Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-05-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 176, Heifers 245, Bulls 119)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $217.47/cwt on 245 head.

Average price

$217.47

245 head · 484 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,052

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$180

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$29.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.03

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	464	224.25	1,040	107
Medium and Large 3	432	220.16	951	33
Medium and Large 1	533	211.96	1,129	91
Small 1	441	195.07	860	14thin

One grade step is worth $29.18/cwt here — about $180 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 sale245 hd

217.47

—

VA average6 barns · 1,005 hd

203.44

+14.03

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

50 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	—	370	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	814	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	515	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	927	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	326	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	815	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	618	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,224	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	556	227.75/cwt	227.75–227.75	1,266	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	490	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	1,125	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	936	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,104	22
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	445	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,046	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	243.50/cwt	243.50–243.50	1,067	15
Steers	Small 1	—	445	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	834	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	874	1
Steers	Small 1	—	535	193.36/cwt	190.00–195.00	1,034	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,469	9
Steers	Small 1	—	615	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,169	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,455	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,348	57
Steers	Small 1	—	695	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,237	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	578	206.65/cwt	195.00–218.00	1,194	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	351	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	790	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	195.75/cwt	195.75–195.75	1,253	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,057	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,267	18
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	605	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,150	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,145	32
Steers	Small 1	—	305	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	587	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	441	220.87/cwt	192.50–223.00	974	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	237.87/cwt	231.00–238.50	844	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	639	221.50/cwt	221.50–221.50	1,415	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	700	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,295	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	532	214.50/cwt	214.50–214.50	1,141	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	454	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,040	46
Heifers	Small 1	—	542	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	986	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,141	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	176.50/cwt	176.50–176.50	1,288	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	350	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	819	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	840	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,202	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	416	232.95/cwt	210.00–235.00	969	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	553	216.70/cwt	187.00–221.00	1,198	8
Heifers	Small 1	—	475	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	789	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	427	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	790	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	403	236.41/cwt	200.00–239.50	953	13
Heifers	Small 1	—	348	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	793	4
Bulls	Small 1	—	565	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	927	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	344	249.32/cwt	230.00–254.00	858	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	355	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	829	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	558	194.07/cwt	172.00–198.00	1,083	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	489	236.25/cwt	236.25–236.25	1,155	18
Bulls	Small 1	—	415	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	896	4

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 29, 2023

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

Receipts 540Last week 1,151Year ago 439

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 176, Heifers 245, Bulls 119)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	220.00	220.00
4	—	326	250.00	250.00
5	—	618	198.00	198.00
19	—	556	227.75	227.75
22	—	490	229.50	229.50
12	—	416	210.00–235.00	232.95
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	515	180.00	180.00
1	—	565	164.00	164.00
4	—	415	216.00	216.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	553	187.00–221.00	216.70
13	—	403	200.00–239.50	236.41
10	—	344	230.00–254.00	249.32
18	—	489	236.25	236.25
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	367	255.00	255.00
15	—	438	243.50	243.50
18	—	528	240.00	240.00
7	—	639	221.50	221.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	458	241.00	241.00
1	—	380	230.00	230.00
9	—	720	204.00	204.00
18	—	638	228.00	228.00
57	—	550	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	445	235.00	235.00
2	—	578	195.00–218.00	206.65
3	—	351	225.00	225.00
2	—	605	190.00	190.00
1	—	700	185.00	185.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	445	187.50	187.50
3	—	535	190.00–195.00	193.36
1	—	615	190.00	190.00
1	—	695	178.00	178.00
1	—	305	192.50	192.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	640	195.75	195.75
28	—	472	224.00	224.00
32	—	545	210.00	210.00
1	—	585	195.00	195.00
4	—	730	176.50	176.50
8	—	350	234.00	234.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	441	192.50–223.00	220.87
13	—	355	233.50	233.50
7	—	558	172.00–198.00	194.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	355	231.00–238.50	237.87
26	—	532	214.50	214.50
46	—	454	229.00	229.00
1	—	420	200.00	200.00
9	—	623	193.00	193.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	542	182.00	182.00
1	—	475	166.00	166.00
5	—	427	185.00	185.00
4	—	348	228.00	228.00

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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