Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-09-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 113, Heifers 254, Bulls 120)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.08/cwt on 254 head.

Average price

$128.08

254 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$694

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$87

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$11.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.61

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	538	130.25	700	108
Medium and Large 1	567	127.58	724	98
Medium and Large 3	490	127.16	623	32
Small 1	518	118.38	613	16thin

One grade step is worth $11.87/cwt here — about $87 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 sale254 hd

128.08

—

VA average9 barns · 1,172 hd

126.47

+1.61

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

56 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
Steers	Small 1	—	470	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	578	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	454	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	722	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	747	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	971	10
Steers	Small 1	—	360	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	482	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	793	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	138.75/cwt	138.75–138.75	891	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	315	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	438	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	147.25/cwt	147.25–147.25	794	30
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	685	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	849	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	534	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	646	123.75/cwt	123.75–123.75	799	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	130.25/cwt	130.25–130.25	710	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	542	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	696	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	459	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	629	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	781	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	696	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	458	132.25/cwt	132.25–132.25	606	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	542	129.25/cwt	129.25–129.25	701	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	517	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	352	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	519	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	330	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	413	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	570	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	656	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	567	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	663	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	741	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	852	13
Heifers	Small 1	—	410	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	513	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	432	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	540	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	713	111.32/cwt	104.00–115.00	794	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	446	133.79/cwt	128.00–134.50	597	18
Heifers	Small 1	—	485	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	553	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	655	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	707	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	346	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	507	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	790	20
Heifers	Small 1	—	536	118.92/cwt	116.00–119.50	637	12
Heifers	Small 1	—	635	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	654	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	343	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	436	4
Bulls	Small 1	—	425	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	587	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	578	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	786	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	631	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	814	9
Bulls	Small 1	—	468	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	599	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	334	178.50/cwt	178.50–178.50	596	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	568	136.75/cwt	136.75–136.75	777	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	162.96/cwt	150.00–164.00	684	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	502	145.12/cwt	134.50–145.75	729	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	488	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	730	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	500	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	668	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	345	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	507	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	372	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	595	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	338	178.50/cwt	178.50–178.50	603	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	580	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	742	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	623	129.75/cwt	129.75–129.75	808	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	418	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	667	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	462	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	665	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	376	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	622	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	540	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	694	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	643	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	871	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	154.59/cwt	140.00–156.50	727	9

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 Sep 7, 2020

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

Receipts 487Last week 1,028Year ago 1,524

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 113, Heifers 254, Bulls 120)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	123.00	123.00
2	—	360	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	454	159.00	159.00
14	—	545	145.50	145.50
1	—	340	157.00	157.00
4	—	376	165.50	165.50
8	—	643	135.50	135.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	747	130.00	130.00
13	—	642	138.75	138.75
30	—	539	147.25	147.25
9	—	470	140.00–156.50	154.59
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	139.00	139.00
1	—	685	124.00	124.00
2	—	462	144.00	144.00
5	—	540	128.50	128.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	646	123.75	123.75
30	—	459	137.00	137.00
1	—	685	114.00	114.00
37	—	542	129.25	129.25
2	—	380	136.00	136.00
2	—	567	117.00	117.00
3	—	713	104.00–115.00	111.32
6	—	346	146.50	146.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	545	130.25	130.25
1	—	585	119.00	119.00
4	—	352	147.50	147.50
13	—	741	115.00	115.00
18	—	446	128.00–134.50	133.79
20	—	653	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	542	128.50	128.50
12	—	458	132.25	132.25
1	—	570	115.00	115.00
2	—	432	125.00	125.00
3	—	655	108.00	108.00
4	—	343	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	125.00	125.00
1	—	410	125.00	125.00
1	—	485	114.00	114.00
12	—	536	116.00–119.50	118.92
1	—	635	103.00	103.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	425	138.00	138.00
3	—	468	128.00	128.00
1	—	345	147.00	147.00
1	—	580	128.00	128.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	578	136.00	136.00
10	—	334	178.50	178.50
14	—	420	150.00–164.00	162.96
17	—	488	149.50	149.50
1	—	500	133.50	133.50
2	—	372	160.00	160.00
5	—	623	129.75	129.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	631	129.00	129.00
16	—	568	136.75	136.75
18	—	502	134.50–145.75	145.12
3	—	338	178.50	178.50
9	—	418	159.50	159.50

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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