Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-05-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 168, Heifers 203, Bulls 68)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $138.45/cwt on 203 head.

Average price

$138.45

203 head · 517 lb average

Value per head Derived

$716

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$3

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$19.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.36

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	477	141.58	675	68
Medium and Large 1	546	138.09	754	107
Medium and Large 3	493	134.88	665	22
Small 1	554	122.50	678	6thin

One grade step is worth $19.08/cwt here — about −$3 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 sale203 hd

138.45

—

VA average7 barns · 854 hd

139.81

−1.36

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

46 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	Medium and Large 1	—	340	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	541	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	520	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	759	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	402	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	639	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	564	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	894	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	486	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	744	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	620	147.89/cwt	147.00–148.00	917	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	787	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	162.25/cwt	162.25–162.25	1,035	35
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	642	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,051	1
Steers	Small 1	—	695	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	980	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	457	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	770	15
Heifers	Small 1	—	618	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	742	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	720	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	976	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	747	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	1,050	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	548	173.75/cwt	173.75–173.75	952	65
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	635	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	889	2
Steers	Small 1	—	547	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	706	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	537	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	736	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	667	126.25/cwt	126.25–126.25	842	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	533	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	768	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	558	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	876	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	142.62/cwt	131.00–143.00	653	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	656	27
Heifers	Small 1	—	425	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	531	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	366	138.71/cwt	136.00–140.00	508	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	989	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	450	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	675	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	755	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	861	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	454	137.75/cwt	137.75–137.75	625	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	410	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	666	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	772	47
Heifers	Small 1	—	522	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	653	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	362	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	550	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	935	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	125.25/cwt	125.25–125.25	793	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	581	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	906	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	582	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	780	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	620	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	772	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	544	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	729	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	484	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	789	14
Bulls	Small 1	—	505	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	677	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	380	157.42/cwt	154.00–159.00	598	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	349	176.50/cwt	176.50–176.50	616	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	596	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	560	3

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 30, 2022

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

Receipts 439Last week 1,086Year ago 692

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 168, Heifers 203, Bulls 68)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	159.00	159.00
1	—	520	146.00	146.00
2	—	402	159.00	159.00
6	—	564	158.50	158.50
9	—	486	153.00	153.00
9	—	620	147.00–148.00	147.89
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	410	162.50	162.50
3	—	581	156.00	156.00
14	—	484	163.00	163.00
3	—	380	154.00–159.00	157.42
7	—	349	176.50	176.50
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	582	134.00	134.00
1	—	505	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	460	171.00	171.00
35	—	638	162.25	162.25
4	—	747	140.50	140.50
65	—	548	173.75	173.75
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	367	175.00	175.00
1	—	730	144.00	144.00
15	—	457	168.50	168.50
4	—	558	157.00	157.00
1	—	675	146.50	146.50
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	695	141.00	141.00
2	—	547	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	135.50	135.50
2	—	635	140.00	140.00
4	—	533	144.00	144.00
2	—	450	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	618	120.00	120.00
1	—	425	125.00	125.00
2	—	522	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	537	137.00	137.00
9	—	667	126.25	126.25
34	—	458	131.00–143.00	142.62
1	—	755	114.00	114.00
16	—	362	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	465	141.00	141.00
47	—	538	143.50	143.50
6	—	736	127.00	127.00
23	—	633	125.25	125.25
1	—	445	134.00	134.00
3	—	376	149.00	149.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	366	136.00–140.00	138.71
9	—	454	137.75	137.75
3	—	620	124.50	124.50
7	—	544	134.00	134.00

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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