Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-10-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 349, Heifers 661, Bulls 379)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.55/cwt on 661 head.

Average price

$127.55

661 head · 521 lb average

Value per head Derived

$664

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$83

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$5.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.33

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	128.83	708	264
Medium and Large 2	498	128.28	638	268
Medium and Large 3	511	123.74	633	72
Small 1	508	123.00	625	57

One grade step is worth $5.83/cwt here — about $83 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 sale661 hd

127.55

—

VA average9 barns · 2,544 hd

125.22

+2.33

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	—	422	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	561	10
Bulls	Small 1	—	352	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	440	2
Steers	Small 1	—	550	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	655	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	628	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	738	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	565	133.43/cwt	126.00–134.00	754	57
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	349	166.92/cwt	148.00–169.00	583	10
Bulls	Small 1	—	492	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	581	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	549	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	799	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	549	125.86/cwt	121.00–126.00	691	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	118.65/cwt	111.00–119.00	871	22
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	377	140.27/cwt	127.00–147.00	529	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	136.61/cwt	124.00–137.00	623	67
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	721	36
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	458	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	717	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	629	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	871	18
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	740	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	858	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	566	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	747	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	667	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	854	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	605	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	918	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	617	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	747	9
Steers	Small 1	—	477	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	601	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	850	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	547	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	799	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	729	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	878	61
Steers	Small 1	—	610	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	714	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	753	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,024	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	809	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	159.63/cwt	153.00–160.00	591	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	418	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	658	50
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	490	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	664	57
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	560	131.72/cwt	113.00–132.25	738	36
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	624	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	739	15
Heifers	Small 1	—	542	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	618	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	505	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	596	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	458	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	584	18
Bulls	Small 1	—	540	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	624	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	493	137.64/cwt	126.00–138.00	679	65
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	339	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	573	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	723	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	875	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	422	153.28/cwt	140.50–156.00	647	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	656	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	450	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	572	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	366	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	470	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	127.83/cwt	118.00–128.00	808	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	624	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	739	7
Heifers	Small 1	—	710	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	781	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	630	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	737	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	542	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	672	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	729	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	846	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	122.58/cwt	122.50–124.00	785	37
Heifers	Small 1	—	363	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	468	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	541	121.75/cwt	121.75–121.75	659	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	135.02/cwt	129.00–137.00	479	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	554	5
Heifers	Small 1	—	550	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	663	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	366	138.76/cwt	129.00–139.00	508	45
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	556	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	726	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	451	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	586	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	447	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	682	4

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 Oct 18, 2021

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

Receipts 1,389Last week 1,101Year ago 1,554

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 349, Heifers 661, Bulls 379)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	422	133.00	133.00
2	—	352	125.00	125.00
14	—	492	118.00	118.00
4	—	540	115.50	115.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	628	117.50	117.50
57	—	565	126.00–134.00	133.43
10	—	349	148.00–169.00	166.92
65	—	493	126.00–138.00	137.64
17	—	422	140.50–156.00	153.28
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	418	157.50	157.50
57	—	490	135.50	135.50
36	—	560	113.00–132.25	131.72
15	—	624	118.50	118.50
1	—	505	118.00	118.00
22	—	339	169.00	169.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	550	119.00	119.00
2	—	477	126.00	126.00
2	—	610	117.00	117.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	549	145.50	145.50
1	—	390	155.00	155.00
1	—	680	125.00	125.00
32	—	457	159.50	159.50
61	—	636	138.00	138.00
12	—	753	136.00	136.00
5	—	562	144.00	144.00
4	—	447	152.50	152.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	377	127.00–147.00	140.27
13	—	458	156.50	156.50
1	—	740	116.00	116.00
9	—	617	121.00	121.00
8	—	556	130.50	130.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	455	158.50	158.50
18	—	629	138.50	138.50
3	—	566	132.00	132.00
2	—	667	128.00	128.00
4	—	720	127.50	127.50
36	—	547	146.00	146.00
20	—	370	153.00–160.00	159.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
106	—	549	121.00–126.00	125.86
22	—	734	111.00–119.00	118.65
67	—	456	124.00–137.00	136.61
57	—	632	118.00–128.00	127.83
12	—	355	129.00–137.00	135.02
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	542	114.00	114.00
18	—	458	127.50	127.50
1	—	710	110.00	110.00
8	—	630	117.00	117.00
8	—	363	129.00	129.00
20	—	550	120.50	120.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	723	121.00	121.00
3	—	570	115.00	115.00
82	—	542	124.00	124.00
37	—	640	122.50–124.00	122.58
5	—	420	132.00	132.00
45	—	366	129.00–139.00	138.76
90	—	451	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	450	127.00	127.00
8	—	366	128.50	128.50
7	—	624	118.50	118.50
7	—	729	116.00	116.00
21	—	541	121.75	121.75

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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