Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-01-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 151, Heifers 223, Bulls 112)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.60/cwt on 223 head.

Average price

$118.60

223 head · 517 lb average

Value per head Derived

$613

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$59

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$22.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.10

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	500	122.32	611	99
Medium and Large 1	533	118.84	633	92
Medium and Large 3	513	109.18	560	22
Small 1	551	100.20	552	10thin

One grade step is worth $22.12/cwt here — about $59 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 sale223 hd

118.60

—

VA average3 barns · 358 hd

119.70

−1.10

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

52 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	—	620	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	577	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	465	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	442	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	422	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	717	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	489	137.25/cwt	137.25–137.25	671	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	499	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	581	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	545	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	561	5
Steers	Small 1	—	453	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	537	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	446	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	562	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	710	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	690	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	759	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	132.63/cwt	125.50–134.00	736	31
Heifers	Small 1	—	478	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	502	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	555	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	627	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	649	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	818	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	628	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	744	3
Steers	Small 1	—	655	99.50/cwt	99.50–99.50	652	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	790	1
Steers	Small 1	—	545	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	556	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	730	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	577	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	712	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	495	136.38/cwt	129.00–136.75	675	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	623	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	735	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	557	128.75/cwt	128.75–128.75	717	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	416	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	703	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	362	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	641	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	653	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	742	115.75/cwt	115.75–115.75	859	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	664	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	647	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	799	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	441	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	695	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	707	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	650	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	575	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	133.68/cwt	126.00–134.25	491	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	118.24/cwt	113.50–118.75	644	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	543	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	566	128.25/cwt	128.25–128.25	726	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	359	185.50/cwt	185.50–185.50	666	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	743	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	713	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	544	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	590	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	705	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	663	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	678	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	534	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	716	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	631	112.16/cwt	104.00–112.75	708	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	447	127.25/cwt	127.25–127.25	569	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	662	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	629	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	586	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	680	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	721	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	371	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	512	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	385	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	466	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	428	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	488	8

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 Jan 4, 2021

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

Receipts 486Last week 1,130Year ago 996

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 151, Heifers 223, Bulls 112)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	93.00	93.00
5	—	545	103.00	103.00
3	—	478	105.00	105.00
1	—	730	79.00	79.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	378	132.00	132.00
2	—	482	120.50	120.50
34	—	446	126.00	126.00
28	—	637	111.50	111.50
3	—	736	96.00	96.00
18	—	558	116.50	116.50
1	—	525	109.50	109.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	367	126.00–134.25	133.68
30	—	545	113.50–118.75	118.24
1	—	460	118.00	118.00
3	—	743	96.00	96.00
14	—	631	104.00–112.75	112.16
36	—	447	127.25	127.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	544	108.50	108.50
1	—	705	94.00	94.00
2	—	662	95.00	95.00
1	—	385	121.00	121.00
8	—	428	114.00	114.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	95.00	95.00
1	—	555	113.00	113.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	422	170.00	170.00
15	—	489	137.25	137.25
3	—	628	118.50	118.50
7	—	566	128.25	128.25
10	—	359	185.50	185.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	495	129.00–136.75	136.38
14	—	623	118.00	118.00
13	—	557	128.75	128.75
11	—	416	169.00	169.00
2	—	362	177.00	177.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	453	118.50	118.50
3	—	655	99.50	99.50
3	—	545	102.00	102.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	110.00	110.00
31	—	555	125.50–134.00	132.63
30	—	649	126.00	126.00
1	—	760	104.00	104.00
20	—	461	154.50	154.50
2	—	375	174.00	174.00
12	—	742	115.75	115.75
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	365	182.00	182.00
8	—	647	123.50	123.50
9	—	441	157.50	157.50
1	—	565	120.00	120.00
14	—	534	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	126.00	126.00
1	—	680	106.00	106.00
3	—	371	138.00	138.00

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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