Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-05-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 394, Heifers 538, Bulls 303)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.28/cwt on 538 head.

Average price

$124.28

538 head · 490 lb average

Value per head Derived

$609

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$55

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$23.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.19

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	464	128.30	596	255
Medium and Large 3	445	121.56	541	92
Medium and Large 1	548	121.31	664	178
Small 1	515	105.08	541	13thin

One grade step is worth $23.23/cwt here — about $55 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 sale538 hd

124.28

—

VA average10 barns · 1,619 hd

121.09

+3.19

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

63 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	Medium and Large 3	—	347	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	448	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	720	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	713	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	536	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	632	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	547	122.75/cwt	122.75–122.75	671	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	102.83/cwt	100.50–103.50	761	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	536	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	358	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	397	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	446	121.66/cwt	114.00–122.00	543	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	667	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	667	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	362	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	500	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	741	103.50/cwt	103.50–103.50	767	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	114.24/cwt	114.00–114.25	728	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	687	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	145.06/cwt	136.00–145.25	669	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	806	2
Steers	Small 1	—	431	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	550	7
Steers	Small 1	—	550	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	671	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	541	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	679	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	671	56
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	157.25/cwt	157.25–157.25	579	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	662	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	794	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	641	127.25/cwt	127.25–127.25	816	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	548	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	595	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	782	1
Steers	Small 1	—	648	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	735	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	463	143.06/cwt	121.00–144.75	662	15
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	632	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	727	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	631	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	792	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	707	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	866	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	549	138.75/cwt	138.75–138.75	762	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	898	15
Steers	Small 1	—	735	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	849	5
Steers	Small 1	—	337	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	445	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	511	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	142.25/cwt	142.25–142.25	768	39
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	446	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	598	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	724	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	419	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	557	17
Bulls	Small 1	—	368	121.82/cwt	113.00–125.00	448	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	409	146.25/cwt	146.25–146.25	598	44
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	627	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	693	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	557	124.25/cwt	124.25–124.25	692	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	397	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	500	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	575	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	658	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	482	134.73/cwt	123.00–135.25	649	45
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	351	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	527	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	418	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	579	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	345	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	509	10
Bulls	Small 1	—	496	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	598	10
Bulls	Small 1	—	535	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	562	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	563	119.93/cwt	114.00–120.50	675	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	487	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	648	40
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	623	117.38/cwt	115.00–117.50	731	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	525	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	662	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	676	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	622	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	710	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	667	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	532	115.03/cwt	107.00–115.50	612	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	131.29/cwt	122.00–131.75	591	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	637	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	733	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	585	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	366	127.66/cwt	125.50–129.00	467	5
Heifers	Small 1	—	452	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	493	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	535	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	607	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 May 4, 2020

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

Receipts 1,235Last week 1,083Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 394, Heifers 538, Bulls 303)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	347	129.00	129.00
1	—	720	99.00	99.00
47	—	446	114.00–122.00	121.66
2	—	667	100.00	100.00
18	—	532	107.00–115.50	115.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	536	118.00	118.00
66	—	362	138.00	138.00
5	—	741	103.50	103.50
107	—	450	122.00–131.75	131.29
14	—	637	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	547	122.75	122.75
9	—	740	100.50–103.50	102.83
2	—	427	125.50	125.50
46	—	637	114.00–114.25	114.24
2	—	580	118.50	118.50
51	—	455	128.50	128.50
5	—	366	125.50–129.00	127.66
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	358	111.00	111.00
3	—	676	92.00	92.00
1	—	710	94.00	94.00
4	—	452	109.00	109.00
2	—	535	113.50	113.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	461	136.00–145.25	145.06
2	—	655	123.00	123.00
62	—	641	127.25	127.25
5	—	368	149.00	149.00
1	—	595	131.50	131.50
66	—	549	138.75	138.75
15	—	727	123.50	123.50
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	431	127.50	127.50
3	—	550	122.00	122.00
4	—	648	113.50	113.50
5	—	735	115.50	115.50
2	—	337	132.00	132.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	541	125.50	125.50
15	—	463	121.00–144.75	143.06
2	—	632	115.00	115.00
7	—	365	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	450	149.00	149.00
16	—	368	157.25	157.25
2	—	662	120.00	120.00
17	—	631	125.50	125.50
2	—	707	122.50	122.50
39	—	540	142.25	142.25
3	—	446	134.00	134.00
1	—	570	127.00	127.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	419	133.00	133.00
4	—	368	113.00–125.00	121.82
9	—	575	114.50	114.50
10	—	496	120.50	120.50
1	—	535	105.00	105.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	409	146.25	146.25
7	—	627	110.50	110.50
45	—	482	123.00–135.25	134.73
21	—	351	150.00	150.00
23	—	563	114.00–120.50	119.93
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	557	124.25	124.25
2	—	397	126.00	126.00
27	—	418	138.50	138.50
10	—	345	147.50	147.50
40	—	487	133.00	133.00
20	—	623	115.00–117.50	117.38
1	—	525	126.00	126.00

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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