Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-09-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 296, Heifers 596, Bulls 299)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $228.31/cwt on 596 head.

Average price

$228.31

596 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,207

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$67

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$12.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.14

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	515	233.61	1,204	252
Medium and Large 1	556	226.13	1,258	208
Small 1	508	222.20	1,129	70
Medium and Large 3	513	221.42	1,137	66

One grade step is worth $12.19/cwt here — about $67 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 sale596 hd

228.31

—

VA average8 barns · 1,865 hd

222.18

+6.14

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

58 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	Medium and Large 1	—	364	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	939	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	736	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,619	14
Steers	Small 1	—	735	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,521	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	734	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,431	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	553	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,222	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	362	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	977	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	556	225.58/cwt	203.00–233.00	1,254	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	547	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	1,321	40
Steers	Small 1	—	390	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	702	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,478	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	380	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	889	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	639	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,514	41
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,163	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	549	240.25/cwt	240.25–240.25	1,319	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,474	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	435	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,040	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	345	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	769	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	228.50/cwt	228.50–228.50	1,460	26
Steers	Small 1	—	462	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	970	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	261.32/cwt	215.00–263.50	1,189	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	300	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	713	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	223.79/cwt	219.00–224.00	1,652	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,221	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	419	245.35/cwt	220.00–247.00	1,028	17
Bulls	Small 1	—	484	194.07/cwt	194.00–195.00	939	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	355	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	948	6
Bulls	Small 1	—	555	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,071	9
Bulls	Small 1	—	425	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	948	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	567	217.09/cwt	196.00–217.50	1,231	51
Heifers	Small 1	—	459	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,074	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	418	247.17/cwt	223.00–248.50	1,033	38
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	621	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,273	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	500	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,055	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	492	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,107	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	572	213.25/cwt	213.25–213.25	1,220	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	360	238.33/cwt	220.00–240.00	858	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	546	230.25/cwt	230.25–230.25	1,257	85
Bulls	Small 1	—	362	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	724	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	624	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,360	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	548	228.82/cwt	214.00–229.25	1,254	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,429	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	454	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,103	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,349	49
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	487	227.33/cwt	204.00–228.00	1,107	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	343	265.08/cwt	245.00–266.00	909	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	725	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,363	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	451	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,042	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,343	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	633	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,241	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	539	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	1,215	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	241.29/cwt	229.00–241.75	1,117	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,349	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	817	1
Steers	Small 1	—	565	220.50/cwt	220.50–220.50	1,246	6
Steers	Small 1	—	668	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,416	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	351	261.50/cwt	261.50–261.50	918	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	619	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,226	13
Heifers	Small 1	—	543	217.31/cwt	197.50–220.50	1,180	29

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 Sep 18, 2023

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

Receipts 1,191Last week 1,067Year ago 1,098

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 296, Heifers 596, Bulls 299)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	364	258.00	258.00
1	—	770	192.00	192.00
70	—	548	214.00–229.25	228.82
19	—	733	195.00	195.00
2	—	665	202.00	202.00
56	—	463	229.00–241.75	241.29
50	—	635	212.50	212.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	734	195.00	195.00
3	—	553	221.00	221.00
85	—	546	230.25	230.25
74	—	454	243.00	243.00
49	—	635	212.50	212.50
1	—	330	247.50	247.50
33	—	351	261.50	261.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	380	234.00	234.00
25	—	459	234.00	234.00
9	—	633	196.00	196.00
29	—	543	197.50–220.50	217.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	360	220.00–240.00	238.33
4	—	725	188.00	188.00
13	—	451	231.00	231.00
23	—	539	225.50	225.50
13	—	619	198.00	198.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	736	220.00	220.00
11	—	362	270.00	270.00
40	—	547	241.50	241.50
41	—	639	237.00	237.00
23	—	458	254.00	254.00
1	—	300	237.50	237.50
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	207.00	207.00
1	—	390	180.00	180.00
2	—	462	210.00	210.00
6	—	565	220.50	220.50
4	—	668	212.00	212.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	556	203.00–233.00	225.58
5	—	435	239.00	239.00
5	—	345	223.00	223.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	549	240.25	240.25
4	—	676	218.00	218.00
26	—	639	228.50	228.50
22	—	455	215.00–263.50	261.32
23	—	738	219.00–224.00	223.79
1	—	560	218.00	218.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	419	220.00–247.00	245.35
6	—	355	267.00	267.00
51	—	567	196.00–217.50	217.09
3	—	500	211.00	211.00
33	—	492	225.00	225.00
18	—	624	218.00	218.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	484	194.00–195.00	194.07
9	—	555	193.00	193.00
2	—	425	223.00	223.00
2	—	362	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	418	223.00–248.50	247.17
11	—	621	205.00	205.00
38	—	572	213.25	213.25
35	—	487	204.00–228.00	227.33
22	—	343	245.00–266.00	265.08

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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