Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-07-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 246, Heifers 328, Bulls 126)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.05/cwt on 328 head.

Average price

$120.05

328 head · 520 lb average

Value per head Derived

$624

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$84

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$15.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.60

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	501	122.74	615	137
Medium and Large 3	489	119.56	585	41
Medium and Large 1	553	119.15	659	132
Small 1	495	107.28	531	18thin

One grade step is worth $15.46/cwt here — about $84 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 sale328 hd

120.05

—

VA average4 barns · 389 hd

118.45

+1.60

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

49 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	—	607	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	607	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	547	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	635	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	636	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	617	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	435	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	481	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	116.86/cwt	111.50–117.00	740	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	730	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	759	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	127.88/cwt	125.00–128.00	598	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	536	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	643	51
Heifers	Small 1	—	387	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	441	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	473	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	454	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	572	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	459	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	569	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	821	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	629	113.64/cwt	110.00–114.50	715	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	555	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	616	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	352	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	473	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	371	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	486	8
Heifers	Small 1	—	538	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	565	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	542	140.75/cwt	140.75–140.75	763	47
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	544	136.75/cwt	136.75–136.75	744	36
Steers	Small 1	—	440	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	543	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	928	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	448	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	634	29
Steers	Small 1	—	393	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	503	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	586	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	677	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	627	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	756	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	332	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	466	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	568	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	724	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	627	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	784	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	483	130.28/cwt	119.00–131.00	629	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	417	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	592	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	415	143.53/cwt	135.00–144.00	596	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	567	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	737	20
Bulls	Small 1	—	390	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	371	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	491	135.25/cwt	130.00–135.50	664	21
Bulls	Small 1	—	525	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	625	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	350	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	488	4
Steers	Small 1	—	535	113.79/cwt	107.00–116.00	609	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	435	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	518	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	651	142.68/cwt	139.50–142.75	929	50
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	631	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	705	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	839	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	855	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	565	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	695	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	621	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	832	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	542	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	453	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	566	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	517	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	139.75/cwt	139.75–139.75	650	18

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 Jul 6, 2020

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

Receipts 700Last week 1,177Year ago 1,143

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 246, Heifers 328, Bulls 126)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	607	100.00	100.00
6	—	435	110.50	110.50
2	—	387	114.00	114.00
8	—	538	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	547	116.00	116.00
40	—	633	111.50–117.00	116.86
27	—	468	125.00–128.00	127.88
5	—	367	129.00	129.00
2	—	720	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	636	97.00	97.00
2	—	730	104.00	104.00
19	—	459	124.00	124.00
9	—	555	111.00	111.00
8	—	371	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	536	120.00	120.00
51	—	454	126.00	126.00
21	—	629	110.00–114.50	113.64
14	—	352	134.50	134.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	542	140.75	140.75
19	—	731	127.00	127.00
50	—	651	139.50–142.75	142.68
1	—	770	111.00	111.00
3	—	375	144.50	144.50
18	—	465	139.75	139.75
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	544	136.75	136.75
29	—	448	141.50	141.50
1	—	705	119.00	119.00
11	—	621	134.00	134.00
13	—	367	141.00	141.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	440	123.50	123.50
3	—	393	128.00	128.00
4	—	535	107.00–116.00	113.79
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	119.00	119.00
1	—	530	119.00	119.00
2	—	565	123.00	123.00
3	—	453	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	586	115.50	115.50
1	—	390	95.00	95.00
1	—	525	119.00	119.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	627	120.50	120.50
13	—	568	127.50	127.50
16	—	483	119.00–131.00	130.28
19	—	415	135.00–144.00	143.53
4	—	350	139.50	139.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	332	140.50	140.50
7	—	627	125.00	125.00
8	—	417	142.00	142.00
20	—	567	130.00	130.00
21	—	491	130.00–135.50	135.25

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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