Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-03-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 136, Heifers 360, Bulls 229)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $183.40/cwt on 360 head.

Average price

$183.40

360 head · 491 lb average

Value per head Derived

$900

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$40

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$19.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.87

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	479	187.87	899	149
Medium and Large 3	463	185.64	859	84
Medium and Large 1	526	178.76	941	102
Small 1	511	168.24	860	25

One grade step is worth $19.63/cwt here — about $40 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 sale360 hd

183.40

—

VA average10 barns · 2,432 hd

178.53

+4.87

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

53 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	—	620	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,128	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	346	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	827	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	567	198.50/cwt	198.50–198.50	1,125	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	488	220.50/cwt	220.50–220.50	1,076	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	413	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,004	34
Bulls	Small 1	—	572	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	915	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	743	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,330	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	908	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	209.75/cwt	209.75–209.75	1,380	13
Steers	Small 1	—	540	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	945	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	650	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,170	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,367	8
Steers	Small 1	—	390	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	702	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	745	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,046	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	547	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,236	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	241.25/cwt	241.25–241.25	1,129	17
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	555	206.50/cwt	206.50–206.50	1,146	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	548	220.75/cwt	220.75–220.75	1,210	19
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	777	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,321	2
Steers	Small 1	—	640	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	880	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	193.50/cwt	193.50–193.50	861	49
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	361	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	863	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	198.50/cwt	198.50–198.50	725	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	547	179.75/cwt	179.75–179.75	983	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	863	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	463	176.00/cwt	147.50–178.50	815	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	347	243.50/cwt	243.50–243.50	845	26
Bulls	Small 1	—	432	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	907	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	414	245.75/cwt	245.75–245.75	1,017	40
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	630	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,213	7
Bulls	Small 1	—	480	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	950	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	613	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	1,015	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	562	203.80/cwt	175.00–205.50	1,145	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	537	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	967	36
Heifers	Small 1	—	645	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	951	5
Heifers	Small 1	—	563	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	949	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	646	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	1,043	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	444	190.00/cwt	166.00–191.50	844	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	484	228.75/cwt	228.75–228.75	1,107	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	732	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,025	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	543	181.25/cwt	181.25–181.25	984	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	356	191.50/cwt	191.50–191.50	682	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	726	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,129	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	446	188.50/cwt	188.50–188.50	841	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	662	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,019	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	1,114	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	1,059	16
Heifers	Small 1	—	357	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	603	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	354	204.12/cwt	190.00–204.50	723	39
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	440	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	906	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	815	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	795	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,224	1

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 Mar 13, 2023

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

Receipts 725Last week 1,083Year ago 622

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 136, Heifers 360, Bulls 229)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	620	182.00	182.00
12	—	346	239.00	239.00
24	—	567	198.50	198.50
29	—	488	220.50	220.50
34	—	413	243.00	243.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	572	160.00	160.00
2	—	432	210.00	210.00
2	—	480	198.00	198.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	347	243.50	243.50
40	—	414	245.75	245.75
7	—	630	192.50	192.50
18	—	562	175.00–205.50	203.80
26	—	484	228.75	228.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	743	179.00	179.00
3	—	380	239.00	239.00
13	—	658	209.75	209.75
16	—	453	231.00	231.00
24	—	547	226.00	226.00
1	—	795	154.00	154.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	540	175.00	175.00
1	—	390	180.00	180.00
2	—	640	137.50	137.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	180.00	180.00
1	—	365	204.00	204.00
7	—	555	206.50	206.50
2	—	777	170.00	170.00
8	—	440	206.00	206.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	645	212.00	212.00
17	—	468	241.25	241.25
19	—	548	220.75	220.75
6	—	361	239.00	239.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	445	193.50	193.50
36	—	537	180.00	180.00
6	—	726	155.50	155.50
2	—	662	154.00	154.00
16	—	640	165.50	165.50
39	—	354	190.00–204.50	204.12
1	—	450	181.00	181.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	365	198.50	198.50
25	—	547	179.75	179.75
2	—	485	178.00	178.00
12	—	646	161.50	161.50
31	—	446	188.50	188.50
15	—	750	148.50	148.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	463	147.50–178.50	176.00
5	—	645	147.50	147.50
5	—	563	168.50	168.50
2	—	357	169.00	169.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	613	165.50	165.50
33	—	444	166.00–191.50	190.00
2	—	732	140.00	140.00
23	—	543	181.25	181.25
22	—	356	191.50	191.50

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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