Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-02-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 38, Heifers 62, Bulls 44)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.95/cwt on 62 head.

Average price

$115.95

62 head · 461 lb average

Value per head Derived

$535

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$103

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$19.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.67

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	431	120.99	521	30
Medium and Large 1	486	114.54	557	24
Medium and Large 3	591	101.63	601	4thin
Small 1	414	101.00	418	4thin

One grade step is worth $19.99/cwt here — about $103 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 sale62 hd

115.95

—

VA average5 barns · 275 hd

115.28

+0.67

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

40 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	—	418	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	552	7
Bulls	Small 1	—	397	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	417	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	565	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	548	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	634	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	733	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	788	96.52/cwt	94.00–99.00	761	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	842	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	651	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	846	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	350	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	403	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	630	120.75/cwt	120.75–120.75	761	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	316	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	417	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	483	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	667	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	581	126.93/cwt	122.00–128.50	737	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	481	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	652	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	345	101.50/cwt	101.50–101.50	350	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	400	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	416	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	545	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	709	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	371	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	709	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	787	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	615	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	536	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	358	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	508	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	358	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	415	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	559	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	435	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	331	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	437	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	415	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	575	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	630	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	750	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	353	121.93/cwt	105.00–123.50	430	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	650	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	683	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	447	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	579	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	636	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	548	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	745	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	648	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	510	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	620	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	576	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	755	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	608	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	580	104.50/cwt	104.50–104.50	606	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	665	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	658	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 15, 2021

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

Receipts 144Last week 377Year ago 974

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 38, Heifers 62, Bulls 44)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	418	132.00	132.00
1	—	350	115.00	115.00
2	—	630	120.75	120.75
3	—	316	132.00	132.00
4	—	483	138.00	138.00
4	—	581	122.00–128.50	126.93
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	397	105.00	105.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	481	135.50	135.50
1	—	545	130.00	130.00
5	—	331	132.00	132.00
10	—	415	138.50	138.50
1	—	630	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	97.00	97.00
2	—	345	101.50	101.50
1	—	400	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	788	94.00–99.00	96.52
2	—	340	109.00	109.00
2	—	650	109.00	109.00
5	—	526	117.00	117.00
9	—	450	119.00	119.00
4	—	358	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	116.00	116.00
1	—	745	87.00	87.00
1	—	580	104.50	104.50
1	—	665	99.00	99.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	353	105.00–123.50	121.93
8	—	530	120.00	120.00
9	—	455	120.50	120.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	445	142.50	142.50
10	—	529	138.50	138.50
1	—	720	117.00	117.00
3	—	651	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	129.00	129.00
3	—	358	142.00	142.00
1	—	430	130.00	130.00
3	—	576	131.00	131.00
6	—	450	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	105.00	105.00
2	—	447	129.50	129.50
1	—	510	121.50	121.50

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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