Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-08-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 450, Heifers 633, Bulls 226)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.78/cwt on 628 head.

Average price

$125.78

628 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$674

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$76

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$8.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.07

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	514	130.04	669	243
Medium and Large 1	565	123.40	697	310
Small 1	471	121.85	574	13thin
Medium and Large 3	487	121.76	593	62

One grade step is worth $8.27/cwt here — about $76 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 sale628 hd

125.78

—

VA average7 barns · 1,466 hd

123.71

+2.07

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

53 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	Small 1	—	495	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	569	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	372	121.98/cwt	111.00–128.00	454	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	418	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	518	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	563	129.02/cwt	121.00–129.50	726	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	340	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	612	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	561	128.48/cwt	124.00–128.75	721	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	493	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	693	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	610	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	753	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	510	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	643	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	409	152.54/cwt	144.00–153.00	624	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	489	136.12/cwt	128.00–136.50	666	43
Bulls	Small 1	—	545	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	649	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	339	181.67/cwt	178.00–182.00	616	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	627	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	765	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	419	153.86/cwt	145.00–154.75	645	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	641	120.09/cwt	113.00–120.41	770	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	745	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	827	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	141.25/cwt	141.25–141.25	516	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	115.89/cwt	114.00–116.00	736	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	134.68/cwt	126.00–135.00	613	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	139.75/cwt	139.75–139.75	517	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	737	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	851	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	715	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	715	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	381	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	518	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	640	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	701	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	129.38/cwt	126.00–129.75	598	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	136.00/cwt	131.50–136.25	751	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	131.20/cwt	128.75–131.34	838	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	150.25/cwt	150.25–150.25	693	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	126.45/cwt	117.00–127.50	921	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	357	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	639	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	623	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	548	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	666	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	385	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	556	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	620	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	716	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	548	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	751	63
Steers	Small 1	—	602	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	692	2
Steers	Small 1	—	410	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	525	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	453	139.75/cwt	139.75–139.75	633	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	448	148.75/cwt	148.75–148.75	666	47
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	639	129.26/cwt	129.25–129.50	826	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	618	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	738	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	919	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	451	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	643	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	745	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	365	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	438	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	535	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	631	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	335	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	409	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	543	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	706	85
Heifers	Small 1	—	453	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	566	8
Heifers	Small 1	—	533	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	618	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	122.77/cwt	118.00–123.00	678	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	447	123.91/cwt	114.00–125.00	554	29

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 Aug 3, 2020

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

Receipts 1,309Last week 889Year ago 1,249

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 450, Heifers 633, Bulls 226)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	115.00	115.00
3	—	372	111.00–128.00	121.98
4	—	418	124.00	124.00
1	—	545	119.00	119.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	563	121.00–129.50	129.02
35	—	493	140.50	140.50
1	—	510	126.00	126.00
12	—	339	178.00–182.00	181.67
13	—	627	122.00	122.00
23	—	419	145.00–154.75	153.86
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	340	180.00	180.00
18	—	561	124.00–128.75	128.48
3	—	610	123.50	123.50
20	—	409	144.00–153.00	152.54
43	—	489	128.00–136.50	136.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	641	113.00–120.41	120.09
8	—	370	139.75	139.75
16	—	737	115.50	115.50
64	—	462	126.00–129.75	129.38
130	—	552	118.00–123.00	122.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	745	111.00	111.00
25	—	365	141.25	141.25
35	—	635	114.00–116.00	115.89
88	—	455	126.00–135.00	134.68
85	—	543	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	100.00	100.00
8	—	381	136.00	136.00
8	—	640	109.50	109.50
15	—	535	118.00	118.00
1	—	335	122.00	122.00
29	—	447	114.00–125.00	123.91
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	120.00	120.00
8	—	453	125.00	125.00
4	—	533	116.00	116.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
94	—	552	131.50–136.25	136.00
92	—	639	128.75–131.34	131.20
46	—	461	150.25	150.25
39	—	728	117.00–127.50	126.45
2	—	357	179.00	179.00
1	—	445	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	548	121.50	121.50
2	—	385	144.50	144.50
1	—	620	115.50	115.50
10	—	453	139.75	139.75
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	548	137.00	137.00
47	—	448	148.75	148.75
23	—	639	129.25–129.50	129.26
9	—	367	168.50	168.50
8	—	738	124.50	124.50
3	—	451	142.50	142.50
1	—	575	129.50	129.50
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	602	115.00	115.00
1	—	410	128.00	128.00

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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