Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-02-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 123, Heifers 270, Bulls 80)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.78/cwt on 270 head.

Average price

$124.78

270 head · 527 lb average

Value per head Derived

$658

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$81

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$31.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.40

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	512	128.88	660	146
Medium and Large 1	554	125.06	693	88
Medium and Large 3	491	111.92	550	25
Small 1	595	97.36	579	11thin

One grade step is worth $31.51/cwt here — about $81 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 sale270 hd

124.78

—

VA average8 barns · 513 hd

121.38

+3.40

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

53 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
Steers	Small 1	—	557	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	607	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	541	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	679	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	791	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	521	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	117.75/cwt	117.75–117.75	774	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	542	146.49/cwt	137.00–147.00	794	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	758	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	934	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	152.14/cwt	141.00–154.25	817	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	447	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	597	24
Bulls	Small 1	—	438	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	482	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	588	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	656	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	584	5
Heifers	Small 1	—	490	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	470	1
Steers	Small 1	—	635	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	629	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	553	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	611	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	722	6
Heifers	Small 1	—	554	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	587	5
Steers	Small 1	—	470	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	564	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	505	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	576	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	351	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	583	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	633	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	785	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	483	148.75/cwt	148.75–148.75	718	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	553	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	744	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	420	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	695	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	375	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	630	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	660	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	368	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	570	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	447	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	521	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	752	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	948	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	655	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	701	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	835	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	345	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	390	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	535	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	647	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	535	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	578	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	625	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	631	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	357	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	507	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	539	126.73/cwt	126.50–126.75	683	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	637	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	736	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	750	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	758	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	729	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	787	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	333	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	571	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	544	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	443	169.25/cwt	169.25–169.25	750	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	386	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	639	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	380	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	456	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	422	165.47/cwt	150.00–168.50	698	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	615	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	750	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	497	146.75/cwt	146.75–146.75	729	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	561	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	755	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	528	127.22/cwt	119.00–136.00	672	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	452	136.25/cwt	136.25–136.25	616	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	646	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	882	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 22, 2021

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

Receipts 473Last week 144Year ago 1,104

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 123, Heifers 270, Bulls 80)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	557	109.00	109.00
2	—	635	99.00	99.00
3	—	470	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	542	137.00–147.00	146.49
2	—	752	126.00	126.00
7	—	628	133.00	133.00
23	—	443	169.25	169.25
4	—	386	165.50	165.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	450	168.50	168.50
7	—	727	128.50	128.50
19	—	537	141.00–154.25	152.14
3	—	351	166.00	166.00
8	—	646	136.50	136.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	465	142.00	142.00
4	—	368	155.00	155.00
2	—	655	107.00	107.00
3	—	535	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	541	125.50	125.50
7	—	722	109.50	109.50
3	—	375	139.00	139.00
22	—	657	117.75	117.75
24	—	447	133.50	133.50
1	—	470	125.00	125.00
6	—	566	127.50	127.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	656	89.00	89.00
1	—	490	96.00	96.00
5	—	554	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	447	116.50	116.50
1	—	345	113.00	113.00
6	—	535	108.00	108.00
4	—	625	101.00	101.00
1	—	750	101.00	101.00
5	—	380	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	357	142.00	142.00
56	—	539	126.50–126.75	126.73
18	—	637	115.50	115.50
10	—	729	108.00	108.00
2	—	430	126.50	126.50
37	—	452	136.25	136.25
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	438	110.00	110.00
6	—	553	110.50	110.50
4	—	505	114.00	114.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	633	124.00	124.00
9	—	483	148.75	148.75
7	—	553	134.50	134.50
6	—	420	165.50	165.50
1	—	375	168.00	168.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	333	171.50	171.50
6	—	422	150.00–168.50	165.47
3	—	615	122.00	122.00
11	—	497	146.75	146.75
9	—	561	134.50	134.50
2	—	528	119.00–136.00	127.22

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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