Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-05-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 368, Heifers 518, Bulls 265)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $216.65/cwt on 518 head.

Average price

$216.65

518 head · 512 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,108

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$203

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$21.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.34

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	493	220.88	1,088	208
Medium and Large 3	464	220.45	1,023	77
Medium and Large 1	548	212.10	1,163	224
Small 1	443	199.72	885	9thin

One grade step is worth $21.16/cwt here — about $203 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 sale518 hd

216.65

—

VA average10 barns · 1,493 hd

203.31

+13.34

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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	543	239.88/cwt	228.00–240.50	1,303	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	360	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	835	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	545	211.50/cwt	211.50–211.50	1,153	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	546	214.60/cwt	202.00–215.00	1,172	97
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	490	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	882	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	351	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	737	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	652	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,337	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	636	215.29/cwt	212.00–216.00	1,369	11
Steers	Small 1	—	540	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	851	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	627	179.50/cwt	179.50–179.50	1,125	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	438	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,047	13
Steers	Small 1	—	355	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	630	1
Steers	Small 1	—	447	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	715	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,013	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,456	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,134	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,248	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	551	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,333	102
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,139	42
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	642	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,188	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	491	231.50/cwt	208.00–232.75	1,137	56
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	557	218.50/cwt	218.50–218.50	1,217	39
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	427	238.56/cwt	210.00–240.00	1,019	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	632	199.50/cwt	199.50–199.50	1,261	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	348	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	922	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	744	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	542	213.21/cwt	190.00–213.50	1,156	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	644	199.50/cwt	199.50–199.50	1,285	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	413	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,002	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	346	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	903	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	570	210.50/cwt	210.50–210.50	1,200	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	221.76/cwt	217.00–222.00	1,033	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	879	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	456	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,026	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	477	229.21/cwt	215.00–230.00	1,093	38
Bulls	Small 1	—	497	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	870	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	390	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	807	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	455	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	899	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	654	196.24/cwt	188.00–196.75	1,283	52
Heifers	Small 1	—	375	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	778	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	562	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,054	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	568	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	951	8
Bulls	Small 1	—	340	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	646	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	737	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,474	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	447	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	916	2
Steers	Small 1	—	605	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	908	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	227.51/cwt	218.00–227.75	1,024	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,327	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	232.54/cwt	227.00–234.00	881	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	963	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	517	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,184	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 May 22, 2023

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

Receipts 1,151Last week 1,072Year ago 1,086

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 368, Heifers 518, Bulls 265)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	543	228.00–240.50	239.88
11	—	636	212.00–216.00	215.29
13	—	375	270.00	270.00
42	—	463	246.00	246.00
2	—	447	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	180.00	180.00
4	—	351	210.00	210.00
13	—	438	239.00	239.00
5	—	517	229.00	229.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	652	205.00	205.00
60	—	636	229.00	229.00
53	—	463	245.00	245.00
2	—	545	229.00	229.00
102	—	551	242.00	242.00
12	—	737	200.00	200.00
2	—	372	259.00	259.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	540	157.50	157.50
1	—	355	177.50	177.50
2	—	447	160.00	160.00
1	—	605	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	360	232.00	232.00
20	—	545	211.50	211.50
5	—	627	179.50	179.50
31	—	456	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
97	—	546	202.00–215.00	214.60
65	—	466	217.00–222.00	221.76
52	—	654	188.00–196.75	196.24
5	—	727	182.50	182.50
5	—	379	227.00–234.00	232.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	229.00	229.00
78	—	542	190.00–213.50	213.21
21	—	644	199.50	199.50
27	—	367	239.50	239.50
81	—	450	218.00–227.75	227.51
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	455	197.50	197.50
4	—	375	207.50	207.50
2	—	562	187.50	187.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	642	185.00	185.00
29	—	413	242.50	242.50
21	—	346	261.00	261.00
18	—	570	210.50	210.50
38	—	477	215.00–230.00	229.21
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	491	208.00–232.75	231.50
39	—	557	218.50	218.50
21	—	427	210.00–240.00	238.56
15	—	632	199.50	199.50
11	—	348	265.00	265.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	497	175.00	175.00
2	—	390	207.00	207.00
8	—	568	167.50	167.50
3	—	340	190.00	190.00

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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