Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-05-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 367, Heifers 468, Bulls 237)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $205.21/cwt on 468 head.

Average price

$205.21

468 head · 486 lb average

Value per head Derived

$998

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$4

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$33.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.43

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	212.17	961	186
Medium and Large 3	423	204.25	863	47
Medium and Large 1	523	202.23	1,058	212
Small 1	541	178.33	966	23

One grade step is worth $33.83/cwt here — about −$4 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 sale468 hd

205.21

—

VA average8 barns · 1,419 hd

192.78

+12.43

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

51 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	—	357	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	825	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	627	206.50/cwt	206.50–206.50	1,295	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	426	227.64/cwt	200.00–230.00	970	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	488	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	1,071	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	561	212.11/cwt	207.00–212.25	1,190	39
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	615	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,169	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	560	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,254	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	453	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	983	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	229.26/cwt	207.00–229.50	1,454	91
Steers	Small 1	—	463	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	776	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	377	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	916	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	932	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,028	1
Steers	Small 1	—	320	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	560	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	339	204.82/cwt	167.50–210.00	694	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	437	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	874	17
Heifers	Small 1	—	710	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,129	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	310	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	566	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	547	237.18/cwt	222.50–237.75	1,297	103
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	430	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	710	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	538	233.87/cwt	218.00–234.50	1,258	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	358	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	784	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,273	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	214.06/cwt	210.00–215.00	803	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,502	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	233.68/cwt	219.00–234.00	1,096	50
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	449	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,055	24
Heifers	Small 1	—	390	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	673	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	180.35/cwt	175.00–180.50	1,152	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	651	188.50/cwt	188.50–188.50	1,227	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	748	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,489	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	657	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,347	8
Steers	Small 1	—	583	173.79/cwt	165.00–182.50	1,013	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	556	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,015	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	340	233.41/cwt	192.00–235.00	794	25
Heifers	Small 1	—	430	190.60/cwt	167.50–194.50	820	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	204.08/cwt	199.00–204.25	1,108	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	532	185.64/cwt	165.00–188.00	988	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	209.62/cwt	192.00–210.50	968	66
Bulls	Small 1	—	500	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	800	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	363	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	635	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	492	225.39/cwt	208.00–226.00	1,109	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,085	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	727	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,258	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	222.54/cwt	215.00–223.50	801	53
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	423	235.25/cwt	235.25–235.25	995	38
Bulls	Small 1	—	421	179.01/cwt	170.00–180.00	754	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	554	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,152	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	449	213.55/cwt	196.00–213.75	959	89
Heifers	Small 1	—	555	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	999	7
Heifers	Small 1	—	637	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,070	7

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 May 15, 2023

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

Receipts 1,072Last week 1,244Year ago 1,329

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 367, Heifers 468, Bulls 237)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	357	231.00	231.00
14	—	627	206.50	206.50
26	—	426	200.00–230.00	227.64
27	—	488	219.50	219.50
39	—	561	207.00–212.25	212.11
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	190.00	190.00
25	—	340	192.00–235.00	233.41
29	—	492	208.00–226.00	225.39
38	—	423	235.25	235.25
13	—	554	208.00	208.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	556	182.50	182.50
1	—	500	160.00	160.00
3	—	363	175.00	175.00
10	—	421	170.00–180.00	179.01
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	560	224.00	224.00
6	—	453	217.00	217.00
8	—	339	167.50–210.00	204.82
1	—	430	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	634	207.00–229.50	229.26
1	—	395	236.00	236.00
103	—	547	222.50–237.75	237.18
25	—	729	206.00	206.00
50	—	469	219.00–234.00	233.68
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	463	167.50	167.50
1	—	320	175.00	175.00
2	—	583	165.00–182.50	173.79
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	377	243.00	243.00
1	—	485	212.00	212.00
25	—	538	218.00–234.50	233.87
24	—	449	235.00	235.00
3	—	748	199.00	199.00
8	—	657	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	437	200.00	200.00
1	—	310	182.50	182.50
19	—	358	219.00	219.00
10	—	532	165.00–188.00	185.64
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	159.00	159.00
1	—	390	172.50	172.50
7	—	430	167.50–194.50	190.60
7	—	555	180.00	180.00
7	—	637	168.00	168.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	740	172.00	172.00
16	—	375	210.00–215.00	214.06
36	—	639	175.00–180.50	180.35
92	—	543	199.00–204.25	204.08
66	—	462	192.00–210.50	209.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	651	188.50	188.50
32	—	540	201.00	201.00
2	—	727	173.00	173.00
53	—	360	215.00–223.50	222.54
89	—	449	196.00–213.75	213.55

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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