Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-12-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 324, Heifers 449, Bulls 278)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.29/cwt on 449 head.

Average price

$119.29

449 head · 519 lb average

Value per head Derived

$619

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$79

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$19.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.07

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	494	124.10	613	181
Medium and Large 1	552	117.84	650	198
Medium and Large 3	483	113.80	550	47
Small 1	509	105.09	535	23

One grade step is worth $19.01/cwt here — about $79 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 sale449 hd

119.29

—

VA average10 barns · 2,012 hd

119.36

−0.07

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

58 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	Small 1	—	536	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	563	6
Steers	Small 1	—	620	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	651	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	390	163.21/cwt	160.00–170.00	637	3
Steers	Small 1	—	520	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	489	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	456	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	506	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	357	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	639	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	353	188.50/cwt	188.50–188.50	665	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	742	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	887	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	449	133.75/cwt	133.75–133.75	601	35
Bulls	Small 1	—	488	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	549	9
Bulls	Small 1	—	554	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	626	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	737	100.09/cwt	100.00–101.00	738	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	567	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	706	22
Heifers	Small 1	—	660	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	561	3
Steers	Small 1	—	675	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	668	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	370	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	474	1
Steers	Small 1	—	577	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	600	5
Steers	Small 1	—	475	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	542	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	155.47/cwt	130.00–156.25	732	32
Heifers	Small 1	—	780	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	624	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	440	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	475	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	365	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	427	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	410	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	494	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	561	126.75/cwt	126.75–126.75	711	37
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	494	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	692	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	428	158.91/cwt	147.00–159.50	680	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	626	116.75/cwt	116.75–116.75	731	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	329	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	602	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	505	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	621	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	620	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	614	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	456	118.05/cwt	112.00–118.50	538	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	745	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	723	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	473	141.25/cwt	141.25–141.25	668	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	661	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	730	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	581	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	668	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	364	133.98/cwt	120.00–134.50	488	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	415	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	687	38
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	484	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	687	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	548	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	589	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	380	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	623	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	357	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	437	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	551	117.65/cwt	110.00–118.00	648	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	107.40/cwt	106.00–107.50	679	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	740	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	725	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	629	109.31/cwt	105.00–109.50	688	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	452	133.59/cwt	119.50–134.75	604	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	542	115.19/cwt	111.00–115.50	624	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	480	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	545	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	631	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	748	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	155.52/cwt	130.00–156.50	712	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	543	135.10/cwt	123.00–136.00	734	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	695	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	778	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	124.62/cwt	116.50–125.00	796	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	137.36/cwt	124.50–138.00	762	84
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	343	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	635	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	780	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	780	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	632	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	708	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 Dec 7, 2020

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

Receipts 1,051Last week 846Year ago 1,745

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 324, Heifers 449, Bulls 278)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	536	105.00	105.00
10	—	456	111.00	111.00
3	—	660	85.00	85.00
1	—	780	80.00	80.00
1	—	440	108.00	108.00
2	—	365	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	449	133.75	133.75
11	—	737	100.00–101.00	100.09
94	—	551	110.00–118.00	117.65
46	—	632	106.00–107.50	107.40
10	—	365	131.50	131.50
2	—	462	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	620	99.00	99.00
15	—	456	112.00–118.50	118.05
3	—	745	97.00	97.00
13	—	548	107.50	107.50
13	—	357	122.50	122.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	364	120.00–134.50	133.98
3	—	740	98.00	98.00
23	—	629	105.00–109.50	109.31
68	—	452	119.50–134.75	133.59
56	—	542	111.00–115.50	115.19
1	—	780	100.00	100.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	620	105.00	105.00
1	—	520	94.00	94.00
1	—	675	99.00	99.00
5	—	577	104.00	104.00
1	—	475	114.00	114.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	357	179.00	179.00
27	—	742	119.50	119.50
32	—	471	130.00–156.25	155.47
68	—	639	116.50–125.00	124.62
84	—	555	124.50–138.00	137.36
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	353	188.50	188.50
15	—	631	118.50	118.50
28	—	458	130.00–156.50	155.52
29	—	543	123.00–136.00	135.10
1	—	695	112.00	112.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	473	141.25	141.25
3	—	661	110.50	110.50
3	—	581	115.00	115.00
3	—	380	164.00	164.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	390	160.00–170.00	163.21
22	—	567	124.50	124.50
38	—	415	165.50	165.50
33	—	484	142.00	142.00
25	—	343	185.00	185.00
12	—	632	112.00	112.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	488	112.50	112.50
6	—	554	113.00	113.00
1	—	370	128.00	128.00
6	—	410	120.50	120.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	561	126.75	126.75
35	—	494	140.00	140.00
22	—	428	147.00–159.50	158.91
19	—	626	116.75	116.75
8	—	329	183.00	183.00
2	—	505	123.00	123.00

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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