Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-03-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 203, Heifers 274, Bulls 145)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.06/cwt on 274 head.

Average price

$140.06

274 head · 504 lb average

Value per head Derived

$707

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$85

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$13.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.21

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	500	143.90	719	104
Medium and Large 3	458	141.10	646	42
Medium and Large 1	533	138.11	737	102
Small 1	485	130.72	634	26

One grade step is worth $13.18/cwt here — about $85 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 sale274 hd

140.06

—

VA average9 barns · 1,477 hd

139.85

+0.21

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

55 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
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	438	150.38/cwt	147.00–152.00	659	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	845	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	795	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,049	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	382	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	588	2
Steers	Small 1	—	450	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	677	6
Steers	Small 1	—	645	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	835	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	725	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	182.25/cwt	182.25–182.25	820	32
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	799	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	932	20
Steers	Small 1	—	420	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	622	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,055	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	999	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	995	8
Steers	Small 1	—	512	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	709	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	943	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	172.75/cwt	172.75–172.75	940	43
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	665	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	881	1
Steers	Small 1	—	362	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	547	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	672	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	342	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	581	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	346	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	585	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	562	159.03/cwt	155.00–159.25	894	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	716	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	624	143.75/cwt	143.75–143.75	897	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	355	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	533	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	365	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	555	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	430	148.31/cwt	147.00–149.00	638	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	487	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	782	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	562	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	846	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	350	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	620	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	648	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	752	6
Bulls	Small 1	—	512	138.76/cwt	133.00–140.00	710	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	118.75/cwt	115.00–120.00	868	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	638	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	727	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	407	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	694	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	630	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	898	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	441	140.75/cwt	140.75–140.75	621	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	490	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	777	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	455	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	596	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	534	144.75/cwt	144.75–144.75	773	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	363	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	564	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	566	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	771	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	755	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	914	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	367	138.66/cwt	135.00–140.00	509	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	554	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	832	12
Heifers	Small 1	—	531	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	682	8
Steers	Small 1	—	715	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	926	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	535	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	733	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	645	34
Heifers	Small 1	—	452	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	606	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	760	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	462	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	658	35

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 Mar 14, 2022

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

Receipts 622Last week 1,613Year ago 1,535

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 203, Heifers 274, Bulls 145)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	438	147.00–152.00	150.38
2	—	382	154.00	154.00
1	—	665	132.50	132.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	795	132.00	132.00
21	—	455	175.50	175.50
20	—	540	172.50	172.50
8	—	640	155.50	155.50
4	—	573	164.50	164.50
12	—	365	184.00	184.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	450	150.50	150.50
5	—	645	129.50	129.50
1	—	420	148.00	148.00
5	—	512	138.50	138.50
2	—	362	151.00	151.00
2	—	715	129.50	129.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	445	163.00	163.00
32	—	450	182.25	182.25
6	—	730	144.50	144.50
20	—	636	157.00	157.00
43	—	544	172.75	172.75
4	—	342	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	645	131.00	131.00
4	—	731	115.00–120.00	118.75
1	—	580	133.00	133.00
5	—	360	154.00	154.00
34	—	461	140.00	140.00
39	—	543	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	648	116.00	116.00
17	—	441	140.75	140.75
1	—	455	131.00	131.00
13	—	363	155.50	155.50
5	—	535	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	638	114.00	114.00
4	—	367	135.00–140.00	138.66
8	—	531	128.50	128.50
11	—	452	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	534	144.75	144.75
17	—	355	159.50	159.50
3	—	755	121.00	121.00
12	—	645	129.00	129.00
35	—	462	142.50	142.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	346	169.00	169.00
19	—	562	155.00–159.25	159.03
14	—	425	168.50	168.50
12	—	624	143.75	143.75
1	—	355	150.00	150.00
15	—	487	160.50	160.50
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	365	152.00	152.00
3	—	430	147.00–149.00	148.31
6	—	512	133.00–140.00	138.76
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	562	150.50	150.50
11	—	350	177.00	177.00
24	—	407	170.50	170.50
3	—	630	142.50	142.50
15	—	490	158.50	158.50

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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