Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-09-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 274, Heifers 366, Bulls 208)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $220.33/cwt on 366 head.

Average price

$220.33

366 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,194

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$198

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$23.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.50

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	530	226.06	1,199	135
Medium and Large 1	562	218.50	1,228	175
Medium and Large 3	515	217.01	1,118	37
Small 1	493	202.89	1,001	19thin

One grade step is worth $23.17/cwt here — about $198 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 sale366 hd

220.33

—

VA average12 barns · 2,043 hd

215.83

+4.50

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

62 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	—	752	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,466	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	405	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	915	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	631	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,376	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	447	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	966	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	447	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	939	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	555	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,277	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	315	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	699	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	643	226.13/cwt	221.00–226.50	1,454	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	376	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	993	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	999	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	548	219.42/cwt	207.00–220.50	1,202	73
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	760	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,680	3
Steers	Small 1	—	350	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	749	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,634	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	644	224.90/cwt	211.00–226.75	1,448	60
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	770	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,571	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	547	244.75/cwt	244.75–244.75	1,339	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	742	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,662	27
Steers	Small 1	—	557	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,198	10
Steers	Small 1	—	642	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,380	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	253.10/cwt	214.00–255.00	1,179	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	461	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,157	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,208	1
Steers	Small 1	—	720	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,476	1
Steers	Small 1	—	452	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	972	7
Bulls	Small 1	—	415	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	930	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	496	239.32/cwt	226.00–240.00	1,187	41
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	567	216.44/cwt	202.00–217.75	1,227	36
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	632	209.50/cwt	209.50–209.50	1,324	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	345	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	897	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	417	233.58/cwt	225.00–245.00	974	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	568	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,238	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	491	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	1,146	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	245.87/cwt	225.00–249.00	895	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,342	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	550	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,144	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	343	253.79/cwt	220.00–261.00	870	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	194.09/cwt	190.00–196.00	1,019	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	475	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	922	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	735	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,485	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	715	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,269	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	350	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	784	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	412	245.30/cwt	212.00–248.50	1,011	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	479	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	1,080	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,035	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	232.90/cwt	215.00–233.75	1,060	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	430	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	828	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	648	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,231	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	619	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,263	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	641	215.58/cwt	206.00–216.00	1,382	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	916	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	644	211.84/cwt	208.00–212.00	1,364	48
Heifers	Small 1	—	455	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	910	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	631	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,300	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	346	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	799	6
Heifers	Small 1	—	355	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	728	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,220	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	472	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,145	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,374	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	546	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	1,226	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	553	214.48/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,186	10
Heifers	Small 1	—	585	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,170	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 Sep 25, 2023

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

Receipts 848Last week 1,191Year ago 1,212

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 274, Heifers 366, Bulls 208)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	752	195.00	195.00
2	—	447	216.00	216.00
73	—	548	207.00–220.50	219.42
8	—	364	225.00–249.00	245.87
2	—	710	189.00	189.00
31	—	450	230.00	230.00
48	—	644	208.00–212.00	211.84
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	447	210.00	210.00
4	—	648	190.00	190.00
4	—	455	200.00	200.00
1	—	355	205.00	205.00
1	—	585	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	735	202.00	202.00
46	—	455	215.00–233.75	232.90
24	—	641	206.00–216.00	215.58
10	—	367	249.50	249.50
3	—	570	214.00	214.00
44	—	546	224.50	224.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	177.50	177.50
11	—	479	225.50	225.50
1	—	430	192.50	192.50
8	—	631	206.00	206.00
6	—	346	231.00	231.00
10	—	553	210.00–215.00	214.48
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	226.00	226.00
14	—	643	221.00–226.50	226.13
3	—	376	264.00	264.00
3	—	760	221.00	221.00
22	—	547	244.75	244.75
19	—	461	251.00	251.00
1	—	570	212.00	212.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	631	218.00	218.00
7	—	555	230.00	230.00
1	—	315	222.00	222.00
1	—	770	204.00	204.00
5	—	472	242.50	242.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	270.00	270.00
2	—	760	215.00	215.00
60	—	644	211.00–226.75	224.90
27	—	742	224.00	224.00
22	—	466	214.00–255.00	253.10
56	—	554	248.00	248.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	214.00	214.00
10	—	557	215.00	215.00
7	—	642	215.00	215.00
1	—	720	205.00	205.00
7	—	452	215.00	215.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	415	224.00	224.00
7	—	550	208.00	208.00
8	—	475	194.00	194.00
1	—	350	224.00	224.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	496	226.00–240.00	239.32
36	—	567	202.00–217.75	216.44
12	—	632	209.50	209.50
10	—	345	260.00	260.00
7	—	417	225.00–245.00	233.58
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	568	218.00	218.00
18	—	491	233.50	233.50
11	—	343	220.00–261.00	253.79
3	—	525	190.00–196.00	194.09
23	—	412	212.00–248.50	245.30
8	—	619	204.00	204.00

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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