Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-05-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 342, Heifers 456, Bulls 199)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.20/cwt on 456 head.

Average price

$127.20

456 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$681

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$61

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1

$5.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.08

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	130.78	653	145
Medium and Large 3	477	129.18	616	42
Small 1	477	126.58	604	24
Medium and Large 1	572	124.81	714	245

One grade step is worth $5.97/cwt here — about −$61 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 sale456 hd

127.20

—

VA average10 barns · 1,135 hd

122.13

+5.08

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
Heifers	Small 1	—	445	130.71/cwt	125.00–132.00	582	16
Steers	Small 1	—	440	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	581	6
Steers	Small 1	—	725	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	885	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	385	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	493	1
Steers	Small 1	—	505	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	611	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	150.25/cwt	150.25–150.25	965	87
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	493	137.89/cwt	130.00–140.00	680	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	427	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	615	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	761	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	992	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	492	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	684	22
Steers	Small 1	—	632	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	758	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	741	114.86/cwt	114.00–115.00	851	7
Bulls	Small 1	—	481	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	620	8
Heifers	Small 1	—	544	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	656	5
Bulls	Small 1	—	348	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	512	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	626	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	801	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	565	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	703	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	642	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	421	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	579	10
Heifers	Small 1	—	610	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	659	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	861	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	741	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,026	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	153.61/cwt	149.00–154.00	559	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	628	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	823	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	567	133.88/cwt	130.00–134.00	759	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	861	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	363	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	495	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	570	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	741	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	652	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	880	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	542	126.54/cwt	114.00–127.75	686	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	582	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	704	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	443	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	709	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	446	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	571	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	538	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	775	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	453	133.75/cwt	133.75–133.75	606	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	455	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	551	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	634	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	945	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	442	132.25/cwt	132.25–132.25	585	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	511	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	630	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	731	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	629	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	786	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	821	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	555	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	738	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	542	127.75/cwt	127.75–127.75	692	39
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	339	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	539	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	595	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	119.68/cwt	118.00–119.75	756	78
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	464	154.09/cwt	134.00–155.00	715	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	126.45/cwt	124.00–126.50	688	91
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	735	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,000	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	508	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	133.22/cwt	129.00–133.50	618	50
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	375	151.27/cwt	144.00–154.00	567	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	418	151.25/cwt	151.25–151.25	632	27

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 24, 2021

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

Receipts 997Last week 983Year ago 731

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 342, Heifers 456, Bulls 199)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	445	125.00–132.00	130.71
1	—	385	128.00	128.00
5	—	544	120.50	120.50
2	—	610	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	741	114.00–115.00	114.86
2	—	582	121.00	121.00
6	—	446	128.00	128.00
51	—	453	133.75	133.75
23	—	365	140.00	140.00
17	—	629	125.00	125.00
39	—	542	127.75	127.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	739	116.50	116.50
78	—	632	118.00–119.75	119.68
91	—	544	124.00–126.50	126.45
3	—	385	132.00	132.00
50	—	464	129.00–133.50	133.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	363	136.50	136.50
11	—	542	114.00–127.75	126.54
1	—	455	121.00	121.00
14	—	442	132.25	132.25
6	—	630	116.00	116.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	440	132.00	132.00
1	—	725	122.00	122.00
1	—	505	121.00	121.00
2	—	632	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	642	150.25	150.25
2	—	532	143.00	143.00
1	—	670	148.00	148.00
2	—	462	139.00	139.00
117	—	550	156.50	156.50
25	—	741	138.50	138.50
25	—	364	149.00–154.00	153.61
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	130.00	130.00
2	—	652	135.00	135.00
6	—	443	160.00	160.00
4	—	538	144.00	144.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	634	149.00	149.00
18	—	540	152.00	152.00
10	—	372	160.00	160.00
24	—	464	134.00–155.00	154.09
3	—	735	136.00	136.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	493	130.00–140.00	137.89
3	—	626	128.00	128.00
19	—	555	133.00	133.00
13	—	339	159.00	159.00
27	—	418	151.25	151.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	427	144.00	144.00
22	—	492	139.00	139.00
20	—	628	131.00	131.00
34	—	567	130.00–134.00	133.88
6	—	375	144.00–154.00	151.27
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	481	129.00	129.00
3	—	348	147.00	147.00
6	—	565	124.50	124.50
10	—	421	137.50	137.50

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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