Name: Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-01-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 183, Heifers 296, Bulls 165)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $228.40/cwt on 294 head.

Average price

$228.40

294 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,220

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$206

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$46.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.15

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	525	234.74	1,233	142
Medium and Large 1	549	229.10	1,257	99
Medium and Large 3	525	220.66	1,158	36
Small 1	547	187.82	1,027	17thin

One grade step is worth $46.91/cwt here — about $206 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 sale294 hd

228.40

—

VA average6 barns · 881 hd

218.25

+10.15

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

53 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	—	449	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,078	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	409	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,166	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	560	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,417	10
Bulls	Small 1	—	488	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	927	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	349	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,021	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	618	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	1,455	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	205.50/cwt	205.50–205.50	1,521	8
Bulls	Small 1	—	430	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	860	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	440	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	858	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	785	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,295	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	458	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,053	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,360	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	357	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	875	11
Bulls	Small 1	—	560	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,114	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	533	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,050	7
Heifers	Small 1	—	658	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,323	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	236.06/cwt	210.00–238.00	1,298	29
Heifers	Small 1	—	356	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	587	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,188	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	712	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,139	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	347	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	729	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	550	229.75/cwt	229.75–229.75	1,264	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	647	213.50/cwt	213.50–213.50	1,381	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	361	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	866	6
Steers	Small 1	—	550	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,183	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	553	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,305	48
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	459	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,317	24
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	765	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,584	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	751	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,479	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,127	52
Steers	Small 1	—	465	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	965	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	635	206.46/cwt	202.50–207.00	1,311	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	278.87/cwt	270.00–279.50	1,277	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,458	31
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,608	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	748	230.75/cwt	230.75–230.75	1,726	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	359	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,034	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,469	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	751	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,682	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	505	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,182	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,035	5
Steers	Small 1	—	642	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,271	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	652	256.75/cwt	256.75–256.75	1,674	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,202	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	490	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,029	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	563	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,199	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	645	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,213	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	489	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,320	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	556	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,407	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	495	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,322	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	421	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,183	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	628	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,438	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	363	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,027	4

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 29, 2024

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

Receipts 644Last week 667Year ago 956

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 183, Heifers 296, Bulls 165)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	449	240.00	240.00
8	—	740	205.50	205.50
29	—	550	210.00–238.00	236.06
26	—	647	213.50	213.50
6	—	361	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	195.00	195.00
7	—	533	197.00	197.00
4	—	658	201.00	201.00
3	—	356	165.00	165.00
2	—	712	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	785	165.00	165.00
11	—	458	230.00	230.00
4	—	347	210.00	210.00
12	—	550	229.75	229.75
8	—	635	202.50–207.00	206.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	640	212.50	212.50
11	—	357	245.00	245.00
1	—	540	220.00	220.00
48	—	553	236.00	236.00
5	—	751	197.00	197.00
52	—	458	246.00	246.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	409	285.00	285.00
10	—	560	253.00	253.00
16	—	349	292.50	292.50
8	—	618	235.50	235.50
25	—	489	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	488	190.00	190.00
2	—	430	200.00	200.00
3	—	560	199.00	199.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	556	253.00	253.00
18	—	495	267.00	267.00
18	—	421	281.00	281.00
13	—	628	229.00	229.00
4	—	363	283.00	283.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	550	215.00	215.00
1	—	465	207.50	207.50
6	—	642	198.00	198.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	459	287.00	287.00
31	—	550	265.00	265.00
15	—	633	254.00	254.00
5	—	751	224.00	224.00
1	—	505	234.00	234.00
5	—	363	285.00	285.00
1	—	445	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	765	207.00	207.00
1	—	490	210.00	210.00
4	—	563	213.00	213.00
1	—	645	188.00	188.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	458	270.00–279.50	278.87
14	—	748	230.75	230.75
7	—	359	288.00	288.00
23	—	550	267.00	267.00
23	—	652	256.75	256.75

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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