Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-03-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 134, Heifers 207, Bulls 117)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.87/cwt on 207 head.

Average price

$128.87

207 head · 484 lb average

Value per head Derived

$623

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Small 1

$17.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.01

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	439	133.46	586	27
Medium and Large 2	464	132.59	616	85
Medium and Large 1	515	124.72	642	90
Small 1	505	115.60	584	5thin

One grade step is worth $17.86/cwt here — about $2 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 sale207 hd

128.87

—

VA average10 barns · 1,065 hd

123.86

+5.01

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

45 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	Medium and Large 1	—	785	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	926	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	541	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	839	36
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	537	153.94/cwt	147.50–156.00	827	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	352	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	510	2
Steers	Small 1	—	387	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	464	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	510	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	157.07/cwt	147.50–159.25	715	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	897	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	453	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	736	15
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	466	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	718	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	905	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	735	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	900	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	366	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	620	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	532	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	755	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	347	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	527	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	417	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	676	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	485	153.75/cwt	153.75–153.75	746	13
Bulls	Small 1	—	410	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	529	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	635	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	756	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	486	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	734	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	551	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	760	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	422	168.75/cwt	168.75–168.75	712	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	505	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	687	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	576	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	786	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	395	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	612	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	345	170.23/cwt	140.00–172.00	587	16
Bulls	Small 1	—	347	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	434	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	361	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	469	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	129.99/cwt	125.50–130.25	599	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	690	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	453	137.38/cwt	128.00–138.75	622	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	356	138.84/cwt	132.00–140.00	494	7
Heifers	Small 1	—	440	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	557	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	739	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	542	124.40/cwt	123.50–124.50	674	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	707	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	124.40/cwt	124.00–124.50	658	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	511	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	634	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	610	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	604	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	114.46/cwt	106.00–116.00	725	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	723	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	351	139.75/cwt	139.75–139.75	491	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	610	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	653	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	435	137.25/cwt	125.00–139.25	597	14
Heifers	Small 1	—	517	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	584	2

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 23, 2020

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

Receipts 458Last week 688Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 134, Heifers 207, Bulls 117)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	785	118.00	118.00
36	—	541	155.00	155.00
1	—	340	150.00	150.00
22	—	455	147.50–159.25	157.07
12	—	637	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	537	147.50–156.00	153.94
2	—	650	138.00	138.00
15	—	453	162.50	162.50
1	—	735	122.50	122.50
14	—	366	169.50	169.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	352	145.00	145.00
10	—	466	154.00	154.00
4	—	532	142.00	142.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	387	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	347	152.00	152.00
18	—	417	162.00	162.00
2	—	635	119.00	119.00
16	—	486	151.00	151.00
1	—	505	136.00	136.00
8	—	576	136.50	136.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	485	153.75	153.75
8	—	551	138.00	138.00
23	—	422	168.75	168.75
1	—	395	155.00	155.00
16	—	345	140.00–172.00	170.23
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	410	129.00	129.00
4	—	347	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	361	130.00	130.00
36	—	461	125.50–130.25	129.99
4	—	721	102.50	102.50
29	—	542	123.50–124.50	124.40
13	—	633	106.00–116.00	114.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	633	109.00	109.00
41	—	453	128.00–138.75	137.38
2	—	680	104.00	104.00
20	—	529	124.00–124.50	124.40
1	—	730	99.00	99.00
18	—	351	139.75	139.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	356	132.00–140.00	138.84
4	—	511	124.00	124.00
2	—	610	107.00	107.00
14	—	435	125.00–139.25	137.25
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	440	126.50	126.50
1	—	610	99.00	99.00
2	—	517	113.00	113.00

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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