Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-02-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 11, Heifers 18, Bulls 11)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $111.67/cwt on 18 head.

Average price

$111.67

18 head · 515 lb average

Value per head Derived

$575

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$106

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$28.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.86

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	429	120.25	515	4thin
Medium and Large 1	588	111.38	654	8thin
Medium and Large 3	483	109.20	527	5thin
Small 1	445	92.00	409	1thin

One grade step is worth $28.25/cwt here — about $106 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 sale18 hd

111.67

—

VA average3 barns · 107 hd

114.53

−2.86

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

26 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	Medium and Large 1	—	442	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	597	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	557	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	730	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	611	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	466	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	694	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	742	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	771	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	839	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	735	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	510	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	668	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	590	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	590	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	445	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	409	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	437	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	586	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	742	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	610	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	442	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	663	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	729	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	420	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	491	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	590	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	561	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	583	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	362	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	449	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	476	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	528	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	395	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	466	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	345	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	497	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	552	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	541	1

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 Feb 1, 2021

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

Receipts 40Last week 957Year ago 1,263

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 11, Heifers 18, Bulls 11)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	442	135.00	135.00
2	—	557	131.00	131.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	131.00	131.00
2	—	437	134.00	134.00
2	—	345	144.00	144.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	100.00	100.00
1	—	420	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	550	111.00	111.00
1	—	385	121.00	121.00
1	—	700	105.00	105.00
3	—	675	108.00	108.00
1	—	490	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	92.00	92.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	114.00	114.00
2	—	362	124.00	124.00
1	—	455	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	95.00	95.00
3	—	476	111.00	111.00
1	—	395	118.00	118.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	146.00	146.00
1	—	580	128.00	128.00
2	—	617	125.00	125.00
2	—	717	117.00	117.00
2	—	532	139.50	139.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	442	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	120.00	120.00

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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