Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-03-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 355, Heifers 625, Bulls 313)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $190.53/cwt on 625 head.

Average price

$190.53

625 head · 490 lb average

Value per head Derived

$934

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$53

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$12.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.13

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	488	194.57	950	261
Medium and Large 3	457	189.84	868	148
Medium and Large 1	519	186.90	971	181
Small 1	493	181.97	897	35

One grade step is worth $12.60/cwt here — about $53 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 sale625 hd

190.53

—

VA average9 barns · 1,800 hd

182.39

+8.13

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
Steers	Small 1	—	712	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,246	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	452	206.15/cwt	187.00–206.75	932	100
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	455	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	1,026	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	749	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,386	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	557	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,225	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	364	218.50/cwt	218.50–218.50	795	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	544	221.12/cwt	220.75–226.00	1,203	56
Steers	Small 1	—	620	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,116	1
Steers	Small 1	—	370	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	675	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	641	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,385	18
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	536	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,222	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	451	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,042	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	239.51/cwt	223.00–241.00	879	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	655	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,297	3
Steers	Small 1	—	558	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	977	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,183	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	234.21/cwt	222.00–235.00	1,075	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	648	207.44/cwt	206.50–207.50	1,344	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	184.23/cwt	181.00–184.50	1,349	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	448	239.75/cwt	239.75–239.75	1,074	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	551	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,267	51
Bulls	Small 1	—	408	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	832	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	496	218.30/cwt	207.00–218.75	1,083	51
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	557	205.50/cwt	205.50–205.50	1,145	39
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	240.50/cwt	240.50–240.50	1,022	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	335	235.50/cwt	230.00–236.00	789	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	616	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,177	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	352	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	810	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	349	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	853	25
Bulls	Small 1	—	490	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	894	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	411	250.08/cwt	241.00–250.75	1,028	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	633	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,013	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	628	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,168	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	804	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	193.50/cwt	193.50–193.50	877	60
Heifers	Small 1	—	465	186.50/cwt	186.50–186.50	867	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	568	206.97/cwt	185.00–210.00	1,176	25
Heifers	Small 1	—	652	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	985	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	486	226.88/cwt	221.00–227.00	1,103	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	543	184.86/cwt	183.00–185.00	1,004	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	155.39/cwt	155.00–157.00	1,119	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	538	182.76/cwt	161.00–185.75	983	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	627	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,028	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	357	212.43/cwt	195.00–215.00	758	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	358	207.23/cwt	195.00–207.50	742	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	651	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,074	23
Heifers	Small 1	—	340	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	697	9
Heifers	Small 1	—	553	180.65/cwt	164.00–183.50	999	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	446	191.39/cwt	181.00–192.00	854	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	366	235.58/cwt	228.00–236.00	862	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	360	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	716	34
Steers	Small 1	—	435	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	853	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	546	186.52/cwt	179.00–187.00	1,018	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	741	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,112	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,085	27

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 20, 2023

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

Receipts 1,293Last week 725Year ago 930

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 355, Heifers 625, Bulls 313)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	712	175.00	175.00
1	—	620	180.00	180.00
1	—	370	182.50	182.50
3	—	558	175.00	175.00
6	—	435	196.00	196.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	455	225.50	225.50
2	—	557	220.00	220.00
10	—	364	218.50	218.50
12	—	536	228.00	228.00
3	—	655	198.00	198.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	749	185.00	185.00
56	—	544	220.75–226.00	221.12
18	—	641	216.00	216.00
4	—	451	231.00	231.00
12	—	367	223.00–241.00	239.51
31	—	448	239.75	239.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	540	219.00	219.00
50	—	459	222.00–235.00	234.21
35	—	648	206.50–207.50	207.44
13	—	732	181.00–184.50	184.23
51	—	551	230.00	230.00
20	—	366	228.00–236.00	235.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
100	—	452	187.00–206.75	206.15
84	—	543	183.00–185.00	184.86
5	—	720	155.00–157.00	155.39
2	—	627	164.00	164.00
47	—	358	195.00–207.50	207.23
23	—	651	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	633	160.00	160.00
42	—	538	161.00–185.75	182.76
68	—	446	181.00–192.00	191.39
34	—	360	199.00	199.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	430	187.00	187.00
60	—	453	193.50	193.50
16	—	357	195.00–215.00	212.43
67	—	546	179.00–187.00	186.52
8	—	741	150.00	150.00
27	—	642	169.00	169.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	465	186.50	186.50
8	—	652	151.00	151.00
9	—	340	205.00	205.00
7	—	553	164.00–183.50	180.65
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	408	204.00	204.00
4	—	490	182.50	182.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	496	207.00–218.75	218.30
39	—	557	205.50	205.50
33	—	425	240.50	240.50
11	—	335	230.00–236.00	235.50
6	—	616	191.00	191.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	352	230.00	230.00
25	—	349	244.50	244.50
46	—	411	241.00–250.75	250.08
14	—	628	186.00	186.00
25	—	568	185.00–210.00	206.97
50	—	486	221.00–227.00	226.88

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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