Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-01-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 300, Heifers 456, Bulls 367)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.05/cwt on 454 head.

Average price

$116.05

454 head · 505 lb average

Value per head Derived

$587

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$89

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$30.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.04

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	484	121.31	587	172
Medium and Large 3	457	117.41	536	61
Medium and Large 1	532	116.53	619	179
Small 1	551	90.46	499	42

One grade step is worth $30.85/cwt here — about $89 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 sale454 hd

116.05

—

VA average8 barns · 1,965 hd

116.09

−0.04

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

57 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
Bulls	Small 1	—	362	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	402	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	556	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	573	8
Steers	Small 1	—	540	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	497	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	545	95.75/cwt	93.00–96.00	522	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	857	19
Heifers	Small 1	—	735	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	544	3
Steers	Small 1	—	570	104.50/cwt	104.50–104.50	596	4
Steers	Small 1	—	726	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	762	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	418	159.75/cwt	159.75–159.75	668	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	161.25/cwt	161.25–161.25	737	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	546	139.25/cwt	139.25–139.25	760	52
Bulls	Small 1	—	470	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	508	7
Steers	Small 1	—	642	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	642	7
Heifers	Small 1	—	458	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	435	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	560	122.74/cwt	113.00–123.75	687	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	652	105.16/cwt	99.00–105.75	686	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	167.06/cwt	162.00–168.00	620	6
Heifers	Small 1	—	656	84.50/cwt	84.50–84.50	554	13
Heifers	Small 1	—	353	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	335	5
Bulls	Small 1	—	431	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	491	5
Steers	Small 1	—	455	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	560	1
Steers	Small 1	—	420	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	454	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	696	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	629	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	723	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	490	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	96.25/cwt	96.25–96.25	708	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	547	112.79/cwt	107.00–113.00	617	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	454	125.93/cwt	118.00–126.25	572	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	541	115.30/cwt	106.00–115.50	624	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	482	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	755	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	853	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	443	119.24/cwt	112.50–120.50	528	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	522	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	592	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	159.75/cwt	159.75–159.75	719	30
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	636	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	754	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	352	171.75/cwt	171.75–171.75	605	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	414	159.37/cwt	155.50–159.50	660	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	360	131.75/cwt	131.75–131.75	474	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	640	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	563	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	346	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	391	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	627	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	721	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	370	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	596	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	633	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	446	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	638	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	573	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	722	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	357	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	464	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	490	129.75/cwt	129.75–129.75	636	39
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	340	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	583	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	557	121.75/cwt	121.75–121.75	678	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	552	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	773	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	93.50/cwt	93.50–93.50	622	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	125.71/cwt	125.25–125.75	553	77
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	350	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	595	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	644	120.65/cwt	116.50–121.00	777	50
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	491	129.75/cwt	129.75–129.75	637	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	693	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	752	93.50/cwt	93.50–93.50	703	6

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 18, 2021

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

Receipts 1,123Last week 1,138Year ago 1,104

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 300, Heifers 456, Bulls 367)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	362	111.00	111.00
8	—	556	103.00	103.00
7	—	470	108.00	108.00
5	—	431	114.00	114.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	418	159.75	159.75
43	—	560	113.00–123.75	122.74
20	—	629	115.00	115.00
19	—	350	170.00	170.00
47	—	491	129.75	129.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	414	155.50–159.50	159.37
14	—	627	115.00	115.00
1	—	370	161.00	161.00
39	—	490	129.75	129.75
30	—	340	171.50	171.50
23	—	557	121.75	121.75
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	540	92.00	92.00
4	—	570	104.50	104.50
3	—	726	105.00	105.00
7	—	642	100.00	100.00
1	—	455	123.00	123.00
1	—	420	108.00	108.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	739	116.00	116.00
45	—	457	161.25	161.25
52	—	546	139.25	139.25
6	—	371	162.00–168.00	167.06
2	—	552	126.00	126.00
50	—	644	116.50–121.00	120.65
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	755	113.00	113.00
30	—	450	159.75	159.75
20	—	636	118.50	118.50
9	—	352	171.75	171.75
1	—	515	123.00	123.00
28	—	552	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	446	143.00	143.00
3	—	573	126.00	126.00
2	—	357	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	545	93.00–96.00	95.75
3	—	735	74.00	74.00
9	—	458	95.00	95.00
13	—	656	84.50	84.50
5	—	353	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	652	99.00–105.75	105.16
23	—	367	133.50	133.50
14	—	736	96.25	96.25
56	—	547	107.00–113.00	112.79
52	—	454	118.00–126.25	125.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	541	106.00–115.50	115.30
28	—	360	134.00	134.00
2	—	665	93.50	93.50
77	—	440	125.25–125.75	125.71
15	—	645	107.50	107.50
6	—	752	93.50	93.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	443	112.50–120.50	119.24
14	—	522	113.50	113.50
14	—	360	131.75	131.75
6	—	640	88.00	88.00
3	—	346	113.00	113.00

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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