Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-04-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 221, Heifers 431, Bulls 232)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $146.25/cwt on 431 head.

Average price

$146.25

431 head · 498 lb average

Value per head Derived

$728

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$32

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$10.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.79

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	148.58	723	157
Medium and Large 3	467	147.99	691	99
Medium and Large 1	531	144.14	765	146
Small 1	500	138.26	692	29

One grade step is worth $10.32/cwt here — about $32 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 sale431 hd

146.25

—

VA average10 barns · 1,652 hd

142.46

+3.79

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

60 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	—	330	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	558	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	434	153.18/cwt	139.00–155.00	665	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	964	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	542	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	875	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	938	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	541	144.44/cwt	140.00–144.50	781	71
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	670	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	453	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	795	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	168.24/cwt	158.00–169.00	900	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	542	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	905	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	645	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	1,035	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	740	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,103	1
Steers	Small 1	—	390	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	581	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	617	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	718	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	366	185.11/cwt	161.00–187.50	678	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	737	159.73/cwt	157.00–160.00	1,177	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	1,102	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	551	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	934	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	651	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	1,071	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	745	157.06/cwt	153.00–157.25	1,170	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	744	14
Steers	Small 1	—	531	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	743	4
Steers	Small 1	—	425	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	642	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	495	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	814	34
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	563	159.74/cwt	156.00–160.00	899	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	410	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	693	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	622	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	933	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	520	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	749	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	340	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	558	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	566	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	798	10
Bulls	Small 1	—	491	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	712	5
Bulls	Small 1	—	356	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	541	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	488	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	773	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	419	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	735	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	565	158.56/cwt	152.00–159.75	896	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	867	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	359	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	556	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	962	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	352	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	634	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	621	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	916	6
Bulls	Small 1	—	437	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	656	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	538	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	772	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	354	161.29/cwt	149.00–164.00	571	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	643	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	791	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	430	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	639	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	775	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	922	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	148.31/cwt	142.00–148.50	681	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	361	163.71/cwt	149.00–164.25	591	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	641	133.86/cwt	126.00–134.50	858	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	446	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	638	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	972	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	452	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	678	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	450	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	666	34
Heifers	Small 1	—	432	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	631	7
Heifers	Small 1	—	347	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	517	7
Heifers	Small 1	—	645	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	777	5
Heifers	Small 1	—	767	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	897	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	537	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	744	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	542	143.75/cwt	143.75–143.75	779	52

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 Apr 11, 2022

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

Receipts 884Last week 964Year ago 1,184

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 221, Heifers 431, Bulls 232)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	169.00	169.00
9	—	434	139.00–155.00	153.18
4	—	542	167.00	167.00
2	—	645	160.50	160.50
1	—	740	149.00	149.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	610	158.00	158.00
2	—	542	161.50	161.50
2	—	367	168.00	168.00
1	—	485	148.00	148.00
53	—	551	169.50	169.50
30	—	651	164.50	164.50
22	—	745	153.00–157.25	157.06
14	—	443	168.00	168.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	435	154.00	154.00
23	—	453	175.50	175.50
14	—	535	158.00–169.00	168.24
12	—	366	161.00–187.50	185.11
11	—	737	157.00–160.00	159.73
10	—	650	169.50	169.50
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	149.00	149.00
4	—	531	140.00	140.00
1	—	425	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	125.00	125.00
71	—	541	140.00–144.50	144.44
22	—	642	135.00	135.00
11	—	359	155.00	155.00
5	—	740	130.00	130.00
36	—	459	142.00–148.50	148.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	538	143.50	143.50
23	—	354	149.00–164.00	161.29
6	—	643	123.00	123.00
6	—	430	148.50	148.50
1	—	775	119.00	119.00
34	—	450	148.00	148.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	361	149.00–164.25	163.71
13	—	641	126.00–134.50	133.86
5	—	446	143.00	143.00
4	—	725	134.00	134.00
53	—	452	150.00	150.00
52	—	542	143.75	143.75
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	432	146.00	146.00
7	—	347	149.00	149.00
5	—	645	120.50	120.50
2	—	767	117.00	117.00
8	—	537	138.50	138.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	495	164.50	164.50
31	—	563	156.00–160.00	159.74
25	—	410	169.00	169.00
15	—	622	150.00	150.00
2	—	520	144.00	144.00
1	—	340	164.00	164.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	566	141.00	141.00
5	—	491	145.00	145.00
3	—	356	152.00	152.00
2	—	437	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	488	158.50	158.50
30	—	419	175.50	175.50
19	—	565	152.00–159.75	158.56
17	—	352	180.00	180.00
6	—	621	147.50	147.50

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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