Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-04-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 374, Heifers 450, Bulls 353)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.52/cwt on 450 head.

Average price

$131.52

450 head · 499 lb average

Value per head Derived

$656

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$56

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$12.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.56

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	134.59	666	179
Medium and Large 1	519	132.30	686	127
Medium and Large 3	482	128.49	620	108
Small 1	497	122.57	610	36

One grade step is worth $12.02/cwt here — about $56 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 sale450 hd

131.52

—

VA average10 barns · 2,095 hd

128.96

+2.56

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

61 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	Small 1	—	417	150.27/cwt	135.00–151.50	627	13
Steers	Small 1	—	382	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	558	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	565	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	655	1
Steers	Small 1	—	725	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	928	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	950	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	618	47
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	558	134.07/cwt	114.00–134.50	748	49
Steers	Small 1	—	539	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	679	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	341	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	598	15
Bulls	Small 1	—	565	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	684	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	734	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	548	151.79/cwt	145.50–152.00	832	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	389	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	626	6
Heifers	Small 1	—	700	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	658	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	953	15
Heifers	Small 1	—	454	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	579	17
Heifers	Small 1	—	657	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	670	2
Steers	Small 1	—	621	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	776	4
Steers	Small 1	—	460	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	676	6
Heifers	Small 1	—	375	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	503	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	352	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	526	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	635	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	622	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	520	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	650	5
Heifers	Small 1	—	532	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	644	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	894	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	721	37
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	356	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	602	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	625	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	788	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	484	137.31/cwt	125.00–137.50	665	67
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	415	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	649	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	447	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	579	49
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	381	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	556	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	635	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	813	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	354	138.41/cwt	133.00–138.75	490	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	421	159.25/cwt	159.25–159.25	670	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	640	112.32/cwt	110.00–112.50	719	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	721	103.51/cwt	102.00–104.00	746	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	586	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	539	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	757	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	450	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	641	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	642	120.25/cwt	120.25–120.25	772	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	710	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	731	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	636	140.39/cwt	138.00–140.50	893	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	537	135.25/cwt	135.25–135.25	726	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	348	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	505	21
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	550	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	693	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	627	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	784	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	614	76
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	518	121.93/cwt	120.00–124.00	632	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	542	148.92/cwt	147.00–149.00	807	48
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	635	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	543	129.25/cwt	129.25–129.25	702	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	532	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	454	155.30/cwt	140.00–156.00	705	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	713	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	480	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	682	43
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	556	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	739	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	479	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	119.91/cwt	118.00–120.00	757	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	366	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	560	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	642	2

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 26, 2021

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

Receipts 1,177Last week 1,434Year ago 1,083

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 374, Heifers 450, Bulls 353)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	417	135.00–151.50	150.27
5	—	565	121.00	121.00
4	—	352	149.50	149.50
5	—	520	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	558	114.00–134.50	134.07
18	—	356	169.00	169.00
18	—	625	126.00	126.00
67	—	484	125.00–137.50	137.31
31	—	415	156.50	156.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	341	175.50	175.50
50	—	421	159.25	159.25
10	—	627	125.00	125.00
2	—	518	120.00–124.00	121.93
43	—	480	142.00	142.00
20	—	556	133.00	133.00
3	—	366	153.00	153.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	382	146.00	146.00
1	—	725	128.00	128.00
7	—	539	126.00	126.00
4	—	621	125.00	125.00
6	—	460	147.00	147.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	131.00	131.00
22	—	636	138.00–140.50	140.39
48	—	542	147.00–149.00	148.92
15	—	365	174.00	174.00
49	—	454	140.00–156.00	155.30
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	548	145.50–152.00	151.79
6	—	389	161.00	161.00
15	—	730	130.50	130.50
29	—	632	141.50	141.50
37	—	465	155.00	155.00
2	—	440	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	381	146.00	146.00
2	—	635	128.00	128.00
10	—	539	140.50	140.50
21	—	450	142.50	142.50
1	—	550	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	116.00	116.00
1	—	700	94.00	94.00
17	—	454	127.50	127.50
2	—	657	102.00	102.00
3	—	375	134.00	134.00
1	—	635	98.00	98.00
11	—	532	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	461	134.00	134.00
49	—	544	135.00	135.00
7	—	379	140.50	140.50
3	—	553	129.00	129.00
21	—	631	118.00–120.00	119.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	447	129.50	129.50
17	—	354	133.00–138.75	138.41
13	—	640	110.00–112.50	112.32
1	—	465	126.00	126.00
1	—	710	103.00	103.00
27	—	543	129.25	129.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	721	102.00–104.00	103.51
27	—	642	120.25	120.25
50	—	537	135.25	135.25
21	—	348	145.00	145.00
76	—	445	138.00	138.00
1	—	355	135.00	135.00

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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