Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-05-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 364, Heifers 397, Bulls 161)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.35/cwt on 397 head.

Average price

$143.35

397 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$757

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$119

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$12.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.96

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	514	147.02	756	124
Medium and Large 3	479	144.56	692	49
Medium and Large 1	551	141.45	779	212
Small 1	475	134.17	637	12thin

One grade step is worth $12.85/cwt here — about $119 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 sale397 hd

143.35

—

VA average10 barns · 1,507 hd

142.39

+0.96

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	Small 1	—	465	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	716	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	412	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	663	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	380	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	524	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,032	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	361	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	614	3
Steers	Small 1	—	650	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	891	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	157.25/cwt	157.25–157.25	1,005	80
Steers	Small 1	—	535	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	765	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	129.75/cwt	129.75–129.75	958	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	178.44/cwt	160.00–179.00	828	36
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	748	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	1,096	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	720	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	994	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	542	163.20/cwt	148.00–164.00	885	19
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	535	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	856	2
Steers	Small 1	—	395	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	596	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	444	178.11/cwt	171.00–178.50	791	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,078	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	170.56/cwt	148.00–171.00	947	111
Steers	Small 1	—	735	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	985	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	661	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	965	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	721	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	559	155.70/cwt	141.00–156.75	870	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	498	167.25/cwt	167.25–167.25	833	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	624	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	911	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	428	173.94/cwt	159.00–175.50	744	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	502	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	788	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	322	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	596	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	433	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	686	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	556	157.25/cwt	157.25–157.25	874	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	616	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	899	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	417	174.40/cwt	160.00–175.00	727	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	795	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	487	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	721	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	440	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	601	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	515	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	773	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	566	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	770	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	336	194.50/cwt	194.50–194.50	654	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	538	143.75/cwt	143.75–143.75	773	38
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	494	169.75/cwt	169.75–169.75	839	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	348	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	555	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	453	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	650	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	613	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	546	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	764	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	642	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	873	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	649	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	863	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	456	151.39/cwt	146.00–151.75	690	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	732	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	966	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	630	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	803	5
Heifers	Small 1	—	570	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	741	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	690	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	438	147.75/cwt	147.75–147.75	647	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	549	140.25/cwt	140.25–140.25	770	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	604	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	149.50/cwt	143.00–149.75	695	56
Heifers	Small 1	—	655	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	786	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 May 9, 2022

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

Receipts 922Last week 1,072Year ago 702

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 364, Heifers 397, Bulls 161)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	465	154.00	154.00
2	—	650	137.00	137.00
2	—	535	143.00	143.00
1	—	395	151.00	151.00
1	—	735	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	412	161.00	161.00
3	—	361	170.00	170.00
1	—	720	138.00	138.00
2	—	535	160.00	160.00
3	—	661	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	635	162.50	162.50
3	—	748	146.50	146.50
19	—	542	148.00–164.00	163.20
39	—	444	171.00–178.50	178.11
21	—	368	196.00	196.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	639	157.25	157.25
36	—	464	160.00–179.00	178.44
19	—	733	147.00	147.00
111	—	555	148.00–171.00	170.56
5	—	379	182.00	182.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	138.00	138.00
8	—	440	136.50	136.50
2	—	570	130.00	130.00
1	—	655	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	738	129.75	129.75
1	—	580	137.00	137.00
47	—	649	133.00	133.00
91	—	549	140.25	140.25
8	—	373	162.00	162.00
56	—	465	143.00–149.75	149.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	538	143.75	143.75
12	—	375	163.50	163.50
17	—	642	136.00	136.00
50	—	456	146.00–151.75	151.39
7	—	732	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	348	159.50	159.50
4	—	453	143.50	143.50
14	—	546	140.00	140.00
5	—	630	127.50	127.50
20	—	438	147.75	147.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	559	141.00–156.75	155.70
26	—	498	167.25	167.25
13	—	624	146.00	146.00
11	—	428	159.00–175.50	173.94
2	—	502	157.00	157.00
2	—	322	185.00	185.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	433	158.50	158.50
4	—	487	148.00	148.00
3	—	566	136.00	136.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	556	157.25	157.25
3	—	616	146.00	146.00
26	—	417	160.00–175.00	174.40
1	—	515	150.00	150.00
7	—	336	194.50	194.50
12	—	494	169.75	169.75

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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