Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-01-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Correction: 2778.00/cwt feeder bulls deleted.

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 156, Heifers 324, Bulls 187)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $212.74/cwt on 324 head.

Average price

$212.74

324 head · 515 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,097

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$102

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$29.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.41

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	506	218.38	1,104	138
Medium and Large 1	534	212.39	1,133	122
Medium and Large 3	495	204.33	1,012	51
Small 1	530	189.23	1,003	13thin

One grade step is worth $29.15/cwt here — about $102 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 sale324 hd

212.74

—

VA average8 barns · 730 hd

202.33

+10.41

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

54 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	421	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,141	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	626	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,308	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	498	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,265	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	565	241.90/cwt	200.00–244.00	1,367	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	530	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,073	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	355	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	990	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	350	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	924	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	770	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,594	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	637	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,516	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	271.94/cwt	240.00–277.00	1,259	15
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	625	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,188	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	467	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,093	2
Steers	Small 1	—	463	201.18/cwt	175.00–207.50	931	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,003	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,487	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	270.50/cwt	270.50–270.50	1,266	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,579	32
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	549	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,422	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	631	197.60/cwt	190.00–198.00	1,247	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	261.53/cwt	231.00–262.50	1,444	34
Steers	Small 1	—	390	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	770	1
Steers	Small 1	—	690	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,277	1
Steers	Small 1	—	715	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,273	1
Steers	Small 1	—	521	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,133	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	366	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	849	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	216.59/cwt	197.00–217.50	1,180	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	755	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,065	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	729	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,232	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	453	228.28/cwt	201.00–230.75	1,034	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	233.60/cwt	213.00–236.00	829	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	190.94/cwt	187.00–191.50	1,201	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	454	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	1,028	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	770	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,194	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	726	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	884	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,065	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,065	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	458	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	998	20
Heifers	Small 1	—	639	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,144	5
Heifers	Small 1	—	365	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	657	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	536	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,067	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	430	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	847	4
Bulls	Small 1	—	558	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,172	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	482	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,003	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	756	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	1,289	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	551	216.50/cwt	216.50–216.50	1,193	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	368	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	769	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	621	179.24/cwt	149.00–189.00	1,113	8
Bulls	Small 1	—	422	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	869	5
Bulls	Small 1	—	350	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	709	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	623	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,355	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	418	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,154	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	561	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,346	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	483	256.47/cwt	202.50–258.00	1,239	35

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 22, 2024

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

Receipts 667Last week 429Year ago 591

Correction: 2778.00/cwt feeder bulls deleted.

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 156, Heifers 324, Bulls 187)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	421	271.00	271.00
18	—	626	209.00	209.00
19	—	498	254.00	254.00
22	—	565	200.00–244.00	241.90
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	202.50	202.50
7	—	355	279.00	279.00
10	—	623	217.50	217.50
16	—	418	276.00	276.00
25	—	561	240.00	240.00
35	—	483	202.50–258.00	256.47
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	558	210.00	210.00
4	—	482	208.00	208.00
5	—	422	206.00	206.00
1	—	350	202.50	202.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	264.00	264.00
1	—	770	207.00	207.00
7	—	637	238.00	238.00
15	—	463	240.00–277.00	271.94
19	—	549	259.00	259.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	190.00	190.00
2	—	467	234.00	234.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	463	175.00–207.50	201.18
1	—	390	197.50	197.50
1	—	690	185.00	185.00
1	—	715	178.00	178.00
4	—	521	217.50	217.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	380	264.00	264.00
7	—	715	208.00	208.00
23	—	468	270.50	270.50
32	—	642	246.00	246.00
34	—	552	231.00–262.50	261.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	631	190.00–198.00	197.60
44	—	545	197.00–217.50	216.59
5	—	729	169.00	169.00
50	—	453	201.00–230.75	228.28
19	—	355	213.00–236.00	233.60
1	—	770	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	366	232.00	232.00
16	—	629	187.00–191.50	190.94
30	—	454	226.50	226.50
1	—	330	220.00	220.00
1	—	440	201.00	201.00
1	—	530	201.00	201.00
13	—	756	170.50	170.50
45	—	551	216.50	216.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	755	141.00	141.00
14	—	530	201.00	201.00
20	—	458	218.00	218.00
8	—	368	209.00	209.00
8	—	621	149.00–189.00	179.24
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	639	179.00	179.00
1	—	365	180.00	180.00
3	—	536	199.00	199.00
4	—	430	197.00	197.00

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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