Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-05-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 285, Heifers 272, Bulls 135)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $145.73/cwt on 285 head.

Average price

$145.73

285 head · 577 lb average

Value per head Derived

$841

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$113

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$28.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.67

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	539	148.89	802	91
Medium and Large 1	605	146.72	888	166
Medium and Large 3	511	135.86	694	17thin
Small 1	574	120.00	689	11thin

One grade step is worth $28.89/cwt here — about $113 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 sale285 hd

145.73

—

VA average7 barns · 806 hd

142.06

+3.67

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

51 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	Medium and Large 1	—	347	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	545	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	415	142.25/cwt	142.25–142.25	590	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	629	125.25/cwt	125.25–125.25	788	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	495	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	663	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	565	125.06/cwt	116.00–125.75	707	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	462	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	405	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	583	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	473	120.70/cwt	112.00–123.00	571	5
Heifers	Small 1	—	617	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	716	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	133.78/cwt	125.50–134.25	971	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	755	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	150.65/cwt	144.00–151.00	836	60
Bulls	Small 1	—	490	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	622	2
Steers	Small 1	—	735	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	853	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	365	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	529	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	347	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	548	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	543	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	823	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	546	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	721	49
Steers	Small 1	—	645	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	722	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	533	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	640	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	535	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	658	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	647	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	941	72
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	781	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	489	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	687	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	833	8
Steers	Small 1	—	453	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	584	3
Steers	Small 1	—	546	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	672	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	736	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	968	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	353	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	494	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	456	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	593	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	629	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	780	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	521	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	710	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	343	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	551	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	449	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	682	27
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	564	129.84/cwt	124.00–131.00	732	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	555	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	727	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	622	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	544	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	696	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	353	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	489	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	552	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	701	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	645	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	839	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	385	140.56/cwt	136.00–145.00	541	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	696	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	464	134.85/cwt	124.00–135.25	626	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	750	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	758	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	432	143.24/cwt	134.00–145.00	619	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	647	142.24/cwt	134.00–144.00	920	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	630	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	756	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	411	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	619	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	717	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	803	6

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 31, 2021

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

Receipts 692Last week 997Year ago 1,140

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 285, Heifers 272, Bulls 135)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	347	157.00	157.00
9	—	415	142.25	142.25
11	—	629	125.25	125.25
21	—	495	134.00	134.00
28	—	565	116.00–125.75	125.06
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	405	144.00	144.00
2	—	490	127.00	127.00
1	—	365	145.00	145.00
1	—	535	123.00	123.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	625	125.00	125.00
20	—	489	140.50	140.50
9	—	343	160.50	160.50
13	—	555	131.00	131.00
14	—	411	150.50	150.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	136.00	136.00
42	—	637	118.50	118.50
49	—	546	132.00	132.00
8	—	731	114.00	114.00
1	—	410	127.00	127.00
16	—	468	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	473	112.00–123.00	120.70
2	—	617	116.00	116.00
3	—	533	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	353	140.00	140.00
16	—	629	124.00	124.00
46	—	544	128.00	128.00
1	—	580	120.00	120.00
28	—	464	124.00–135.25	134.85
6	—	717	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	456	130.00	130.00
12	—	353	138.50	138.50
5	—	552	127.00	127.00
1	—	750	101.00	101.00
5	—	630	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	726	125.50–134.25	133.78
60	—	555	144.00–151.00	150.65
72	—	647	145.50	145.50
16	—	467	152.00	152.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	116.00	116.00
4	—	645	112.00	112.00
3	—	453	129.00	129.00
3	—	546	123.00	123.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	347	158.00	158.00
37	—	543	151.50	151.50
6	—	736	131.50	131.50
27	—	449	152.00	152.00
17	—	647	134.00–144.00	142.24
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	564	124.00–131.00	129.84
3	—	645	130.00	130.00
2	—	385	136.00–145.00	140.56
6	—	432	134.00–145.00	143.24

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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