Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-09-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 188, Heifers 232, Bulls 138)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $136.36/cwt on 232 head.

Average price

$136.36

232 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$758

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$133

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$18.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.02

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	552	140.63	776	108
Medium and Large 1	574	136.02	781	82
Medium and Large 3	533	127.39	679	31
Small 1	526	122.32	644	11thin

One grade step is worth $18.31/cwt here — about $133 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 sale232 hd

136.36

—

VA average7 barns · 916 hd

134.34

+2.02

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
Heifers	Small 1	—	640	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	672	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	495	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	639	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	343	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	669	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	557	139.76/cwt	125.00–141.00	778	13
Bulls	Small 1	—	434	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	729	7
Bulls	Small 1	—	370	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	564	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	418	178.76/cwt	174.00–179.00	747	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	646	142.75/cwt	142.75–142.75	922	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	462	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	769	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	871	3
Steers	Small 1	—	455	141.29/cwt	130.00–145.00	643	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	753	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,039	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	831	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	548	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	833	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	718	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,005	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	369	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	679	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	539	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	722	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	724	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	157.64/cwt	151.00–160.00	579	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	160.68/cwt	155.00–161.00	744	19
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	636	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	360	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	533	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	725	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	754	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	645	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	745	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	741	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	930	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	654	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	961	31
Steers	Small 1	—	347	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	500	2
Steers	Small 1	—	557	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	663	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	656	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	735	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	738	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	945	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	377	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	609	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	648	131.36/cwt	127.50–131.50	851	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	790	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	948	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	452	143.40/cwt	135.00–144.00	648	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	560	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	792	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	629	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	833	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	737	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	649	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	860	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	343	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	466	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	530	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	734	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	585	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	684	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	485	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	728	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	139.25/cwt	139.25–139.25	759	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	547	136.25/cwt	136.25–136.25	745	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	453	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	616	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	419	178.90/cwt	170.00–180.00	750	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	620	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	837	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	481	155.17/cwt	149.00–155.50	746	19
Heifers	Small 1	—	445	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	583	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	458	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	589	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	436	149.93/cwt	135.00–151.50	654	21

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 Sep 6, 2021

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

Receipts 558Last week 648Year ago 487

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 188, Heifers 232, Bulls 138)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	105.00	105.00
3	—	656	112.00	112.00
2	—	445	131.00	131.00
5	—	458	128.50	128.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	539	134.00	134.00
4	—	725	104.00	104.00
6	—	645	115.50	115.50
4	—	343	136.00	136.00
9	—	453	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	553	131.00	131.00
4	—	367	151.00–160.00	157.64
9	—	741	125.50	125.50
1	—	790	120.00	120.00
16	—	452	135.00–144.00	143.40
24	—	649	132.50	132.50
25	—	547	136.25	136.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	738	128.00	128.00
13	—	377	161.50	161.50
28	—	648	127.50–131.50	131.36
1	—	565	130.50	130.50
33	—	545	139.25	139.25
21	—	436	135.00–151.50	149.93
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	495	129.00	129.00
7	—	434	168.00	168.00
1	—	370	152.50	152.50
1	—	585	117.00	117.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	343	195.00	195.00
13	—	557	125.00–141.00	139.76
20	—	418	174.00–179.00	178.76
6	—	629	132.50	132.50
21	—	485	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	560	141.50	141.50
1	—	530	138.50	138.50
9	—	419	170.00–180.00	178.90
4	—	620	135.00	135.00
19	—	481	149.00–155.50	155.17
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	646	142.75	142.75
17	—	462	166.50	166.50
29	—	548	152.00	152.00
6	—	718	140.00	140.00
5	—	369	184.00	184.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	631	138.00	138.00
25	—	753	138.00	138.00
28	—	550	151.00	151.00
19	—	463	155.00–161.00	160.68
31	—	654	147.00	147.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	455	130.00–145.00	141.29
2	—	347	144.00	144.00
2	—	557	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	530	120.00	120.00
3	—	360	148.00	148.00

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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