Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-03-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 314, Heifers 383, Bulls 226)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.47/cwt on 383 head.

Average price

$129.47

383 head · 497 lb average

Value per head Derived

$643

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$43

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$15.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.82

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	499	131.80	657	157
Medium and Large 1	511	129.72	663	132
Medium and Large 3	453	128.53	582	69
Small 1	529	116.11	614	25

One grade step is worth $15.68/cwt here — about $43 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 sale383 hd

129.47

—

VA average12 barns · 2,239 hd

123.65

+5.82

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

55 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	—	562	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	731	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	748	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	622	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	796	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	664	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	542	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	894	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	129.67/cwt	122.00–130.50	935	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	878	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	725	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	602	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	139.51/cwt	135.00–140.00	506	11
Steers	Small 1	—	364	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	582	7
Heifers	Small 1	—	377	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	486	2
Steers	Small 1	—	457	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	686	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	493	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	663	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	923	31
Heifers	Small 1	—	469	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	582	6
Heifers	Small 1	—	618	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	624	4
Steers	Small 1	—	330	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	495	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	562	128.75/cwt	128.75–128.75	724	6
Bulls	Small 1	—	412	155.53/cwt	146.00–157.00	641	8
Steers	Small 1	—	645	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	693	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	538	117.82/cwt	110.00–118.50	634	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	817	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	567	129.25/cwt	129.25–129.25	733	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	495	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	728	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	423	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	687	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	629	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	799	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	355	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	604	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	533	121.59/cwt	110.00–122.50	648	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	358	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	505	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	628	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	609	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	620	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	775	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	364	177.12/cwt	170.00–177.50	645	19
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	352	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	595	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	357	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	525	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	733	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	821	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	447	163.60/cwt	159.00–164.00	731	36
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	527	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	764	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	542	164.80/cwt	142.00–165.25	893	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	449	128.66/cwt	123.00–129.00	578	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	637	122.75/cwt	122.75–122.75	782	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	743	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	970	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	340	179.06/cwt	175.00–179.50	609	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	461	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	719	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	536	128.75/cwt	115.00–129.75	690	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	447	133.88/cwt	132.50–134.00	598	60
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	486	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	714	52
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	541	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	684	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	417	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	698	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	444	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	584	45
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	562	133.25/cwt	133.25–133.25	749	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	642	142.75/cwt	142.75–142.75	916	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	631	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	118.88/cwt	118.00–119.00	755	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	626	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	542	131.00/cwt	118.00–131.50	710	53

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 22, 2021

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

Receipts 923Last week 1,535Year ago 458

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 314, Heifers 383, Bulls 226)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	562	130.00	130.00
7	—	364	160.00	160.00
2	—	457	150.00	150.00
1	—	330	150.00	150.00
1	—	645	107.50	107.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	456	164.00	164.00
1	—	415	160.00	160.00
56	—	542	165.00	165.00
10	—	721	122.00–130.50	129.67
1	—	585	150.00	150.00
31	—	639	144.50	144.50
3	—	368	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	620	125.00	125.00
2	—	352	169.00	169.00
9	—	527	145.00	145.00
17	—	461	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	364	170.00–177.50	177.12
36	—	447	159.00–164.00	163.60
51	—	542	142.00–165.25	164.80
5	—	743	130.50	130.50
22	—	642	142.75	142.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	622	128.00	128.00
9	—	340	175.00–179.50	179.06
52	—	486	147.00	147.00
3	—	541	126.50	126.50
27	—	417	167.50	167.50
22	—	562	133.25	133.25
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	493	134.50	134.50
6	—	562	128.75	128.75
8	—	412	146.00–157.00	155.53
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	567	129.25	129.25
23	—	495	147.00	147.00
18	—	423	162.50	162.50
12	—	629	127.00	127.00
4	—	355	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	83.00	83.00
2	—	377	129.00	129.00
6	—	469	124.00	124.00
4	—	618	101.00	101.00
12	—	538	110.00–118.50	117.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	363	135.00–140.00	139.51
5	—	720	113.50	113.50
45	—	444	131.50	131.50
2	—	487	129.50	129.50
16	—	635	118.00–119.00	118.88
53	—	542	118.00–131.50	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	533	110.00–122.50	121.59
17	—	358	141.00	141.00
4	—	628	97.00	97.00
35	—	449	123.00–129.00	128.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	357	147.00	147.00
7	—	733	112.00	112.00
22	—	637	122.75	122.75
45	—	536	115.00–129.75	128.75
60	—	447	132.50–134.00	133.88

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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