Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-02-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 110, Heifers 169, Bulls 98)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.44/cwt on 169 head.

Average price

$118.44

169 head · 511 lb average

Value per head Derived

$606

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$56

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$24.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.80

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	505	120.34	608	59
Medium and Large 1	525	120.12	631	73
Medium and Large 3	476	115.84	551	30
Small 1	575	96.00	552	7thin

One grade step is worth $24.34/cwt here — about $56 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 sale169 hd

118.44

—

VA average7 barns · 731 hd

119.24

−0.80

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

46 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	—	475	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	475	1
Steers	Small 1	—	455	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	519	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	821	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	448	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	553	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	618	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	779	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	117.56/cwt	116.00–122.00	448	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	125.39/cwt	118.00–126.50	578	31
Heifers	Small 1	—	610	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	580	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	460	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	570	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	360	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	482	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	157.97/cwt	153.50–159.50	736	23
Bulls	Small 1	—	535	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	599	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	765	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	681	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	511	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	616	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	535	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	514	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	340	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	364	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	490	139.51/cwt	137.50–141.25	684	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	566	131.75/cwt	131.75–131.75	746	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	623	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	776	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	409	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	548	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	342	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	492	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	525	128.48/cwt	128.00–129.00	675	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	118.68/cwt	116.00–120.00	854	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	645	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	677	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	369	122.66/cwt	114.00–124.00	453	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	130.75/cwt	130.75–130.75	828	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	791	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	605	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	750	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	514	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	544	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	604	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	449	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	530	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	788	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	119.25/cwt	119.25–119.25	656	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	157.03/cwt	144.00–159.50	727	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	544	144.48/cwt	137.00–144.75	786	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	345	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	428	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	727	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	778	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	542	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	710	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	405	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	539	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	624	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	718	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	557	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	707	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	580	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	615	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	683	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	554	118.92/cwt	117.00–119.00	659	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	644	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	715	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 Feb 8, 2021

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

Receipts 377Last week 40Year ago 788

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 110, Heifers 169, Bulls 98)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	100.00	100.00
1	—	610	95.00	95.00
2	—	765	89.00	89.00
2	—	535	96.00	96.00
1	—	340	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	767	107.00	107.00
4	—	381	116.00–122.00	117.56
31	—	461	118.00–126.50	125.39
1	—	540	114.00	114.00
25	—	550	119.25	119.25
8	—	644	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	448	123.50	123.50
7	—	345	124.00	124.00
2	—	727	107.00	107.00
5	—	624	115.00	115.00
25	—	554	117.00–119.00	118.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	645	105.00	105.00
8	—	369	114.00–124.00	122.66
9	—	544	111.00	111.00
10	—	449	118.00	118.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	114.00	114.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	618	126.00	126.00
1	—	370	139.00	139.00
19	—	463	144.00–159.50	157.03
27	—	544	137.00–144.75	144.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	466	153.50–159.50	157.97
1	—	365	140.00	140.00
3	—	720	116.00–120.00	118.68
13	—	633	130.75	130.75
15	—	536	147.50	147.50
2	—	567	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	126.00	126.00
1	—	615	111.00	111.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	124.00	124.00
2	—	535	112.00	112.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	360	134.00	134.00
1	—	605	124.00	124.00
5	—	542	131.00	131.00
13	—	405	133.00	133.00
2	—	557	127.00	127.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	490	137.50–141.25	139.51
19	—	566	131.75	131.75
7	—	623	124.50	124.50
6	—	409	134.00	134.00
6	—	342	144.00	144.00
4	—	525	128.00–129.00	128.48

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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