Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-10-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 152, Heifers 198, Bulls 65)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.78/cwt on 198 head.

Average price

$118.78

198 head · 518 lb average

Value per head Derived

$616

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$38

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$16.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.38

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	498	121.68	606	75
Medium and Large 1	537	118.36	635	105
Medium and Large 3	485	110.43	536	14thin
Small 1	542	104.75	567	4thin

One grade step is worth $16.93/cwt here — about $38 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 sale198 hd

118.78

—

VA average11 barns · 2,087 hd

120.16

−1.38

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

50 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	—	550	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	622	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	358	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	591	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	615	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	775	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	552	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	709	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	418	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	623	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	489	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	680	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	122.75/cwt	122.75–122.75	899	13
Bulls	Small 1	—	473	102.70/cwt	95.00–111.00	486	2
Steers	Small 1	—	385	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	447	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	502	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	558	2
Steers	Small 1	—	760	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	806	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	365	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	515	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	645	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	671	1
Steers	Small 1	—	635	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	673	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	473	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	449	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	667	17
Steers	Small 1	—	458	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	540	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	507	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	532	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	155.54/cwt	135.00–157.50	717	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	546	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	762	31
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	586	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	475	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	580	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	580	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	418	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	637	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	748	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	838	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	536	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	619	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	523	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	638	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	451	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	546	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	647	128.31/cwt	117.00–129.00	830	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	114.58/cwt	110.00–115.00	731	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	657	25
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	330	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	406	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	452	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	565	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	662	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	305	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	348	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	466	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	456	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	563	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	442	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	482	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	335	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	375	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	787	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	602	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	120.65/cwt	114.00–121.50	636	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	723	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	752	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	544	138.75/cwt	138.75–138.75	755	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	641	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	740	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	570	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	710	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	475	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	644	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	740	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	888	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	625	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	650	3

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 Oct 12, 2020

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

Receipts 415Last week 1,197Year ago 1,601

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 152, Heifers 198, Bulls 65)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	113.00	113.00
1	—	385	116.00	116.00
1	—	760	106.00	106.00
1	—	635	106.00	106.00
3	—	458	118.00	118.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	732	122.75	122.75
2	—	377	148.00	148.00
23	—	461	135.00–157.50	155.54
31	—	546	139.50	139.50
35	—	647	117.00–129.00	128.31
3	—	556	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	449	148.50	148.50
3	—	370	158.50	158.50
1	—	635	124.00	124.00
10	—	544	138.75	138.75
1	—	740	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	523	122.00	122.00
1	—	330	123.00	123.00
2	—	452	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	358	165.00	165.00
3	—	615	126.00	126.00
6	—	552	128.50	128.50
8	—	418	149.00	149.00
13	—	489	139.00	139.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	473	95.00–111.00	102.70
1	—	365	141.00	141.00
1	—	580	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	418	152.50	152.50
1	—	305	164.00	164.00
5	—	570	124.50	124.50
7	—	475	135.50	135.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	114.00	114.00
9	—	367	129.00	129.00
8	—	748	112.00	112.00
34	—	451	121.00	121.00
23	—	638	110.00–115.00	114.58
25	—	557	118.00	118.00
5	—	540	111.50	111.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	104.00	104.00
3	—	507	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	113.00	113.00
8	—	348	134.00	134.00
36	—	456	123.50	123.50
17	—	527	114.00–121.50	120.65
5	—	723	104.00	104.00
8	—	641	115.50	115.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	536	115.50	115.50
4	—	442	109.00	109.00
3	—	335	112.00	112.00
3	—	625	104.00	104.00

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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