Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-05-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 355, Heifers 453, Bulls 175)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.46/cwt on 453 head.

Average price

$126.46

453 head · 510 lb average

Value per head Derived

$645

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$29

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$10.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.64

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	479	130.60	626	186
Medium and Large 3	492	127.56	628	61
Medium and Large 1	554	123.03	681	165
Small 1	498	119.81	597	41

One grade step is worth $10.80/cwt here — about $29 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 sale453 hd

126.46

—

VA average10 barns · 1,695 hd

123.82

+2.64

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

57 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	—	639	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	677	8
Bulls	Small 1	—	365	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	511	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	625	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	688	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	528	115.51/cwt	114.00–117.00	610	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	715	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	644	1
Steers	Small 1	—	395	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	537	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	634	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	767	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	358	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	492	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	346	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	545	14
Bulls	Small 1	—	474	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	583	10
Bulls	Small 1	—	415	132.58/cwt	126.50–133.50	550	8
Bulls	Small 1	—	573	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	685	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	555	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	536	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	791	30
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	371	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	601	17
Heifers	Small 1	—	539	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	663	10
Steers	Small 1	—	550	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	644	3
Steers	Small 1	—	466	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	587	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	347	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	441	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	549	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	824	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	694	35
Heifers	Small 1	—	446	123.88/cwt	122.00–124.00	553	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	541	123.02/cwt	118.00–123.25	666	67
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	498	139.25/cwt	139.25–139.25	693	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	576	128.23/cwt	116.00–129.50	739	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	624	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	786	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	413	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	586	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	335	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	533	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	485	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	626	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	305	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	454	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	554	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	723	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	538	128.75/cwt	128.75–128.75	693	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	462	128.75/cwt	128.75–128.75	595	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	822	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	780	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	733	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	717	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	796	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	411	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	606	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	738	130.25/cwt	130.25–130.25	961	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	556	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	723	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	443	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	620	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	573	126.24/cwt	110.00–128.50	723	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	449	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	584	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	599	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	659	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	367	131.67/cwt	124.00–132.50	483	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	565	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	650	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	147.38/cwt	125.00–147.75	940	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	117.20/cwt	115.00–117.25	754	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	112.75/cwt	112.75–112.75	851	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	154.24/cwt	130.00–155.00	702	36
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	499	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	669	15
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	655	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	766	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	132.05/cwt	127.50–134.50	490	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	132.75/cwt	132.75–132.75	961	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	766	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	564	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	632	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	793	15

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 May 17, 2021

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

Receipts 983Last week 702Year ago 804

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 355, Heifers 453, Bulls 175)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	639	106.00	106.00
1	—	715	90.00	90.00
10	—	539	123.00	123.00
6	—	347	127.00	127.00
16	—	446	122.00–124.00	123.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	625	110.00	110.00
26	—	538	128.75	128.75
19	—	462	128.75	128.75
1	—	780	94.00	94.00
11	—	367	124.00–132.50	131.67
1	—	565	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	358	137.50	137.50
48	—	554	130.50	130.50
2	—	717	111.00	111.00
84	—	449	130.00	130.00
1	—	545	121.00	121.00
5	—	455	124.00	124.00
15	—	632	125.50	125.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	541	118.00–123.25	123.02
44	—	461	130.00	130.00
43	—	643	115.00–117.25	117.20
8	—	755	112.75	112.75
3	—	371	127.50–134.50	132.05
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	365	140.00	140.00
2	—	528	114.00–117.00	115.51
10	—	474	123.00	123.00
8	—	415	126.50–133.50	132.58
5	—	573	119.50	119.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	634	121.00	121.00
14	—	346	157.50	157.50
27	—	411	147.50	147.50
8	—	573	110.00–128.50	126.24
15	—	499	134.00	134.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	498	139.25	139.25
21	—	576	116.00–129.50	128.23
17	—	624	126.00	126.00
11	—	413	142.00	142.00
3	—	335	159.00	159.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	136.00	136.00
3	—	550	117.00	117.00
3	—	466	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	150.00	150.00
99	—	549	150.00	150.00
35	—	466	149.00	149.00
60	—	638	125.00–147.75	147.38
22	—	724	132.75	132.75
3	—	580	132.00	132.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	536	147.50	147.50
17	—	371	162.00	162.00
10	—	630	130.50	130.50
5	—	738	130.25	130.25
36	—	455	130.00–155.00	154.24
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	129.00	129.00
1	—	305	149.00	149.00
12	—	556	130.00	130.00
9	—	443	140.00	140.00
7	—	655	117.00	117.00

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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