Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-05-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 537, Heifers 576, Bulls 216)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $146.94/cwt on 576 head.

Average price

$146.94

576 head · 520 lb average

Value per head Derived

$764

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$44

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$13.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.90

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	496	149.71	743	236
Medium and Large 3	487	146.51	713	56
Medium and Large 1	549	145.39	798	264
Small 1	515	135.83	699	20

One grade step is worth $13.88/cwt here — about $44 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 sale576 hd

146.94

—

VA average9 barns · 1,933 hd

144.03

+2.90

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	—	357	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	657	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	375	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	548	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	655	144.25/cwt	144.25–144.25	945	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	551	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	898	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	697	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	644	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,030	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	814	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	161.15/cwt	159.00–161.50	588	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	910	43
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	187.98/cwt	170.00–189.75	724	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	795	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	446	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	776	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	150.87/cwt	149.50–151.00	1,098	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	448	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	806	49
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,026	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	738	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,074	4
Steers	Small 1	—	380	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	593	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	173.75/cwt	154.00–174.00	956	161
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,009	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	790	1
Steers	Small 1	—	565	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	791	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	478	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	722	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	564	157.22/cwt	145.00–158.00	887	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	486	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	826	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	629	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	921	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	429	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	749	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	353	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	650	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	489	175.25/cwt	175.25–175.25	857	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	424	177.85/cwt	164.00–178.50	754	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	343	188.50/cwt	188.50–188.50	647	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	515	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	773	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	951	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	563	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	867	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	643	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	891	7
Bulls	Small 1	—	355	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	547	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	563	136.60/cwt	130.00–138.00	769	6
Bulls	Small 1	—	428	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	621	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	148.78/cwt	144.00–149.00	692	22
Bulls	Small 1	—	340	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	631	130.89/cwt	128.50–131.50	826	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	551	140.43/cwt	136.00–141.00	774	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	143.33/cwt	140.00–143.50	781	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	137.81/cwt	132.00–138.00	886	62
Heifers	Small 1	—	549	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	747	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	551	145.79/cwt	139.00–146.00	803	102
Heifers	Small 1	—	660	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	799	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	359	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	571	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	152.60/cwt	141.00–152.75	694	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	364	164.79/cwt	156.00–165.00	600	44
Steers	Small 1	—	467	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	682	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	637	139.25/cwt	139.25–139.25	887	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	695	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	888	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	455	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	635	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	739	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	983	8

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 16, 2022

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

Receipts 1,329Last week 922Year ago 983

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 537, Heifers 576, Bulls 216)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	357	184.00	184.00
5	—	655	144.25	144.25
9	—	551	163.00	163.00
7	—	446	174.00	174.00
1	—	520	152.00	152.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	379	184.00	184.00
123	—	644	160.00	160.00
66	—	465	175.00	175.00
23	—	728	149.50–151.00	150.87
161	—	550	154.00–174.00	173.75
2	—	677	149.00	149.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	545	167.00	167.00
11	—	385	170.00–189.75	187.98
2	—	485	164.00	164.00
49	—	448	180.00	180.00
10	—	645	159.00	159.00
4	—	738	145.50	145.50
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	156.00	156.00
1	—	565	140.00	140.00
5	—	467	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	146.00	146.00
7	—	549	136.00	136.00
3	—	660	121.00	121.00
9	—	455	139.50	139.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	365	159.00–161.50	161.15
16	—	734	129.50	129.50
62	—	643	132.00–138.00	137.81
102	—	551	139.00–146.00	145.79
70	—	457	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	465	144.00–149.00	148.78
5	—	631	128.50–131.50	130.89
18	—	551	136.00–141.00	140.43
11	—	359	159.00	159.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	545	140.00–143.50	143.33
81	—	455	141.00–152.75	152.60
44	—	364	156.00–165.00	164.79
22	—	637	139.25	139.25
2	—	660	134.50	134.50
8	—	739	133.00	133.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	478	151.00	151.00
1	—	355	154.00	154.00
6	—	563	130.00–138.00	136.60
3	—	428	145.00	145.00
1	—	340	147.00	147.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	564	145.00–158.00	157.22
31	—	486	170.00	170.00
21	—	629	146.50	146.50
15	—	429	174.50	174.50
3	—	353	184.00	184.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	489	175.25	175.25
23	—	424	164.00–178.50	177.85
10	—	343	188.50	188.50
1	—	515	150.00	150.00
24	—	563	154.00	154.00
7	—	643	138.50	138.50

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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