Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-04-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 424, Heifers 631, Bulls 379)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.92/cwt on 631 head.

Average price

$135.92

631 head · 504 lb average

Value per head Derived

$686

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$82

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$19.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.79

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	138.25	685	295
Medium and Large 1	552	136.18	752	190
Medium and Large 3	448	133.81	600	117
Small 1	507	119.09	603	29

One grade step is worth $19.16/cwt here — about $82 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 sale631 hd

135.92

—

VA average10 barns · 2,642 hd

131.13

+4.79

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

58 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	—	359	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	485	6
Steers	Small 1	—	455	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	569	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	338	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	620	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	623	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	819	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	347	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	494	38
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	366	150.63/cwt	131.00–154.00	551	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	538	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	724	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	836	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	710	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	781	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	548	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	484	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	680	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	141.99/cwt	130.00–142.50	774	73
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	621	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	581	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	161.10/cwt	143.00–161.50	746	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	549	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	873	95
Heifers	Small 1	—	545	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	638	7
Steers	Small 1	—	352	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	479	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	857	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	529	11
Steers	Small 1	—	530	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	726	1
Steers	Small 1	—	441	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	635	3
Steers	Small 1	—	622	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	771	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	366	141.38/cwt	135.00–145.00	517	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	632	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	819	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	644	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	696	5
Heifers	Small 1	—	712	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	712	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	571	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	768	6
Heifers	Small 1	—	453	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	546	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	930	69
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	563	140.24/cwt	120.00–140.75	790	43
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	495	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	718	42
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	421	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	669	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	352	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	475	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	539	158.79/cwt	146.00–159.75	856	41
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	680	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	850	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	437	132.92/cwt	120.00–133.25	581	41
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	544	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	854	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	733	139.74/cwt	132.00–141.50	1,024	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	539	138.63/cwt	129.00–139.00	747	79
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	419	170.24/cwt	156.00–171.25	713	62
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	448	165.52/cwt	148.00–166.50	742	56
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	451	160.48/cwt	134.00–164.00	724	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	633	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	744	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	622	131.75/cwt	131.75–131.75	819	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	561	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	799	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,016	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	639	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	911	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	536	130.75/cwt	130.75–130.75	701	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	732	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	761	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	346	186.21/cwt	176.00–186.50	644	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	487	157.28/cwt	134.00–158.00	766	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	164.16/cwt	160.00–165.00	621	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	844	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	128.63/cwt	114.50–130.00	823	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	630	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	842	35

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 Apr 19, 2021

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

Receipts 1,434Last week 1,184Year ago 688

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 424, Heifers 631, Bulls 379)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	359	135.00	135.00
7	—	545	117.00	117.00
5	—	644	108.00	108.00
2	—	712	100.00	100.00
9	—	453	120.50	120.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	347	142.50	142.50
2	—	352	135.00	135.00
41	—	437	120.00–133.25	132.92
6	—	633	117.50	117.50
26	—	536	130.75	130.75
4	—	732	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	365	147.50	147.50
14	—	724	115.50	115.50
3	—	440	132.00	132.00
79	—	539	129.00–139.00	138.63
34	—	640	114.50–130.00	128.63
119	—	450	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	129.00	129.00
73	—	545	130.00–142.50	141.99
22	—	729	117.50	117.50
11	—	365	145.00	145.00
47	—	458	138.00	138.00
1	—	760	111.00	111.00
35	—	640	131.50	131.50
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	125.00	125.00
2	—	352	136.00	136.00
1	—	530	137.00	137.00
3	—	441	144.00	144.00
2	—	622	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	366	131.00–154.00	150.63
1	—	710	110.00	110.00
1	—	680	125.00	125.00
11	—	544	157.00	157.00
17	—	451	134.00–164.00	160.48
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	355	175.00	175.00
41	—	539	146.00–159.75	158.79
11	—	733	132.00–141.50	139.74
56	—	448	148.00–166.50	165.52
15	—	639	142.50	142.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	463	143.00–161.50	161.10
95	—	549	159.00	159.00
1	—	655	125.00	125.00
69	—	637	146.00	146.00
22	—	731	139.00	139.00
6	—	378	160.00–165.00	164.16
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	338	183.50	183.50
10	—	623	131.50	131.50
43	—	563	120.00–140.75	140.24
42	—	495	145.00	145.00
37	—	421	159.00	159.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	484	140.50	140.50
7	—	366	135.00–145.00	141.38
6	—	571	134.50	134.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	419	156.00–171.25	170.24
10	—	622	131.75	131.75
35	—	561	142.50	142.50
35	—	346	176.00–186.50	186.21
66	—	487	134.00–158.00	157.28

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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