Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-08-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 318, Heifers 508, Bulls 202)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.38/cwt on 508 head.

Average price

$126.38

508 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$681

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$74

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$8.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.00

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	521	128.81	672	222
Medium and Large 1	570	125.17	714	206
Medium and Large 3	512	124.13	636	54
Small 1	498	119.98	597	26

One grade step is worth $8.83/cwt here — about $74 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 sale508 hd

126.38

—

VA average7 barns · 1,030 hd

125.38

+1.00

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	—	556	124.89/cwt	123.00–125.00	694	75
Heifers	Small 1	—	543	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	627	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	544	126.89/cwt	125.50–127.00	690	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	122.14/cwt	118.00–122.50	774	75
Heifers	Small 1	—	631	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	656	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	378	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	480	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	627	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	539	1
Steers	Small 1	—	467	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	607	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	143.25/cwt	143.25–143.25	781	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	137.25/cwt	137.25–137.25	881	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	647	1
Steers	Small 1	—	541	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	652	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	635	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	800	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	784	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	546	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	729	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	537	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	682	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	950	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	878	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	458	142.38/cwt	136.00–145.00	652	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	179.75/cwt	179.75–179.75	638	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	748	28
Steers	Small 1	—	735	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	845	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	627	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	850	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	957	37
Steers	Small 1	—	355	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	481	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	456	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	718	22
Heifers	Small 1	—	468	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	604	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	641	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	699	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	491	144.36/cwt	136.50–145.00	709	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	420	155.79/cwt	144.50–157.50	654	23
Bulls	Small 1	—	370	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	514	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	562	134.61/cwt	124.00–136.00	757	26
Bulls	Small 1	—	566	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	682	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	490	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	728	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	515	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	690	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	432	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	570	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	624	127.75/cwt	127.75–127.75	797	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	352	178.50/cwt	178.50–178.50	628	4
Bulls	Small 1	—	464	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	629	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	410	150.14/cwt	138.00–151.00	616	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	347	178.75/cwt	178.75–178.75	620	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	563	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	766	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	627	127.75/cwt	127.75–127.75	801	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	721	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	808	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	137.21/cwt	128.50–141.00	513	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	456	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	586	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	140.28/cwt	127.00–141.25	509	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	861	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	540	123.93/cwt	113.00–124.75	669	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	639	120.42/cwt	115.00–120.75	769	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	600	32
Heifers	Small 1	—	355	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	392	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	449	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	606	67

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 31, 2020

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

Receipts 1,028Last week 1,108Year ago 715

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 318, Heifers 508, Bulls 202)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	556	123.00–125.00	124.89
75	—	634	118.00–122.50	122.14
1	—	435	124.00	124.00
10	—	374	128.50–141.00	137.21
13	—	736	117.00	117.00
32	—	453	132.50	132.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	543	115.50	115.50
5	—	631	104.00	104.00
14	—	468	129.00	129.00
3	—	355	110.50	110.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
99	—	544	125.50–127.00	126.89
2	—	565	111.00	111.00
4	—	721	112.00	112.00
15	—	363	127.00–141.25	140.28
35	—	639	115.00–120.75	120.42
67	—	449	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	378	127.00	127.00
5	—	641	109.00	109.00
16	—	456	128.50	128.50
29	—	540	113.00–124.75	123.93
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	467	130.00	130.00
3	—	541	120.50	120.50
1	—	735	115.00	115.00
2	—	355	135.50	135.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	545	143.25	143.25
1	—	725	131.00	131.00
9	—	355	179.75	179.75
13	—	627	135.50	135.50
22	—	456	157.50	157.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	642	137.25	137.25
1	—	390	166.00	166.00
72	—	552	142.00	142.00
3	—	546	133.50	133.50
3	—	668	131.50	131.50
28	—	462	162.00	162.00
37	—	733	130.50	130.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	126.00	126.00
6	—	537	127.00	127.00
7	—	458	136.00–145.00	142.38
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	491	136.50–145.00	144.36
11	—	624	127.75	127.75
15	—	410	138.00–151.00	150.14
20	—	563	136.00	136.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	420	144.50–157.50	155.79
26	—	562	124.00–136.00	134.61
35	—	490	148.50	148.50
1	—	515	134.00	134.00
4	—	352	178.50	178.50
9	—	347	178.75	178.75
17	—	627	127.75	127.75
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	139.00	139.00
3	—	566	120.50	120.50
5	—	432	132.00	132.00
5	—	464	135.50	135.50

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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