Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 139, Heifers 277, Bulls 121)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $184.00/cwt on 277 head.

Average price

$184.00

277 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$991

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$66

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$24.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.44

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	503	188.73	950	96
Medium and Large 1	572	186.08	1,065	138
Medium and Large 3	479	169.00	810	21
Small 1	537	164.64	884	22

One grade step is worth $24.10/cwt here — about $66 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 sale277 hd

184.00

—

VA average9 barns · 1,167 hd

177.56

+6.44

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

48 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	—	643	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,312	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	196.50/cwt	196.50–196.50	865	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,030	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	631	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,073	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	193.16/cwt	183.00–194.50	709	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,173	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	647	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,343	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	742	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,484	18
Steers	Small 1	—	790	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,343	1
Steers	Small 1	—	525	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	893	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	1,253	34
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	558	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,021	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	549	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,208	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	446	228.50/cwt	228.50–228.50	1,019	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	366	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	747	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	986	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	747	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,090	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	558	184.47/cwt	170.00–186.25	1,029	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	423	201.75/cwt	201.75–201.75	853	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	483	203.32/cwt	186.00–205.25	982	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	631	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,152	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	340	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	680	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	375	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	690	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	548	203.32/cwt	189.00–204.50	1,114	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,061	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	843	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	756	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,202	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	195.71/cwt	177.50–198.00	904	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,064	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	546	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	934	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	599	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	737	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,106	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	615	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	978	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	548	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	932	8
Heifers	Small 1	—	456	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	752	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	577	181.23/cwt	168.00–182.50	1,046	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	494	200.59/cwt	185.00–201.50	991	17
Bulls	Small 1	—	435	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	761	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	668	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,035	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	452	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	764	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	347	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	600	7
Bulls	Small 1	—	585	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	913	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	483	163.64/cwt	162.50–164.00	790	4
Bulls	Small 1	—	310	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	558	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	335	206.57/cwt	189.00–209.50	692	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	629	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,157	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	411	204.50/cwt	204.50–204.50	840	11

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 Dec 4, 2023

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

Receipts 537Last week 844Year ago 1,034

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 139, Heifers 277, Bulls 121)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	643	204.00	204.00
15	—	549	220.00	220.00
6	—	446	228.50	228.50
4	—	366	204.00	204.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	647	207.50	207.50
18	—	742	200.00	200.00
34	—	558	224.50	224.50
6	—	440	224.00	224.00
3	—	385	194.00	194.00
2	—	545	200.00	200.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	790	170.00	170.00
1	—	525	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	558	183.00	183.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	440	196.50	196.50
32	—	545	189.00	189.00
16	—	631	170.00	170.00
9	—	367	183.00–194.50	193.16
1	—	715	164.00	164.00
1	—	475	177.50	177.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	548	189.00–204.50	203.32
2	—	667	159.00	159.00
15	—	756	159.00	159.00
28	—	462	177.50–198.00	195.71
37	—	637	167.00	167.00
4	—	322	186.00	186.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	546	171.00	171.00
3	—	668	155.00	155.00
4	—	452	169.00	169.00
7	—	347	173.00	173.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	737	150.00	150.00
3	—	615	159.00	159.00
8	—	548	170.00	170.00
9	—	456	165.00	165.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	558	170.00–186.25	184.47
13	—	423	201.75	201.75
10	—	483	186.00–205.25	203.32
7	—	631	182.50	182.50
7	—	340	200.00	200.00
1	—	375	184.00	184.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	577	168.00–182.50	181.23
17	—	494	185.00–201.50	200.59
7	—	335	189.00–209.50	206.57
10	—	629	184.00	184.00
11	—	411	204.50	204.50
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	435	175.00	175.00
2	—	585	156.00	156.00
4	—	483	162.50–164.00	163.64
1	—	310	180.00	180.00

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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