Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-04-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 177, Heifers 301, Bulls 181)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.86/cwt on 301 head.

Average price

$125.86

301 head · 474 lb average

Value per head Derived

$596

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$94

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$20.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.55

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	457	129.80	594	127
Medium and Large 3	441	126.91	559	60
Medium and Large 1	516	122.50	633	100
Small 1	456	109.75	500	14thin

One grade step is worth $20.05/cwt here — about $94 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 sale301 hd

125.86

—

VA average8 barns · 1,260 hd

117.32

+8.55

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

52 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	—	555	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	544	3
Steers	Small 1	—	640	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	704	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	448	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	652	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	643	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	836	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	855	16
Steers	Small 1	—	435	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	557	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	430	136.46/cwt	129.00–137.00	587	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	615	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	689	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	353	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	417	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	360	135.19/cwt	123.00–136.00	487	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	750	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	683	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	537	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	663	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	540	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	697	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	444	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	566	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	463	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	535	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	359	135.25/cwt	135.25–135.25	486	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	770	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	724	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	454	127.19/cwt	122.50–127.50	577	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	700	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	429	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	495	7
Heifers	Small 1	—	650	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	520	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	118.12/cwt	101.00–120.00	626	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	132.25/cwt	132.25–132.25	602	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	699	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	542	123.25/cwt	123.25–123.25	668	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	464	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	533	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	693	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	140.40/cwt	135.00–141.00	505	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	454	143.79/cwt	138.00–144.00	653	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	148.65/cwt	136.00–149.50	825	17
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	360	139.56/cwt	134.00–141.00	502	5
Steers	Small 1	—	375	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	491	1
Steers	Small 1	—	556	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	639	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	894	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	547	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	818	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	361	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	523	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	633	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	741	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	490	135.18/cwt	130.00–136.00	662	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	563	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	766	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	416	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	609	39
Bulls	Small 1	—	565	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	644	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	358	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	480	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	413	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	566	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	608	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	742	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	340	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	490	24
Bulls	Small 1	—	433	119.99/cwt	119.00–121.00	520	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	571	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	779	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	505	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	657	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	484	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	653	18
Bulls	Small 1	—	350	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	452	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	492	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	610	4

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 Apr 6, 2020

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

Receipts 659Last week 919Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 177, Heifers 301, Bulls 181)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	555	98.00	98.00
3	—	353	118.00	118.00
7	—	429	115.50	115.50
1	—	650	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	360	123.00–136.00	135.19
1	—	750	91.00	91.00
29	—	444	127.50	127.50
3	—	463	115.50	115.50
10	—	530	101.00–120.00	118.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	537	123.50	123.50
1	—	425	127.00	127.00
34	—	359	135.25	135.25
1	—	770	94.00	94.00
58	—	455	132.25	132.25
6	—	635	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	631	110.50	110.50
34	—	454	122.50–127.50	127.19
1	—	700	100.00	100.00
45	—	542	123.25	123.25
6	—	380	122.00	122.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	640	110.00	110.00
3	—	435	128.00	128.00
1	—	375	131.00	131.00
5	—	556	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	448	145.50	145.50
3	—	643	130.00	130.00
17	—	555	136.00–149.50	148.65
13	—	361	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	636	134.50	134.50
11	—	360	135.00–141.00	140.40
29	—	454	138.00–144.00	143.79
3	—	736	121.50	121.50
26	—	547	149.50	149.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	430	129.00–137.00	136.46
1	—	615	112.00	112.00
5	—	533	130.00	130.00
5	—	360	134.00–141.00	139.56
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	633	117.00	117.00
29	—	490	130.00–136.00	135.18
3	—	358	134.00	134.00
22	—	413	137.00	137.00
15	—	571	136.50	136.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	563	136.00	136.00
39	—	416	146.50	146.50
4	—	608	122.00	122.00
24	—	340	144.00	144.00
2	—	505	130.00	130.00
18	—	484	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	565	114.00	114.00
2	—	433	119.00–121.00	119.99
2	—	350	129.00	129.00
4	—	492	124.00	124.00

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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