Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-05-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 257, Heifers 342, Bulls 205)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.79/cwt on 342 head.

Average price

$130.79

342 head · 506 lb average

Value per head Derived

$661

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$39

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$19.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.53

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	468	135.86	635	145
Medium and Large 3	429	135.12	579	45
Medium and Large 1	568	125.27	712	142
Small 1	515	116.00	597	10thin

One grade step is worth $19.86/cwt here — about $39 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 sale342 hd

130.79

—

VA average10 barns · 1,712 hd

126.26

+4.53

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

54 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 1	—	378	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	510	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	481	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	563	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	665	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	658	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	731	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	768	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	651	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	729	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	563	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	664	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	529	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	600	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	632	116.35/cwt	109.00–117.00	735	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	548	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	652	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	431	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	588	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	745	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	894	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	559	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	534	125.33/cwt	117.00–127.00	669	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	647	134.80/cwt	133.00–135.00	872	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	732	3
Steers	Small 1	—	515	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	667	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	364	156.86/cwt	145.00–159.00	571	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	891	3
Steers	Small 1	—	435	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	581	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	444	149.91/cwt	147.50–150.00	666	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	699	24
Steers	Small 1	—	637	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	733	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	548	141.75/cwt	141.75–141.75	777	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	136.73/cwt	136.50–136.75	868	44
Steers	Small 1	—	365	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	471	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	373	129.44/cwt	126.00–131.00	483	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	143.25/cwt	143.25–143.25	794	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	347	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	496	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	128.60/cwt	125.00–129.00	688	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	752	99.50/cwt	99.50–99.50	748	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	440	138.85/cwt	132.00–139.50	611	22
Bulls	Small 1	—	420	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	504	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	565	126.25/cwt	126.25–126.25	713	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	371	149.77/cwt	147.00–150.50	556	5
Bulls	Small 1	—	484	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	607	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	413	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	613	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	420	141.75/cwt	141.75–141.75	595	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	338	157.53/cwt	155.00–158.00	532	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	621	118.25/cwt	118.25–118.25	734	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	485	136.45/cwt	126.00–136.75	662	36
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	491	133.45/cwt	130.00–133.75	655	24
Bulls	Small 1	—	375	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	458	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	568	123.99/cwt	116.00–124.50	704	34
Bulls	Small 1	—	543	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	652	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	616	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	724	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	145.75/cwt	145.75–145.75	525	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	621	20
Heifers	Small 1	—	382	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	491	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	444	139.72/cwt	130.00–140.00	620	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	758	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	572	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	625	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	619	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	380	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	494	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	712	69

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 18, 2020

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

Receipts 804Last week 817Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 257, Heifers 342, Bulls 205)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	378	135.00	135.00
3	—	651	112.00	112.00
5	—	548	119.00	119.00
9	—	752	99.50	99.50
20	—	460	135.00	135.00
32	—	640	118.50	118.50
1	—	440	130.00	130.00
69	—	550	129.50	129.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	481	117.00	117.00
3	—	563	118.00	118.00
2	—	382	128.50	128.50
2	—	625	99.00	99.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	99.00	99.00
7	—	529	113.50	113.50
14	—	347	143.00	143.00
22	—	440	132.00–139.50	138.85
1	—	380	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	731	105.00	105.00
12	—	632	109.00–117.00	116.35
30	—	535	125.00–129.00	128.60
32	—	360	145.75	145.75
67	—	444	130.00–140.00	139.72
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	431	136.50	136.50
6	—	534	117.00–127.00	125.33
3	—	373	126.00–131.00	129.44
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	745	120.00	120.00
10	—	647	133.00–135.00	134.80
13	—	364	145.00–159.00	156.86
26	—	444	147.50–150.00	149.91
30	—	548	141.75	141.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	380	147.00	147.00
3	—	536	136.50	136.50
3	—	710	125.50	125.50
24	—	469	149.00	149.00
44	—	635	136.50–136.75	136.73
79	—	554	143.25	143.25
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	129.50	129.50
2	—	435	133.50	133.50
2	—	637	115.00	115.00
3	—	365	129.00	129.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	420	120.00	120.00
8	—	484	125.50	125.50
1	—	375	122.00	122.00
3	—	543	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	565	126.25	126.25
21	—	413	148.50	148.50
26	—	338	155.00–158.00	157.53
36	—	485	126.00–136.75	136.45
6	—	616	117.50	117.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	371	147.00–150.50	149.77
12	—	420	141.75	141.75
12	—	621	118.25	118.25
24	—	491	130.00–133.75	133.45
34	—	568	116.00–124.50	123.99

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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