Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-01-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 59, Heifers 181, Bulls 111)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.65/cwt on 180 head.

Average price

$130.65

180 head · 499 lb average

Value per head Derived

$652

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$128

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$22.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.95

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	493	133.98	660	83
Medium and Large 1	521	131.83	687	63
Medium and Large 3	474	123.15	584	26
Small 1	478	111.25	532	8thin

One grade step is worth $22.73/cwt here — about $128 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 sale180 hd

130.65

—

VA average2 barns · 292 hd

129.71

+0.95

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

48 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	—	555	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	655	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	365	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	475	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	630	138.75/cwt	138.75–138.75	874	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	319	157.96/cwt	150.00–160.00	504	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	411	164.67/cwt	162.00–166.00	677	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	567	145.85/cwt	137.00–147.50	827	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	489	157.35/cwt	150.00–158.75	769	19
Bulls	Small 1	—	490	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	632	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	528	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	750	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	983	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	646	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	924	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	551	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	865	8
Steers	Small 1	—	542	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	629	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	157.65/cwt	153.00–158.00	851	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	522	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	647	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	385	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	554	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	605	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	708	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	561	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	112.28/cwt	112.25–112.50	820	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	539	10
Heifers	Small 1	—	425	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	446	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	600	105.50/cwt	105.50–105.50	633	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	705	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	740	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	147.25/cwt	147.25–147.25	926	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	363	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	461	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	364	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	531	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	726	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	534	132.75/cwt	132.75–132.75	709	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	441	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	615	27
Heifers	Small 1	—	355	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	438	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	456	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	595	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	415	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	467	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	671	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	731	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	541	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	630	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	743	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	737	113.25/cwt	113.25–113.25	835	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	565	147.25/cwt	147.25–147.25	832	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	479	158.60/cwt	150.50–160.25	760	17
Heifers	Small 1	—	515	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	525	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	132.25/cwt	132.25–132.25	713	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	452	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	626	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	753	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	345	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	580	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	415	167.98/cwt	163.00–169.50	697	13
Bulls	Small 1	—	403	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	572	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	615	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	830	1

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 Jan 3, 2022

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

Receipts 351Last week 981Year ago 486

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 59, Heifers 181, Bulls 111)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	118.00	118.00
3	—	365	130.00	130.00
4	—	490	129.00	129.00
5	—	403	142.00	142.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	630	138.75	138.75
5	—	319	150.00–160.00	157.96
6	—	411	162.00–166.00	164.67
13	—	567	137.00–147.50	145.85
19	—	489	150.00–158.75	157.35
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	565	147.25	147.25
17	—	479	150.50–160.25	158.60
7	—	345	168.00	168.00
13	—	415	163.00–169.50	167.98
1	—	615	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	160.00	160.00
5	—	469	160.00	160.00
2	—	712	138.00	138.00
14	—	540	153.00–158.00	157.65
7	—	629	147.25	147.25
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	646	143.00	143.00
8	—	551	157.00	157.00
9	—	445	159.00	159.00
2	—	340	165.00	165.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	542	116.00	116.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	522	124.00	124.00
1	—	385	144.00	144.00
1	—	465	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	730	112.25–112.50	112.28
10	—	369	146.00	146.00
15	—	539	132.25	132.25
22	—	452	138.50	138.50
8	—	658	114.50	114.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	105.00	105.00
1	—	600	105.50	105.50
1	—	705	105.00	105.00
3	—	355	123.50	123.50
2	—	515	102.00	102.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	363	127.00	127.00
9	—	456	130.50	130.50
1	—	415	112.50	112.50
3	—	671	109.00	109.00
6	—	541	116.50	116.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	364	146.00	146.00
11	—	640	113.50	113.50
20	—	534	132.75	132.75
27	—	441	139.50	139.50
1	—	675	110.00	110.00
5	—	737	113.25	113.25

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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