Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-05-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle 731 (Steers 310, Heifers 333, Bulls 88)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.57/cwt on 333 head.

Average price

$127.57

333 head · 508 lb average

Value per head Derived

$648

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$44

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Small 1

$18.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.85

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	448	131.38	588	70
Medium and Large 2	500	130.26	652	120
Medium and Large 1	553	125.12	692	123
Small 1	481	113.08	544	20

One grade step is worth $18.31/cwt here — about $44 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 sale333 hd

127.57

—

VA average9 barns · 1,045 hd

126.72

+0.85

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

55 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	562	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	742	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	496	134.28/cwt	128.00–135.50	666	6
Bulls	Small 1	—	570	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	690	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	616	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	621	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	767	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	490	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	666	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	573	130.05/cwt	127.50–130.50	745	7
Bulls	Small 1	—	455	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	587	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	385	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	516	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	450	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	601	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	643	138.25/cwt	138.25–138.25	889	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	126.18/cwt	118.00–126.50	924	27
Steers	Small 1	—	325	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	416	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	454	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	667	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	134.25/cwt	134.25–134.25	854	58
Steers	Small 1	—	480	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	552	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	544	147.04/cwt	134.00–147.50	800	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	549	150.25/cwt	150.25–150.25	825	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	525	2
Steers	Small 1	—	640	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	736	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	510	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	658	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	400	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	576	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	756	2
Steers	Small 1	—	521	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	672	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	615	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	787	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	887	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	858	2
Steers	Small 1	—	445	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	563	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	382	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	512	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	520	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	688	27
Heifers	Small 1	—	387	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	484	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	537	129.57/cwt	122.50–130.00	696	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	619	33
Heifers	Small 1	—	542	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	621	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	720	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	720	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	548	127.25/cwt	127.25–127.25	697	55
Heifers	Small 1	—	460	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	506	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	635	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	654	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	727	103.50/cwt	103.50–103.50	752	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	535	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	629	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	744	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	353	138.02/cwt	121.00–139.00	487	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	506	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	707	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	443	136.41/cwt	120.00–138.00	604	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	456	132.81/cwt	123.50–133.25	606	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	736	30
Bulls	Small 1	—	530	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	604	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	628	123.25/cwt	123.25–123.25	774	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	360	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	540	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	317	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	396	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	343	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	513	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	426	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	611	5
Bulls	Small 1	—	413	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	541	3

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 25, 2020

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

Receipts 731Last week 804Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle 731 (Steers 310, Heifers 333, Bulls 88)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	562	132.00	132.00
11	—	425	145.00	145.00
16	—	490	136.00	136.00
1	—	385	134.00	134.00
5	—	628	123.25	123.25
7	—	343	149.50	149.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	496	128.00–135.50	134.28
6	—	621	123.50	123.50
7	—	573	127.50–130.50	130.05
2	—	360	150.00	150.00
5	—	426	143.50	143.50
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	570	121.00	121.00
1	—	455	129.00	129.00
1	—	530	114.00	114.00
2	—	317	125.00	125.00
3	—	413	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	450	133.50	133.50
1	—	510	129.00	129.00
1	—	615	128.00	128.00
2	—	382	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	643	138.25	138.25
27	—	454	147.00	147.00
27	—	544	134.00–147.50	147.04
1	—	400	144.00	144.00
4	—	730	121.50	121.50
7	—	340	153.00	153.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	732	118.00–126.50	126.18
58	—	636	134.25	134.25
87	—	549	150.25	150.25
2	—	362	145.00	145.00
2	—	560	135.00	135.00
2	—	660	130.00	130.00
27	—	465	148.00	148.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	128.00	128.00
1	—	480	115.00	115.00
1	—	640	115.00	115.00
3	—	521	129.00	129.00
6	—	445	126.50	126.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	387	125.00	125.00
7	—	542	114.50	114.50
11	—	460	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	537	122.50–130.00	129.57
2	—	727	103.50	103.50
10	—	625	119.00	119.00
12	—	368	137.50	137.50
45	—	456	123.50–133.25	132.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	460	134.50	134.50
55	—	548	127.25	127.25
5	—	725	97.50	97.50
30	—	637	115.50	115.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	100.00	100.00
3	—	635	103.00	103.00
13	—	535	117.50	117.50
19	—	353	121.00–139.00	138.02
34	—	443	120.00–138.00	136.41

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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