Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-08-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 373, Heifers 472, Bulls 136)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $203.34/cwt on 472 head.

Average price

$203.34

472 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,106

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$166

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$29.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.43

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	517	209.49	1,083	213
Medium and Large 3	515	203.86	1,049	64
Medium and Large 1	594	198.77	1,180	171
Small 1	509	179.98	917	24

One grade step is worth $29.51/cwt here — about $166 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 sale472 hd

203.34

—

VA average10 barns · 1,546 hd

206.78

−3.43

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

53 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 1	—	740	212.59/cwt	206.00–213.00	1,573	33
Steers	Small 1	—	695	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,303	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	183.25/cwt	183.25–183.25	1,352	25
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	368	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	832	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	665	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,047	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	440	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,078	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	357	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	925	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	740	211.50/cwt	211.50–211.50	1,565	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	547	230.68/cwt	225.00–231.00	1,262	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	646	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,428	86
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	538	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,200	4
Steers	Small 1	—	572	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,167	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,402	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	259.06/cwt	219.00–260.25	1,186	36
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	652	224.25/cwt	224.25–224.25	1,462	27
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	775	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,535	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	228.10/cwt	209.00–228.75	1,261	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	243.59/cwt	211.00–245.00	1,159	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	239.68/cwt	222.50–249.00	863	3
Steers	Small 1	—	443	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	988	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	572	200.85/cwt	188.00–201.50	1,149	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	628	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,275	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	442	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	997	5
Bulls	Small 1	—	372	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	744	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	429	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	879	5
Bulls	Small 1	—	542	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,008	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	443	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	815	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	564	199.45/cwt	192.00–200.00	1,125	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	631	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,262	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	417	234.25/cwt	234.25–234.25	977	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	487	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	1,123	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	347	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	796	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	454	209.75/cwt	209.75–209.75	952	24
Bulls	Small 1	—	475	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	898	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	898	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	647	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,255	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	201.86/cwt	193.00–203.00	1,118	62
Heifers	Small 1	—	541	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	968	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	219.25/cwt	219.25–219.25	1,004	79
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	490	229.15/cwt	217.00–230.25	1,123	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	823	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	202.75/cwt	202.75–202.75	1,095	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	347	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	729	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	552	200.53/cwt	176.00–202.75	1,107	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,226	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	651	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,269	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	652	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,288	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	227.13/cwt	199.00–228.50	818	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	214.50/cwt	214.50–214.50	993	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	551	196.50/cwt	196.50–196.50	1,083	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	618	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,298	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	746	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,343	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	770	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,594	1

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 Aug 7, 2023

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

Receipts 981Last week 885Year ago 1,010

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 373, Heifers 472, Bulls 136)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	740	206.00–213.00	212.59
86	—	646	221.00	221.00
2	—	655	214.00	214.00
65	—	553	209.00–228.75	228.10
25	—	476	211.00–245.00	243.59
3	—	360	222.50–249.00	239.68
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	695	187.50	187.50
5	—	572	204.00	204.00
3	—	443	223.00	223.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	368	226.00	226.00
8	—	440	245.00	245.00
4	—	538	223.00	223.00
1	—	775	198.00	198.00
3	—	618	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	357	259.00	259.00
5	—	740	211.50	211.50
55	—	547	225.00–231.00	230.68
36	—	458	219.00–260.25	259.06
27	—	652	224.25	224.25
1	—	770	207.00	207.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	738	183.25	183.25
56	—	647	194.00	194.00
62	—	554	193.00–203.00	201.86
5	—	376	219.00	219.00
23	—	463	214.50	214.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	157.50	157.50
9	—	443	184.00	184.00
14	—	541	179.00	179.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	454	209.75	209.75
5	—	347	210.00	210.00
25	—	552	176.00–202.75	200.53
10	—	651	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	438	205.00	205.00
79	—	458	219.25	219.25
59	—	540	202.75	202.75
1	—	645	190.00	190.00
38	—	652	197.50	197.50
21	—	360	199.00–228.50	227.13
3	—	551	196.50	196.50
7	—	746	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	572	188.00–201.50	200.85
10	—	628	203.00	203.00
5	—	442	225.50	225.50
11	—	487	230.50	230.50
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	372	200.00	200.00
5	—	429	205.00	205.00
2	—	542	186.00	186.00
1	—	475	189.00	189.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	564	192.00–200.00	199.45
7	—	631	200.00	200.00
19	—	417	234.25	234.25
14	—	347	229.50	229.50
24	—	490	217.00–230.25	229.15

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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