Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-10-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 234, Heifers 402, Bulls 204)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $112.85/cwt on 402 head.

Average price

$112.85

402 head · 517 lb average

Value per head Derived

$583

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$39

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$15.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.74

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	496	114.22	566	176
Medium and Large 1	546	113.18	618	166
Medium and Large 3	486	110.59	538	46
Small 1	532	99.14	528	14thin

One grade step is worth $15.08/cwt here — about $39 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 sale402 hd

112.85

—

VA average12 barns · 2,210 hd

112.11

+0.74

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	677	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	563	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	738	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	106.34/cwt	99.00–107.00	783	12
Steers	Small 1	—	530	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	562	2
Steers	Small 1	—	425	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	455	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	848	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	594	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	898	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	548	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	432	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	376	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	520	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	551	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	685	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	563	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	681	15
Bulls	Small 1	—	445	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	494	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	556	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	567	10
Bulls	Small 1	—	340	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	366	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	585	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	550	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	665	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	618	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	115.18/cwt	109.00–116.00	529	45
Heifers	Small 1	—	360	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	364	1
Steers	Small 1	—	367	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	426	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	481	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	628	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	555	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	660	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	415	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	589	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	623	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	748	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	509	116.36/cwt	114.00–117.00	592	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	352	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	523	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	356	114.82/cwt	105.00–116.00	409	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	745	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	738	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	454	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	636	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	631	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	782	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	746	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	746	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	451	116.53/cwt	112.00–116.75	526	67
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	462	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	603	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	359	129.47/cwt	107.00–133.00	465	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	343	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	533	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	626	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	745	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	542	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	612	48
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	645	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	697	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	538	109.10/cwt	101.00–109.50	587	20
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	541	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	638	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	600	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	690	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	732	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	663	96.00/cwt	95.00–97.00	636	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	436	113.90/cwt	96.00–115.50	497	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	349	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	428	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	551	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	612	48
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	481	129.75/cwt	129.75–129.75	624	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	391	138.05/cwt	135.00–139.00	540	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	592	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	411	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	736	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	880	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	547	136.63/cwt	125.00–138.00	747	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	118.58/cwt	109.00–119.50	436	12

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 26, 2020

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

Receipts 840Last week 1,554Year ago 1,202

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 234, Heifers 402, Bulls 204)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	645	105.00	105.00
3	—	746	100.00	100.00
67	—	451	112.00–116.75	116.53
48	—	542	113.00	113.00
27	—	349	122.50	122.50
1	—	580	102.00	102.00
2	—	370	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	639	115.50	115.50
12	—	736	99.00–107.00	106.34
45	—	459	109.00–116.00	115.18
11	—	545	110.00	110.00
2	—	657	105.00	105.00
48	—	551	111.00	111.00
12	—	368	109.00–119.50	118.58
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	432	87.00	87.00
10	—	556	102.00	102.00
1	—	665	93.00	93.00
1	—	360	101.00	101.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	356	105.00–116.00	114.82
2	—	745	99.00	99.00
20	—	538	101.00–109.50	109.10
2	—	663	95.00–97.00	96.00
12	—	436	96.00–115.50	113.90
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	368	153.00	153.00
20	—	454	140.00	140.00
11	—	631	124.00	124.00
26	—	540	135.50	135.50
5	—	736	119.50	119.50
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	530	106.00	106.00
1	—	425	107.00	107.00
2	—	367	116.00	116.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	655	129.50	129.50
21	—	733	122.50	122.50
2	—	365	150.00	150.00
28	—	466	147.00	147.00
47	—	547	125.00–138.00	136.63
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	462	130.50	130.50
8	—	359	107.00–133.00	129.47
6	—	645	108.00	108.00
7	—	541	118.00	118.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	420	141.50	141.50
15	—	563	121.00	121.00
14	—	343	155.50	155.50
5	—	626	119.00	119.00
24	—	481	129.75	129.75
4	—	391	135.00–139.00	138.05
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	520	106.00	106.00
1	—	445	111.00	111.00
2	—	340	107.50	107.50
1	—	585	94.00	94.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	481	130.50	130.50
27	—	555	119.00	119.00
25	—	415	142.00	142.00
10	—	623	120.00	120.00
5	—	509	114.00–117.00	116.36
4	—	352	148.50	148.50

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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