Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-04-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 214, Heifers 326, Bulls 184)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $200.52/cwt on 326 head.

Average price

$200.52

326 head · 493 lb average

Value per head Derived

$989

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$187

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$38.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.23

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	485	205.24	996	170
Medium and Large 3	468	203.62	952	58
Medium and Large 1	526	193.77	1,020	86
Small 1	484	167.17	810	12thin

One grade step is worth $38.07/cwt here — about $187 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 sale326 hd

200.52

—

VA average8 barns · 1,469 hd

183.29

+17.23

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
Heifers	Small 1	—	663	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	995	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	755	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,076	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	984	28
Heifers	Small 1	—	365	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	726	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	449	246.09/cwt	212.00–247.00	1,105	38
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	636	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	1,434	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	233.23/cwt	211.00–235.00	828	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	639	173.86/cwt	162.00–174.50	1,111	19
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	537	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	1,254	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	445	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,010	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	353	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	883	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	361	251.87/cwt	230.00–254.00	909	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	239.04/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,126	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,380	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	554	240.50/cwt	240.50–240.50	1,332	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	548	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,293	42
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	767	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,388	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	627	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,317	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,336	4
Steers	Small 1	—	553	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,117	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	419	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	876	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	497	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	1,126	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	424	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,056	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	627	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,273	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	343	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	854	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	525	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,155	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,334	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	333	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	796	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	447	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	961	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	189.50/cwt	189.50–189.50	1,020	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	887	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	633	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	510	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	816	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	463	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	695	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	551	188.75/cwt	188.75–188.75	1,040	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	447	216.50/cwt	216.50–216.50	968	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	556	218.63/cwt	190.00–221.00	1,216	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	491	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,173	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	745	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,185	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	546	189.50/cwt	189.50–189.50	1,035	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	166.26/cwt	155.00–167.00	1,067	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,193	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	365	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	657	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	627	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,254	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	635	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	997	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	361	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	780	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	336	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	857	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	566	217.75/cwt	217.75–217.75	1,232	30
Bulls	Small 1	—	535	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	803	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	485	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	868	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	411	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,028	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	813	5

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 Apr 10, 2023

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

Receipts 724Last week 1,178Year ago 884

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 214, Heifers 326, Bulls 184)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	663	150.00	150.00
4	—	365	199.00	199.00
1	—	510	160.00	160.00
4	—	463	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	755	142.50	142.50
1	—	460	137.50	137.50
19	—	551	188.75	188.75
21	—	447	216.50	216.50
1	—	635	157.00	157.00
15	—	361	216.00	216.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	464	212.00	212.00
36	—	538	189.50	189.50
16	—	642	155.00–167.00	166.26
1	—	765	156.00	156.00
5	—	373	218.00	218.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	355	211.00–235.00	233.23
19	—	639	162.00–174.50	173.86
53	—	447	215.00	215.00
2	—	455	195.00	195.00
6	—	745	159.00	159.00
49	—	546	189.50	189.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	449	212.00–247.00	246.09
11	—	636	225.50	225.50
12	—	361	230.00–254.00	251.87
29	—	554	240.50	240.50
2	—	767	181.00	181.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	537	233.50	233.50
12	—	445	227.00	227.00
2	—	627	210.00	210.00
4	—	333	239.00	239.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	353	250.00	250.00
21	—	471	220.00–240.00	239.04
16	—	639	216.00	216.00
42	—	548	236.00	236.00
4	—	726	184.00	184.00
1	—	580	230.00	230.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	553	202.00	202.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	419	209.00	209.00
1	—	365	180.00	180.00
1	—	535	150.00	150.00
3	—	485	179.00	179.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	497	226.50	226.50
16	—	424	249.00	249.00
5	—	627	203.00	203.00
3	—	343	249.00	249.00
2	—	525	220.00	220.00
30	—	566	217.75	217.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	556	190.00–221.00	218.63
23	—	491	239.00	239.00
9	—	627	200.00	200.00
16	—	336	255.00	255.00
26	—	411	250.00	250.00

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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