Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 222, Heifers 498, Bulls 314)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $142.41/cwt on 498 head.

Average price

$142.41

498 head · 522 lb average

Value per head Derived

$744

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$87

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$14.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.14

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	147.26	744	203
Medium and Large 3	483	140.11	676	72
Medium and Large 1	558	139.49	779	197
Small 1	494	133.01	657	26

One grade step is worth $14.25/cwt here — about $87 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 sale498 hd

142.41

—

VA average9 barns · 1,908 hd

140.26

+2.14

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
Bulls	Small 1	—	493	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	646	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	767	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	882	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	545	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	801	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	695	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	359	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	583	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	1,134	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	548	140.45/cwt	135.00–141.00	770	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	844	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	548	142.25/cwt	142.25–142.25	780	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	169.22/cwt	146.00–169.75	939	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	448	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	679	67
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	463	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	704	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	450	140.25/cwt	140.25–140.25	631	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	740	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	888	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	545	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	700	5
Heifers	Small 1	—	629	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	774	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	445	138.54/cwt	120.00–139.25	617	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	569	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	535	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	752	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	733	139.25/cwt	139.25–139.25	1,021	10
Heifers	Small 1	—	355	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	501	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	642	136.95/cwt	130.00–137.25	879	23
Heifers	Small 1	—	705	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	768	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	752	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	844	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	662	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	654	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	847	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	452	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	640	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	149.23/cwt	127.50–151.00	545	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	562	149.16/cwt	124.00–151.75	838	45
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	627	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	850	12
Bulls	Small 1	—	365	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	520	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	479	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	412	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	597	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	947	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	417	185.09/cwt	166.00–187.50	772	43
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	489	167.27/cwt	152.00–169.50	818	54
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	341	187.33/cwt	156.00–188.50	639	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	490	164.94/cwt	152.00–166.00	808	38
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	544	168.25/cwt	168.25–168.25	915	24
Steers	Small 1	—	657	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	677	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	741	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,097	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	177.79/cwt	149.00–184.00	830	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	925	3
Steers	Small 1	—	540	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	751	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	984	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	644	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	1,034	42
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	456	184.86/cwt	146.00–187.00	843	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	366	177.27/cwt	148.00–187.00	649	4
Bulls	Small 1	—	557	122.61/cwt	117.00–124.00	683	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	562	153.75/cwt	153.75–153.75	864	34
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	620	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	865	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	420	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	743	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	369	171.07/cwt	159.00–180.00	631	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	542	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	786	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 Dec 5, 2022

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

Receipts 1,034Last week 633Year ago 1,295

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 222, Heifers 498, Bulls 314)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	493	131.00	131.00
1	—	365	142.50	142.50
7	—	412	145.00	145.00
5	—	557	117.00–124.00	122.61
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	562	124.00–151.75	149.16
12	—	627	135.50	135.50
43	—	417	166.00–187.50	185.09
54	—	489	152.00–169.50	167.27
28	—	341	156.00–188.50	187.33
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	490	152.00–166.00	164.94
34	—	562	153.75	153.75
22	—	620	139.50	139.50
14	—	420	177.00	177.00
5	—	369	159.00–180.00	171.07
2	—	542	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	767	115.00	115.00
1	—	545	147.00	147.00
4	—	463	152.00	152.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	360	193.00	193.00
24	—	544	168.25	168.25
6	—	741	148.00	148.00
10	—	645	152.50	152.50
20	—	456	146.00–187.00	184.86
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	739	153.50	153.50
47	—	555	146.00–169.75	169.22
22	—	467	149.00–184.00	177.79
3	—	685	135.00	135.00
42	—	644	160.50	160.50
4	—	366	148.00–187.00	177.27
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	657	103.00	103.00
3	—	540	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	359	162.50	162.50
66	—	548	142.25	142.25
67	—	448	151.50	151.50
10	—	733	139.25	139.25
23	—	642	130.00–137.25	136.95
2	—	555	135.50	135.50
7	—	452	141.50	141.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	548	135.00–141.00	140.45
1	—	675	125.00	125.00
13	—	360	158.00	158.00
49	—	642	131.50	131.50
44	—	450	147.00	147.00
1	—	315	152.00	152.00
23	—	734	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	450	140.25	140.25
5	—	545	128.50	128.50
6	—	629	123.00	123.00
7	—	355	141.00	141.00
1	—	705	109.00	109.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	740	120.00	120.00
27	—	445	120.00–139.25	138.54
23	—	535	140.50	140.50
7	—	654	129.50	129.50
14	—	365	127.50–151.00	149.23

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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