Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-12-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 257, Heifers 489, Bulls 235)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.93/cwt on 489 head.

Average price

$134.93

489 head · 526 lb average

Value per head Derived

$709

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$70

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$15.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.12

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	502	138.66	697	189
Medium and Large 3	492	134.09	660	32
Medium and Large 1	551	133.48	736	239
Small 1	507	123.48	627	29

One grade step is worth $15.18/cwt here — about $70 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 sale489 hd

134.93

—

VA average9 barns · 2,141 hd

131.81

+3.12

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

54 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	—	520	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	762	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	355	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	660	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	624	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	883	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	420	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	739	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	493	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	759	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	564	137.99/cwt	131.00–139.25	778	33
Steers	Small 1	—	438	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	556	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	152.75/cwt	152.75–152.75	968	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	171.52/cwt	160.00–172.50	789	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	870	58
Steers	Small 1	—	310	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	406	1
Steers	Small 1	—	507	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	558	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	160.08/cwt	148.00–160.75	864	38
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	745	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,043	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	612	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	958	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	780	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	936	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	179.84/cwt	179.50–180.00	665	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	454	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	776	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	366	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	673	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,047	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	538	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	673	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	606	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	800	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	448	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	650	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	335	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	452	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	730	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	865	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	637	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	707	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	347	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	482	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	491	155.01/cwt	145.00–156.00	761	33
Bulls	Small 1	—	411	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	612	4
Bulls	Small 1	—	570	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	707	8
Bulls	Small 1	—	489	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	616	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	415	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	728	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	562	141.91/cwt	123.00–143.00	798	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	124.75/cwt	124.75–124.75	796	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	741	125.75/cwt	125.75–125.75	932	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	701	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	452	142.09/cwt	133.00–142.25	642	60
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	353	187.77/cwt	170.00–189.00	663	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	142.25/cwt	142.25–142.25	889	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	447	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	626	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	763	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	536	127.75/cwt	127.75–127.75	685	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	634	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	761	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	346	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	507	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	442	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	623	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	457	142.16/cwt	120.00–142.50	650	65
Heifers	Small 1	—	547	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	681	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	539	132.56/cwt	125.50–133.00	714	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	352	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	558	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	652	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	841	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	724	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	894	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	564	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	547	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	719	89
Heifers	Small 1	—	438	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	526	8

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 Dec 13, 2021

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

Receipts 981Last week 1,295Year ago 1,130

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 257, Heifers 489, Bulls 235)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	146.50	146.50
7	—	355	186.00	186.00
14	—	624	141.50	141.50
20	—	420	176.00	176.00
33	—	493	154.00	154.00
33	—	564	131.00–139.25	137.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	491	145.00–156.00	155.01
32	—	415	175.50	175.50
18	—	562	123.00–143.00	141.91
17	—	353	170.00–189.00	187.77
8	—	625	142.25	142.25
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	411	149.00	149.00
8	—	570	124.00	124.00
7	—	489	126.00	126.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	438	127.00	127.00
1	—	310	131.00	131.00
2	—	507	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	634	152.75	152.75
39	—	460	160.00–172.50	171.52
58	—	544	160.00	160.00
4	—	366	184.00	184.00
9	—	722	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	540	148.00–160.75	160.08
1	—	745	140.00	140.00
12	—	612	156.50	156.50
1	—	780	120.00	120.00
3	—	370	179.50–180.00	179.84
35	—	454	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	538	125.00	125.00
3	—	606	132.00	132.00
8	—	448	145.00	145.00
2	—	335	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	730	118.50	118.50
4	—	637	111.00	111.00
5	—	347	139.00	139.00
10	—	547	124.50	124.50
8	—	438	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	638	124.75	124.75
24	—	741	125.75	125.75
2	—	552	127.00	127.00
60	—	452	133.00–142.25	142.09
14	—	365	154.50	154.50
89	—	547	131.50	131.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	447	140.00	140.00
1	—	610	125.00	125.00
65	—	457	120.00–142.50	142.16
67	—	539	125.50–133.00	132.56
24	—	352	158.50	158.50
16	—	652	129.00	129.00
9	—	724	123.50	123.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	536	127.75	127.75
5	—	634	120.00	120.00
3	—	346	146.50	146.50
14	—	442	141.00	141.00

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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