Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-01-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 153, Heifers 254, Bulls 114)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $179.96/cwt on 254 head.

Average price

$179.96

254 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$978

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$322

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$39.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.71

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	186.38	1,044	99
Medium and Large 2	552	185.49	1,024	100
Medium and Large 3	504	166.54	839	32
Small 1	491	146.96	722	23

One grade step is worth $39.43/cwt here — about $322 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 sale254 hd

179.96

—

VA average6 barns · 549 hd

184.67

−4.71

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

55 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	—	642	216.50/cwt	216.50–216.50	1,390	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,247	10
Steers	Small 1	—	425	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	638	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	808	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	741	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,549	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	531	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	850	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,013	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	453	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	906	28
Steers	Small 1	—	390	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	702	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	1,258	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	208.50/cwt	208.50–208.50	1,535	9
Steers	Small 1	—	680	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,292	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	473	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	899	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,423	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	517	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	956	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	222.25/cwt	222.25–222.25	1,222	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	452	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	992	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,011	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	631	218.21/cwt	214.00–218.50	1,377	15
Steers	Small 1	—	525	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	879	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	735	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,455	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	498	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	959	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	565	202.28/cwt	180.00–205.75	1,143	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	467	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	929	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	627	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,223	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	430	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	839	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	352	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	801	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,084	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,125	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	543	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,015	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	648	172.51/cwt	162.50–173.00	1,118	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	950	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	954	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	611	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	962	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	554	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	837	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	725	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,088	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	760	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	950	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	740	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,251	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	451	170.49/cwt	165.00–171.00	769	12
Heifers	Small 1	—	457	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	674	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	757	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	451	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	861	25
Heifers	Small 1	—	365	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	511	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	352	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	792	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	719	8
Bulls	Small 1	—	486	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	765	4
Bulls	Small 1	—	405	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	648	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	342	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	667	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	378	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	633	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	865	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	624	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,048	7
Bulls	Small 1	—	320	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	528	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	590	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	900	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	561	197.19/cwt	190.00–198.00	1,106	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	615	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,169	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 Jan 8, 2024

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

Receipts 521Last week 288Year ago 947

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 153, Heifers 254, Bulls 114)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	642	216.50	216.50
10	—	471	215.00	215.00
24	—	558	225.50	225.50
9	—	736	208.50	208.50
3	—	665	214.00	214.00
2	—	525	192.50	192.50
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	150.00	150.00
1	—	390	180.00	180.00
2	—	680	190.00	190.00
1	—	525	167.50	167.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	363	222.50	222.50
7	—	741	209.00	209.00
23	—	550	222.25	222.25
14	—	452	219.50	219.50
15	—	631	214.00–218.50	218.21
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	473	190.00	190.00
2	—	517	185.00	185.00
1	—	735	198.00	198.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	738	169.00	169.00
36	—	553	196.00	196.00
23	—	643	175.00	175.00
1	—	540	176.00	176.00
2	—	445	170.00	170.00
25	—	451	191.00	191.00
2	—	342	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	531	160.00	160.00
1	—	725	150.00	150.00
12	—	451	165.00–171.00	170.49
5	—	378	167.50	167.50
7	—	624	168.00	168.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	453	200.00	200.00
27	—	543	187.00	187.00
21	—	648	162.50–173.00	172.51
3	—	568	168.00	168.00
13	—	740	169.00	169.00
8	—	365	197.00	197.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	611	157.50	157.50
5	—	554	151.00	151.00
1	—	760	125.00	125.00
9	—	457	147.50	147.50
5	—	365	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	498	192.50	192.50
5	—	352	225.00	225.00
10	—	420	206.00	206.00
10	—	561	190.00–198.00	197.19
1	—	615	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	565	180.00–205.75	202.28
20	—	467	199.00	199.00
19	—	627	195.00	195.00
6	—	430	195.00	195.00
4	—	352	227.50	227.50
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	486	157.50	157.50
2	—	405	160.00	160.00
1	—	320	165.00	165.00
1	—	590	152.50	152.50

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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