Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-01-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 141, Heifers 193, Bulls 95)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $179.75/cwt on 193 head.

Average price

$179.75

193 head · 514 lb average

Value per head Derived

$924

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$177

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$37.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.55

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	481	188.43	906	71
Medium and Large 1	556	183.59	1,020	76
Medium and Large 3	500	163.73	819	33
Small 1	485	150.54	729	13thin

One grade step is worth $37.89/cwt here — about $177 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 sale193 hd

179.75

—

VA average9 barns · 1,502 hd

189.30

−9.55

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	—	795	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,590	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	740	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,095	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	227.92/cwt	216.00–229.25	1,463	29
Steers	Small 1	—	460	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	748	2
Steers	Small 1	—	685	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,254	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,170	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	632	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	1,419	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	452	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	755	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,515	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,394	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,179	5
Steers	Small 1	—	585	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	892	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	456	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	885	6
Steers	Small 1	—	513	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	872	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	342	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	787	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	942	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	564	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,066	5
Steers	Small 1	—	340	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	595	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	722	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,495	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	547	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	1,337	16
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	355	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	728	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	630	206.75/cwt	206.75–206.75	1,303	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	569	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	1,283	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	507	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,166	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	415	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	934	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	354	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	775	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	480	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,032	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	635	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,207	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	416	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	936	8
Bulls	Small 1	—	470	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	757	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	427	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	747	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	858	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	476	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	1,092	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	629	169.26/cwt	159.00–170.50	1,065	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	853	13
Bulls	Small 1	—	566	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	843	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	350	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	788	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	817	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	556	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,229	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	448	194.50/cwt	194.50–194.50	871	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	850	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	641	172.75/cwt	172.75–172.75	1,107	23
Heifers	Small 1	—	466	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	685	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	188.49/cwt	175.00–190.00	1,048	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	656	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	718	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,059	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,058	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	525	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	798	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	381	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	876	5
Heifers	Small 1	—	380	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	580	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	705	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	994	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	196.17/cwt	186.00–197.00	722	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	648	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	998	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	532	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	995	20

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 15, 2024

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

Receipts 429Last week 521Year ago 1,381

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 141, Heifers 193, Bulls 95)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	795	200.00	200.00
29	—	642	216.00–229.25	227.92
11	—	739	205.00	205.00
32	—	569	245.00	245.00
5	—	468	252.00	252.00
2	—	342	230.00	230.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	460	162.50	162.50
1	—	685	183.00	183.00
1	—	585	152.50	152.50
3	—	513	170.00	170.00
1	—	340	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	466	251.00	251.00
7	—	632	224.50	224.50
1	—	430	219.00	219.00
2	—	722	207.00	207.00
16	—	547	244.50	244.50
5	—	381	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	456	194.00	194.00
5	—	564	189.00	189.00
1	—	355	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	740	148.00	148.00
25	—	440	195.00	195.00
9	—	629	159.00–170.50	169.26
2	—	472	173.00	173.00
14	—	368	186.00–197.00	196.17
20	—	532	187.00	187.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	452	167.00	167.00
13	—	530	161.00	161.00
6	—	375	175.00	175.00
1	—	705	141.00	141.00
4	—	648	154.00	154.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	448	194.50	194.50
1	—	475	179.00	179.00
23	—	641	172.75	172.75
31	—	556	175.00–190.00	188.49
5	—	368	195.00	195.00
1	—	670	158.00	158.00
2	—	715	148.00	148.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	466	147.00	147.00
7	—	525	152.00	152.00
2	—	380	152.50	152.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	630	206.75	206.75
9	—	569	225.50	225.50
9	—	507	230.00	230.00
7	—	415	225.00	225.00
5	—	354	219.00	219.00
1	—	480	215.00	215.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	190.00	190.00
8	—	416	225.00	225.00
18	—	476	229.50	229.50
9	—	350	225.00	225.00
12	—	556	221.00	221.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	161.00	161.00
2	—	427	175.00	175.00
3	—	566	149.00	149.00

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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