Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-11-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 148, Heifers 322, Bulls 163)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $147.36/cwt on 322 head.

Average price

$147.36

322 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$779

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$63

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$12.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.93

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	511	151.77	775	131
Medium and Large 3	488	145.54	711	39
Medium and Large 1	560	144.82	812	131
Small 1	512	139.04	712	21

One grade step is worth $12.73/cwt here — about $63 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 sale322 hd

147.36

—

VA average4 barns · 960 hd

141.43

+5.93

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

52 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	—	585	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	696	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	735	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	926	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	159.47/cwt	148.00–159.75	1,017	40
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	646	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	763	149.15/cwt	144.00–150.50	1,138	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	536	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	917	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	713	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	437	144.81/cwt	135.00–146.00	633	9
Heifers	Small 1	—	558	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	731	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	1,029	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	824	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	722	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	551	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	780	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	167.91/cwt	158.00–169.00	610	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	710	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	153.75/cwt	153.75–153.75	1,122	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	443	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	811	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	349	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	574	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	550	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	715	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	638	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	896	14
Heifers	Small 1	—	605	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	790	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	171.25/cwt	171.25–171.25	950	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	638	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	740	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	977	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	137.37/cwt	132.00–137.50	876	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	145.75/cwt	145.75–145.75	793	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	544	147.08/cwt	140.00–147.75	800	45
Heifers	Small 1	—	372	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	591	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	458	148.92/cwt	135.00–150.00	682	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	315	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	473	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	624	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	886	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	337	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	630	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	756	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	1,032	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	637	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	822	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	999	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	698	28
Bulls	Small 1	—	350	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	536	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	510	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	760	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	361	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	587	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	543	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	760	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	378	174.50/cwt	174.00–175.00	660	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	497	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	815	20
Bulls	Small 1	—	413	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	620	4
Bulls	Small 1	—	492	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	689	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	422	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	776	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	553	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	816	14
Bulls	Small 1	—	571	124.43/cwt	120.00–129.00	710	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	561	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	856	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	485	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	805	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	627	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	893	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	426	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	758	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	347	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	618	2

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 Nov 28, 2022

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

Receipts 633Last week 1,090Year ago 898

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 148, Heifers 322, Bulls 163)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	638	148.00–159.75	159.47
9	—	458	180.00	180.00
3	—	380	190.00	190.00
18	—	730	153.75	153.75
36	—	555	171.25	171.25
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	139.00	139.00
3	—	551	141.50	141.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	763	144.00–150.50	149.15
13	—	536	171.00	171.00
4	—	375	190.00	190.00
4	—	645	159.50	159.50
11	—	443	183.00	183.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	735	126.00	126.00
9	—	437	135.00–146.00	144.81
5	—	558	131.00	131.00
3	—	605	130.50	130.50
2	—	372	159.00	159.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	363	158.00–169.00	167.91
41	—	455	156.00	156.00
14	—	638	140.50	140.50
1	—	425	150.00	150.00
1	—	740	132.00	132.00
45	—	544	140.00–147.75	147.08
8	—	756	136.50	136.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	349	164.50	164.50
41	—	638	132.00–137.50	137.37
46	—	544	145.75	145.75
10	—	740	135.00	135.00
28	—	455	153.50	153.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	130.00	130.00
14	—	458	135.00–150.00	148.92
1	—	315	150.00	150.00
4	—	637	129.00	129.00
6	—	361	162.50	162.50
13	—	543	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	624	142.00	142.00
11	—	337	187.00	187.00
1	—	510	149.00	149.00
2	—	378	174.00–175.00	174.50
20	—	497	164.00	164.00
12	—	422	184.00	184.00
14	—	553	147.50	147.50
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	153.00	153.00
4	—	413	150.00	150.00
8	—	492	140.00	140.00
4	—	571	120.00–129.00	124.43
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	561	152.50	152.50
22	—	485	166.00	166.00
20	—	627	142.50	142.50
7	—	426	178.00	178.00
2	—	347	178.00	178.00

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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