Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-02-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 109, Heifers 207, Bulls 115)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $168.60/cwt on 207 head.

Average price

$168.60

207 head · 476 lb average

Value per head Derived

$802

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$119

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$37.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.52

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	453	174.21	789	106
Medium and Large 1	523	164.74	861	59
Medium and Large 3	465	164.44	764	35
Small 1	489	136.93	670	7thin

One grade step is worth $37.29/cwt here — about $119 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 sale207 hd

168.60

—

VA average8 barns · 1,407 hd

159.08

+9.52

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

54 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 1	—	647	186.10/cwt	167.00–187.00	1,204	21
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	457	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	717	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	600	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	954	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	359	181.50/cwt	181.50–181.50	652	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	553	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	846	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	656	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	987	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	177.25/cwt	177.25–177.25	798	26
Heifers	Small 1	—	535	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	717	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	360	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	567	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	547	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	870	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	352	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	618	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	448	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	762	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	755	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,057	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	189.89/cwt	171.00–191.00	1,060	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	164.25/cwt	164.25–164.25	895	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	951	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	345	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	749	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,130	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,115	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	430	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	624	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	305	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	480	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	527	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	906	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	441	196.43/cwt	170.00–200.00	866	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	346	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	734	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	929	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	796	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	537	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,036	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	934	10
Steers	Small 1	—	616	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	899	3
Steers	Small 1	—	720	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,087	1
Steers	Small 1	—	510	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	842	1
Steers	Small 1	—	470	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	670	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	607	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,093	2
Steers	Small 1	—	340	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	502	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	440	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	660	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	486	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	911	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	560	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	991	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	421	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	884	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	625	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,063	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	370	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	792	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	607	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	844	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	543	167.25/cwt	167.25–167.25	908	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	557	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	986	7
Heifers	Small 1	—	462	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	612	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	172.60/cwt	164.00–173.50	794	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	650	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,069	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	715	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	801	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	342	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	746	17
Bulls	Small 1	—	505	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	707	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	347	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	649	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	628	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,036	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	487	178.82/cwt	165.00–181.00	871	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	423	211.02/cwt	191.00–212.00	893	22

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 Feb 13, 2023

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

Receipts 431Last week 898Year ago 1,066

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 109, Heifers 207, Bulls 115)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	647	167.00–187.00	186.10
19	—	558	171.00–191.00	189.89
8	—	441	170.00–200.00	196.43
3	—	346	212.00	212.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	457	157.00	157.00
1	—	600	159.00	159.00
1	—	430	145.00	145.00
1	—	305	157.50	157.50
2	—	527	172.00	172.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	345	217.00	217.00
1	—	715	158.00	158.00
1	—	660	169.00	169.00
1	—	570	163.00	163.00
1	—	430	185.00	185.00
18	—	537	193.00	193.00
10	—	460	203.00	203.00
2	—	607	180.00	180.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	616	146.00	146.00
1	—	720	151.00	151.00
1	—	510	165.00	165.00
1	—	470	142.50	142.50
1	—	340	147.50	147.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	359	181.50	181.50
3	—	553	153.00	153.00
3	—	656	150.50	150.50
26	—	450	177.25	177.25
1	—	755	140.00	140.00
31	—	543	167.25	167.25
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	535	134.00	134.00
1	—	360	157.50	157.50
2	—	462	132.50	132.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	547	159.00	159.00
9	—	352	175.50	175.50
16	—	448	170.00	170.00
2	—	607	139.00	139.00
2	—	715	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	545	164.25	164.25
11	—	632	150.50	150.50
22	—	460	164.00–173.50	172.60
7	—	367	177.00	177.00
4	—	758	141.00	141.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	440	150.00	150.00
1	—	505	140.00	140.00
2	—	347	187.00	187.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	486	187.50	187.50
12	—	560	177.00	177.00
6	—	421	210.00	210.00
2	—	625	170.00	170.00
1	—	370	214.00	214.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	557	177.00	177.00
17	—	342	218.00	218.00
6	—	628	165.00	165.00
15	—	487	165.00–181.00	178.82
22	—	423	191.00–212.00	211.02

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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