Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-03-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 264, Heifers 388, Bulls 179)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $144.90/cwt on 388 head.

Average price

$144.90

388 head · 513 lb average

Value per head Derived

$743

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$21

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$16.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.36

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	487	148.89	725	132
Medium and Large 3	465	148.16	689	71
Medium and Large 1	547	142.58	780	153
Small 1	564	132.21	746	32

One grade step is worth $16.68/cwt here — about −$21 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 sale388 hd

144.90

—

VA average7 barns · 1,442 hd

140.53

+4.36

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

59 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	—	520	138.92/cwt	135.00–141.00	722	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	739	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	894	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	464	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	705	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	447	149.02/cwt	144.00–149.25	666	44
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	642	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	992	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	558	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	843	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	415	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	606	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	170.45/cwt	162.00–171.00	929	66
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	454	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	781	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	153.25/cwt	153.25–153.25	1,117	15
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	345	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	528	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	1,041	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	358	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	669	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	551	172.71/cwt	150.00–174.75	952	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	998	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	510	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	724	1
Steers	Small 1	—	671	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,000	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	597	1
Steers	Small 1	—	437	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	686	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	160.45/cwt	154.50–160.75	1,035	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,132	1
Steers	Small 1	—	315	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	476	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	726	2
Steers	Small 1	—	705	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	931	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	739	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	1,134	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	487	162.04/cwt	156.00–162.25	789	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	555	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	882	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	421	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	716	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	623	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	916	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	348	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	612	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	460	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	646	8
Bulls	Small 1	—	378	150.52/cwt	150.00–151.00	569	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	500	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	745	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	620	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	893	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	356	179.70/cwt	166.00–182.00	640	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	567	150.98/cwt	145.00–153.50	856	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	730	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	905	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	474	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	761	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	748	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	987	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	603	20
Heifers	Small 1	—	624	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	764	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	563	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	861	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	416	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	726	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	455	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	619	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	441	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	653	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	540	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	772	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	570	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	658	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	371	143.61/cwt	139.00–146.00	533	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	362	163.17/cwt	155.00–164.50	591	29
Heifers	Small 1	—	565	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	763	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	544	144.37/cwt	139.00–144.50	785	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	877	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	814	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	685	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	856	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	541	142.98/cwt	142.00–143.00	774	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	685	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	134.75/cwt	134.75–134.75	861	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	981	13

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 28, 2022

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

Receipts 831Last week 930Year ago 971

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 264, Heifers 388, Bulls 179)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	520	135.00–141.00	138.92
2	—	378	150.00–151.00	150.52
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	487	156.00–162.25	162.04
21	—	555	159.00	159.00
19	—	421	170.00	170.00
12	—	623	147.00	147.00
4	—	348	176.00	176.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	500	149.00	149.00
1	—	620	144.00	144.00
23	—	356	166.00–182.00	179.70
10	—	567	145.00–153.50	150.98
22	—	474	160.50	160.50
31	—	416	174.50	174.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	739	121.00	121.00
8	—	460	140.50	140.50
6	—	624	122.50	122.50
3	—	371	139.00–146.00	143.61
9	—	565	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	447	144.00–149.25	149.02
4	—	748	132.00	132.00
2	—	665	129.50	129.50
29	—	362	155.00–164.50	163.17
43	—	544	139.00–144.50	144.37
10	—	640	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	730	124.00	124.00
20	—	370	163.00	163.00
1	—	455	136.00	136.00
26	—	441	148.00	148.00
17	—	540	143.00	143.00
3	—	570	115.50	115.50
2	—	685	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	362	155.50	155.50
63	—	541	142.00–143.00	142.98
38	—	461	148.50	148.50
30	—	639	134.75	134.75
13	—	740	132.50	132.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	464	152.00	152.00
7	—	642	154.50	154.50
4	—	558	151.00	151.00
1	—	415	146.00	146.00
1	—	345	153.00	153.00
1	—	510	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	545	162.00–171.00	170.45
15	—	729	153.25	153.25
1	—	345	173.00	173.00
41	—	645	154.50–160.75	160.45
1	—	765	148.00	148.00
2	—	440	165.00	165.00
38	—	455	179.00	179.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	454	172.00	172.00
13	—	633	164.50	164.50
5	—	358	187.00	187.00
25	—	551	150.00–174.75	172.71
2	—	650	153.50	153.50
6	—	739	153.50	153.50
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	671	149.00	149.00
2	—	437	157.00	157.00
1	—	315	151.00	151.00
1	—	705	132.00	132.00

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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