1	511	115.88	592	100
Small 1	481	103.20	497	26

One grade step is worth $15.92/cwt here — about $65 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 sale300 hd

116.45

—

VA average10 barns · 1,534 hd

116.50

−0.05

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

57 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	—	463	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	574	5
Steers	Small 1	—	365	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	438	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	610	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	726	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	419	139.82/cwt	130.00–140.75	586	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	621	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	708	6
Bulls	Small 1	—	320	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	365	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	411	142.61/cwt	126.00–143.25	586	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	570	129.25/cwt	129.25–129.25	737	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	486	140.61/cwt	134.00–141.00	683	36
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	335	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	492	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	552	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	607	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	535	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	364	121.75/cwt	121.75–121.75	443	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	449	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	557	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	102.75/cwt	102.75–102.75	653	12
Heifers	Small 1	—	450	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	495	10
Heifers	Small 1	—	581	98.50/cwt	98.50–98.50	572	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	347	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	411	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	720	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	648	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	631	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	735	94.50/cwt	94.50–94.50	695	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	366	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	437	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	590	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	620	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	625	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	531	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	445	125.71/cwt	113.00–126.25	559	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	645	100.50/cwt	100.50–100.50	648	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	439	124.42/cwt	110.00–126.00	546	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	103.50/cwt	103.50–103.50	655	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	632	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	742	95.50/cwt	95.50–95.50	709	10
Steers	Small 1	—	627	106.50/cwt	106.50–106.50	668	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	549	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	708	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	451	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	665	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	643	134.75/cwt	134.75–134.75	866	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	673	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	116.75/cwt	116.75–116.75	855	5
Steers	Small 1	—	583	120.15/cwt	103.00–129.00	700	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	437	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	570	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	645	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	713	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	353	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	528	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	542	143.29/cwt	140.25–143.75	777	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	357	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	518	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	378	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	495	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	786	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	573	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	137.25/cwt	137.25–137.25	877	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	575	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	347	110.25/cwt	110.25–110.25	383	7
Heifers	Small 1	—	715	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	651	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	411	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	493	7
Bulls	Small 1	—	530	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	615	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	334	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	496	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	540	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	632	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	558	130.25/cwt	130.25–130.25	727	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	540	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	621	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	475	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	556	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	482	136.75/cwt	136.75–136.75	659	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 16, 2020

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

Receipts 688Last week 994Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 195, Heifers 300, Bulls 193)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	463	124.00	124.00
1	—	365	120.00	120.00
2	—	627	106.50	106.50
3	—	583	103.00–129.00	120.15
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	549	129.00	129.00
6	—	437	130.50	130.50
3	—	645	110.50	110.50
4	—	378	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	451	147.50	147.50
8	—	643	134.75	134.75
14	—	353	149.50	149.50
15	—	533	147.50	147.50
2	—	415	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	456	147.50	147.50
5	—	732	116.75	116.75
37	—	542	140.25–143.75	143.29
8	—	357	145.00	145.00
23	—	639	137.25	137.25
3	—	426	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	119.00	119.00
29	—	411	126.00–143.25	142.61
10	—	570	129.25	129.25
21	—	334	148.50	148.50
1	—	540	117.00	117.00
24	—	482	136.75	136.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	419	130.00–140.75	139.82
6	—	621	114.00	114.00
36	—	486	134.00–141.00	140.61
8	—	335	147.00	147.00
16	—	558	130.25	130.25
1	—	540	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	320	114.00	114.00
7	—	411	120.00	120.00
1	—	530	116.00	116.00
3	—	475	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	552	110.00	110.00
1	—	530	101.00	101.00
17	—	347	118.50	118.50
1	—	720	90.00	90.00
23	—	445	113.00–126.25	125.71
3	—	645	100.50	100.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	364	121.75	121.75
31	—	535	118.00	118.00
1	—	735	94.50	94.50
40	—	439	110.00–126.00	124.42
15	—	633	103.50	103.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	449	124.00	124.00
12	—	636	102.75	102.75
19	—	366	119.50	119.50
1	—	590	105.00	105.00
28	—	536	118.00	118.00
10	—	742	95.50	95.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	450	110.00	110.00
3	—	581	98.50	98.50
5	—	625	85.00	85.00
7	—	347	110.25	110.25
1	—	715	91.00	91.00

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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