Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-07-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 289, Heifers 278, Bulls 106)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $136.55/cwt on 289 head.

Average price

$136.55

289 head · 582 lb average

Value per head Derived

$795

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$122

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$21.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.25

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	505	140.91	712	74
Medium and Large 1	615	135.85	835	204
Medium and Large 3	488	121.20	591	5thin
Small 1	495	119.33	590	6thin

One grade step is worth $21.57/cwt here — about $122 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 sale289 hd

136.55

—

VA average7 barns · 868 hd

132.29

+4.25

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

52 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	—	620	96.50/cwt	96.00–97.00	598	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	343	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	557	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	421	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	608	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	481	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	635	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	566	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	716	10
Bulls	Small 1	—	365	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	409	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	490	128.96/cwt	122.00–129.50	632	14
Bulls	Small 1	—	440	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	539	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	636	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	763	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	634	113.17/cwt	108.00–113.50	717	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	720	24
Heifers	Small 1	—	380	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	422	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	454	130.25/cwt	130.25–130.25	591	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	656	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	601	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	547	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	659	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	515	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	501	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	446	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	468	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	632	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	648	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	551	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	625	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	731	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	577	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	635	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	359	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	479	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	751	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	789	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	748	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	808	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	342	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	547	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	417	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	605	12
Bulls	Small 1	—	497	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	594	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	625	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	722	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	559	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	716	10
Bulls	Small 1	—	553	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	647	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	542	140.43/cwt	130.00–140.75	761	33
Steers	Small 1	—	447	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	539	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	140.13/cwt	131.50–140.50	642	26
Steers	Small 1	—	590	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	690	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	627	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	818	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	475	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	580	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	549	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	769	65
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	356	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	566	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	605	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	696	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	124.78/cwt	116.00–125.00	923	40
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	873	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	510	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	622	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	700	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	134.80/cwt	127.00–135.00	867	78
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	469	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	743	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	461	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	579	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	127.91/cwt	120.50–128.50	586	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	349	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	492	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	534	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	601	11

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 20, 2020

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

Receipts 673Last week 1,042Year ago 559

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 289, Heifers 278, Bulls 106)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	620	96.00–97.00	96.50
1	—	380	111.00	111.00
4	—	446	105.00	105.00
4	—	577	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	634	108.00–113.50	113.17
46	—	454	130.25	130.25
48	—	547	120.50	120.50
2	—	435	118.50	118.50
3	—	551	113.50	113.50
4	—	751	105.00	105.00
12	—	349	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	637	113.00	113.00
49	—	554	118.50	118.50
1	—	525	114.50	114.50
2	—	362	138.50	138.50
2	—	677	108.00	108.00
3	—	748	108.00	108.00
14	—	458	120.50–128.50	127.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	632	102.50	102.50
10	—	359	133.50	133.50
18	—	461	125.50	125.50
11	—	534	112.50	112.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	343	162.50	162.50
19	—	481	132.00	132.00
3	—	636	120.00	120.00
12	—	417	145.00	145.00
10	—	559	128.00	128.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	421	144.50	144.50
10	—	566	126.50	126.50
14	—	490	122.00–129.50	128.96
4	—	342	160.00	160.00
3	—	625	115.50	115.50
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	112.00	112.00
2	—	440	122.50	122.50
4	—	497	119.50	119.50
3	—	553	117.00	117.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	542	130.00–140.75	140.43
26	—	458	131.50–140.50	140.13
7	—	627	130.50	130.50
7	—	356	159.00	159.00
1	—	710	123.00	123.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	447	120.50	120.50
2	—	590	117.00	117.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	122.00	122.00
1	—	605	115.00	115.00
1	—	510	122.00	122.00
1	—	375	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	549	140.00	140.00
40	—	740	116.00–125.00	124.78
20	—	470	149.00	149.00
78	—	643	127.00–135.00	134.80
1	—	585	127.00	127.00

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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