Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-03-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 90, Heifers 219, Bulls 147)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.88/cwt on 219 head.

Average price

$126.88

219 head · 515 lb average

Value per head Derived

$654

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$60

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$24.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.76

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	495	133.57	661	88
Medium and Large 1	545	124.93	681	76
Medium and Large 3	490	122.89	603	39
Small 1	551	109.09	601	16thin

One grade step is worth $24.47/cwt here — about $60 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 sale219 hd

126.88

—

VA average6 barns · 677 hd

123.12

+3.76

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

51 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	—	735	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	779	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	548	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	622	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	730	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	628	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	350	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	656	13
Heifers	Small 1	—	715	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	658	1
Steers	Small 1	—	645	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	748	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	562	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	674	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	154.25/cwt	144.50–156.50	855	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	120.75/cwt	120.75–120.75	764	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	173.68/cwt	168.00–174.00	729	19
Heifers	Small 1	—	685	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	644	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	352	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	468	2
Steers	Small 1	—	455	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	541	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	354	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	450	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	167.59/cwt	152.00–169.00	764	13
Heifers	Small 1	—	476	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	514	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	365	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	438	1
Steers	Small 1	—	557	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	663	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	633	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	560	139.24/cwt	134.00–139.50	780	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	494	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	768	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	628	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	794	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	426	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	728	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	353	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	651	9
Bulls	Small 1	—	423	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	525	4
Bulls	Small 1	—	504	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	627	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	721	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	537	129.21/cwt	126.00–129.50	694	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	146.67/cwt	134.50–147.50	540	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	644	117.75/cwt	117.75–117.75	758	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	547	124.46/cwt	123.50–124.50	681	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	891	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	775	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	744	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	783	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	740	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	955	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	743	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	810	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	928	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	948	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	840	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	349	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	478	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	441	138.42/cwt	132.50–139.50	610	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	804	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	626	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	786	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	484	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	770	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	641	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	891	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	428	143.54/cwt	134.50–149.50	614	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	554	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	817	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	557	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	785	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	447	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	579	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	537	116.07/cwt	102.00–121.75	623	17

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 Mar 1, 2021

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

Receipts 456Last week 473Year ago 909

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 90, Heifers 219, Bulls 147)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	106.00	106.00
2	—	645	116.00	116.00
1	—	455	119.00	119.00
4	—	557	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	172.00	172.00
12	—	455	172.00	172.00
1	—	740	129.00	129.00
13	—	540	155.50	155.50
3	—	641	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	554	144.50–156.50	154.25
13	—	456	152.00–169.00	167.59
6	—	630	141.50	141.50
1	—	675	137.50	137.50
5	—	729	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	136.00	136.00
5	—	428	134.50–149.50	143.54
5	—	554	147.50	147.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	548	113.50	113.50
1	—	715	92.00	92.00
2	—	685	94.00	94.00
3	—	476	108.00	108.00
1	—	365	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	633	120.75	120.75
23	—	537	126.00–129.50	129.21
16	—	368	134.50–147.50	146.67
4	—	743	109.00	109.00
32	—	441	132.50–139.50	138.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	354	127.00	127.00
17	—	457	138.50	138.50
17	—	644	117.75	117.75
25	—	547	123.50–124.50	124.46
8	—	728	110.50	110.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	775	96.00	96.00
5	—	349	137.00	137.00
15	—	447	129.50	129.50
17	—	537	102.00–121.75	116.07
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	139.00	139.00
13	—	350	187.50	187.50
19	—	420	168.00–174.00	173.68
5	—	626	125.50	125.50
12	—	484	159.00	159.00
13	—	557	141.00	141.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	562	120.00	120.00
2	—	352	133.00	133.00
4	—	423	124.00	124.00
5	—	504	124.50	124.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	560	134.00–139.50	139.24
20	—	494	155.50	155.50
11	—	628	126.50	126.50
10	—	426	171.00	171.00
9	—	353	184.50	184.50

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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