Name: Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2019-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 597, Heifers 729, Bulls 349)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.67/cwt on 724 head.

Average price

$121.67

724 head · 519 lb average

Value per head Derived

$631

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$121

per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Medium and Large 2

$6.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.57

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2-3	563	127.00	715	25
Medium and Large 1-2	553	125.92	696	101
Medium and Large 1	524	120.89	633	363
Medium and Large 2	493	120.49	594	235

One grade step is worth $6.51/cwt here — about $121 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 sale724 hd

121.67

—

VA average10 barns · 2,733 hd

115.10

+6.57

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

84 lots · USDA AMS · Farmers Livestock Exchange Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Winchester, 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 1-2Value Added	—	601	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	823	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	586	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	800	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	433	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	476	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	118.50/cwt	115.00–120.00	686	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	537	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	547	129.27/cwt	126.00–134.00	707	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	689	127.00/cwt	124.00–130.00	875	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	571	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	702	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	648	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	765	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	118.20/cwt	113.00–121.00	618	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	121.96/cwt	114.00–124.00	583	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	120.05/cwt	114.00–122.00	515	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	119.77/cwt	117.50–121.00	681	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	120.23/cwt	120.00–121.00	748	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	122.77/cwt	115.00–124.00	464	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	776	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	955	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	744	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	870	4
Bulls	Small 1	—	430	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	482	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	570	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	473	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	634	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	387	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	546	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	574	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	723	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	533	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	629	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	746	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	828	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	621	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	686	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	668	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	768	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	833	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	850	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	327	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	446	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	612	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	578	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	763	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	639	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	760	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	459	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	631	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	474	127.23/cwt	120.00–134.00	603	54
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	528	124.86/cwt	120.00–129.00	659	49
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	584	121.26/cwt	117.50–123.00	708	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	421	132.55/cwt	124.00–135.00	558	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	676	113.95/cwt	113.00–116.00	770	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	617	117.82/cwt	113.00–119.50	727	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	362	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	501	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	725	118.40/cwt	113.00–134.00	858	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	310	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	496	3
Steers	Small 1	—	476	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	605	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	136.03/cwt	128.00–137.00	847	37
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	127.49/cwt	124.00–129.00	618	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	567	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	754	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	432	136.74/cwt	131.00–142.00	591	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	702	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	712	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	954	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	336	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	479	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	664	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	770	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	768	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	929	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	667	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	944	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	681	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	953	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	640	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	832	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	439	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	645	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	809	144.46/cwt	139.00–145.50	1,169	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	725	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,015	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	514	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	761	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	608	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	830	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	140.01/cwt	132.00–147.75	738	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	143.58/cwt	139.00–146.00	675	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	140.14/cwt	139.00–145.00	818	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	131.25/cwt	129.00–134.50	949	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	136.58/cwt	135.50–139.00	845	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	135.45/cwt	130.00–138.50	893	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	619	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	138.16/cwt	129.00–150.00	535	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	130.26/cwt	129.00–131.00	1,073	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	983	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,268	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,015	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,330	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	788	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,040	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Natural	—	563	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	715	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	502	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	567	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	119.75/cwt	117.00–124.00	566	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	125.20/cwt	121.00–130.00	654	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	374	122.50/cwt	121.00–126.00	458	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	509	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	636	114.23/cwt	113.50–115.00	727	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	333	126.99/cwt	115.00–131.50	423	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	571	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	691	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	752	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	861	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	739	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	865	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	852	102.67/cwt	96.00–106.00	875	3

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 →

Farmers Livestock Exchange Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Winchester, VA

Mon Nov 18, 2019

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

Receipts 1,675Last week 1,241Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 597, Heifers 729, Bulls 349)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	601	137.00	137.00
14	—	586	136.50	136.50
6	—	433	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	579	115.00–120.00	118.50
22	—	461	116.50	116.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	547	126.00–134.00	129.27
14	—	689	124.00–130.00	127.00
6	—	571	123.00	123.00
5	—	648	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	523	113.00–121.00	118.20
65	—	478	114.00–124.00	121.96
55	—	429	114.00–122.00	120.05
51	—	569	117.50–121.00	119.77
30	—	622	120.00–121.00	120.23
29	—	378	115.00–124.00	122.77
9	—	675	115.00	115.00
4	—	816	117.00	117.00
4	—	744	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	563	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	502	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	473	117.00–124.00	119.75
41	—	522	121.00–130.00	125.20
36	—	374	121.00–126.00	122.50
31	—	428	119.00	119.00
18	—	636	113.50–115.00	114.23
16	—	333	115.00–131.50	126.99
15	—	571	121.00	121.00
11	—	752	114.50	114.50
4	—	739	117.00	117.00
3	—	852	96.00–106.00	102.67
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	430	112.00	112.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	425	134.00	134.00
12	—	473	134.00	134.00
12	—	387	141.00	141.00
11	—	574	126.00	126.00
9	—	533	118.00	118.00
7	—	746	111.00	111.00
7	—	621	110.50	110.50
6	—	668	115.00	115.00
5	—	833	102.00	102.00
5	—	327	136.50	136.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	567	108.00	108.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	578	132.00	132.00
6	—	639	119.00	119.00
5	—	459	137.50	137.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	474	120.00–134.00	127.23
49	—	528	120.00–129.00	124.86
33	—	584	117.50–123.00	121.26
25	—	421	124.00–135.00	132.55
22	—	676	113.00–116.00	113.95
21	—	617	113.00–119.50	117.82
10	—	362	138.50	138.50
8	—	725	113.00–134.00	118.40
3	—	310	160.00	160.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	476	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	623	128.00–137.00	136.03
14	—	485	124.00–129.00	127.49
13	—	567	133.00	133.00
13	—	432	131.00–142.00	136.74
12	—	518	135.50	135.50
10	—	712	134.00	134.00
6	—	336	142.50	142.50
4	—	664	116.00	116.00
2	—	768	121.00	121.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	667	141.50	141.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	681	140.00	140.00
7	—	640	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	439	147.00	147.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	809	139.00–145.50	144.46
37	—	725	140.00	140.00
12	—	514	148.00	148.00
2	—	608	136.50	136.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	527	132.00–147.75	140.01
55	—	470	139.00–146.00	143.58
34	—	584	139.00–145.00	140.14
32	—	723	129.00–134.50	131.25
26	—	619	135.50–139.00	136.58
22	—	659	130.00–138.50	135.45
12	—	430	144.00	144.00
9	—	387	129.00–150.00	138.16
8	—	824	129.00–131.00	130.26
7	—	983	129.00	129.00
5	—	1,015	131.00	131.00
4	—	788	132.00	132.00

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