Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-09-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 325, Heifers 540, Bulls 233)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $155.26/cwt on 540 head.

Average price

$155.26

540 head · 523 lb average

Value per head Derived

$813

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$28

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$11.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.21

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	505	158.82	801	228
Medium and Large 1	551	153.71	847	212
Medium and Large 3	498	152.18	758	62
Small 1	523	147.66	773	38

One grade step is worth $11.16/cwt here — about $28 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 sale540 hd

155.26

—

VA average8 barns · 1,271 hd

150.05

+5.21

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

57 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	—	325	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	455	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	460	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	690	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	180.83/cwt	171.00–181.50	1,004	65
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	566	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	883	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,132	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	650	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	871	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,042	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	607	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	658	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	1,109	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	205.93/cwt	180.00–209.00	768	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	735	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,051	1
Steers	Small 1	—	621	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	913	4
Steers	Small 1	—	465	153.42/cwt	150.00–154.00	713	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	721	143.34/cwt	140.00–144.00	1,033	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	664	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	1,059	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	746	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,253	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	180.13/cwt	168.00–181.00	830	16
Steers	Small 1	—	770	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,109	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	644	176.22/cwt	175.00–176.25	1,135	73
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	180.45/cwt	159.00–182.00	821	30
Steers	Small 1	—	576	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	899	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	330	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	531	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	442	166.25/cwt	166.25–166.25	735	7
Bulls	Small 1	—	426	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	690	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	568	161.90/cwt	157.00–162.50	920	36
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	487	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	843	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	424	173.07/cwt	155.00–174.50	734	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	622	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	998	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	347	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	625	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	375	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	579	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	448	166.25/cwt	166.25–166.25	745	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	356	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	605	34
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	419	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	754	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	617	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	956	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	636	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	906	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	911	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	714	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	485	149.25/cwt	149.25–149.25	724	17
Bulls	Small 1	—	569	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	856	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	489	171.67/cwt	151.00–173.50	839	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	446	155.88/cwt	144.00–156.50	695	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	539	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	809	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	155.79/cwt	147.00–156.00	857	89
Heifers	Small 1	—	547	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	818	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	345	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	645	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	558	158.25/cwt	158.25–158.25	883	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	362	161.52/cwt	143.00–163.00	585	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	159.30/cwt	153.00–160.00	733	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	144.52/cwt	141.00–144.75	928	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	542	154.32/cwt	146.50–154.50	836	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	644	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	943	30
Heifers	Small 1	—	708	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	920	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	748	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	740	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,117	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	178.46/cwt	162.50–179.75	973	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	705	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	966	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	632	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	872	6

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 Sep 19, 2022

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

Receipts 1,098Last week 1,094Year ago 1,236

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 325, Heifers 540, Bulls 233)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	140.00	140.00
13	—	426	162.00	162.00
17	—	485	149.25	149.25
5	—	569	150.50	150.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	568	157.00–162.50	161.90
26	—	487	173.00	173.00
14	—	424	155.00–174.50	173.07
13	—	622	160.50	160.50
4	—	347	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	419	180.00	180.00
4	—	617	155.00	155.00
24	—	489	151.00–173.50	171.67
16	—	345	187.00	187.00
27	—	558	158.25	158.25
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	460	150.00	150.00
7	—	375	154.50	154.50
17	—	547	149.50	149.50
2	—	708	130.00	130.00
6	—	632	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	134.00	134.00
12	—	636	142.50	142.50
18	—	446	144.00–156.50	155.88
15	—	539	150.00	150.00
14	—	362	143.00–163.00	161.52
2	—	705	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	731	142.50	142.50
12	—	370	164.00	164.00
89	—	550	147.00–156.00	155.79
50	—	460	153.00–160.00	159.30
47	—	642	141.00–144.75	144.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	721	140.00–144.00	143.34
68	—	448	166.25	166.25
34	—	356	170.00	170.00
1	—	660	138.00	138.00
1	—	470	152.00	152.00
88	—	542	146.50–154.50	154.32
30	—	644	146.50	146.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	555	171.00–181.50	180.83
2	—	765	148.00	148.00
21	—	746	168.00	168.00
16	—	461	168.00–181.00	180.13
73	—	644	175.00–176.25	176.22
2	—	365	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	566	156.00	156.00
1	—	735	143.00	143.00
7	—	664	159.50	159.50
1	—	330	161.00	161.00
7	—	442	166.25	166.25
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	658	168.50	168.50
10	—	373	180.00–209.00	205.93
30	—	455	159.00–182.00	180.45
1	—	740	151.00	151.00
39	—	545	162.50–179.75	178.46
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	621	147.00	147.00
7	—	465	150.00–154.00	153.42
1	—	770	144.00	144.00
9	—	576	156.00	156.00

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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