Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-04-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 129, Heifers 157, Bulls 59)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.20/cwt on 157 head.

Average price

$122.20

157 head · 495 lb average

Value per head Derived

$605

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$68

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Small 1

$14.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.74

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	441	126.50	558	36
Medium and Large 2	485	125.38	608	53
Medium and Large 1	550	118.51	652	57
Small 1	438	112.00	490	11thin

One grade step is worth $14.50/cwt here — about $68 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 sale157 hd

122.20

—

VA average10 barns · 1,336 hd

117.46

+4.74

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

47 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	—	550	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	567	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	572	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	766	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	556	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	756	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	418	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	600	11
Bulls	Small 1	—	420	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	496	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	637	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	764	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	493	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	680	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	490	139.02/cwt	130.00–140.00	681	10
Bulls	Small 1	—	525	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	625	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	375	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	488	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	419	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	553	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	348	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	466	4
Bulls	Small 1	—	350	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	406	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	715	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	626	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	129.06/cwt	125.50–130.25	568	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	560	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	664	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	798	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	668	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	350	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	450	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	605	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	635	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	446	130.75/cwt	130.75–130.75	583	14
Heifers	Small 1	—	438	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	499	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	446	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	561	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	732	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	124.75/cwt	124.75–124.75	686	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	351	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	451	13
Heifers	Small 1	—	363	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	414	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	130.47/cwt	129.00–132.00	493	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	551	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	802	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	400	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	528	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	637	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	637	6
Steers	Small 1	—	575	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	719	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	742	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	928	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	416	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	506	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	560	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	739	5
Steers	Small 1	—	330	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	406	1
Steers	Small 1	—	452	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	560	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	139.22/cwt	134.00–140.00	640	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	134.75/cwt	134.75–134.75	865	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	848	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	553	146.27/cwt	136.00–147.00	809	15
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	357	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	505	7
Steers	Small 1	—	640	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	710	1

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 13, 2020

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

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State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 129, Heifers 157, Bulls 59)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	550	103.00	103.00
6	—	438	114.00	114.00
3	—	363	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	633	113.00	113.00
7	—	775	103.00	103.00
22	—	545	122.50	122.50
5	—	372	120.00	120.00
14	—	456	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	522	120.00	120.00
16	—	440	125.50–130.25	129.06
11	—	350	128.50	128.50
6	—	645	113.50	113.50
18	—	550	124.75	124.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	560	118.50	118.50
1	—	605	105.00	105.00
14	—	446	130.75	130.75
13	—	351	128.50	128.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	572	134.00	134.00
2	—	637	120.00	120.00
10	—	493	138.00	138.00
2	—	375	130.00	130.00
8	—	419	132.00	132.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	556	136.00	136.00
11	—	418	143.50	143.50
10	—	490	130.00–140.00	139.02
4	—	348	134.00	134.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	118.00	118.00
1	—	525	119.00	119.00
1	—	350	116.00	116.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	378	129.00–132.00	130.47
20	—	551	145.50	145.50
11	—	742	125.00	125.00
8	—	460	134.00–140.00	139.22
21	—	642	134.75	134.75
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	132.00	132.00
14	—	450	141.50	141.50
1	—	320	130.00	130.00
10	—	365	138.50	138.50
3	—	628	135.00	135.00
15	—	553	136.00–147.00	146.27
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	465	137.00	137.00
5	—	560	132.00	132.00
7	—	357	141.50	141.50
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	125.00	125.00
1	—	330	123.00	123.00
2	—	452	124.00	124.00
1	—	640	111.00	111.00

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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