Name: Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-07-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 26, Heifers 45, Bulls 47)

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $125.79/cwt on 45 head.

Average price

$125.79

45 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$705

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$127

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$3.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.87

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	602	127.27	767	26
Medium and Large 3	456	124.00	565	4thin
Medium and Large 2	517	123.69	639	15thin

One grade step is worth $3.58/cwt here — about $127 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 sale45 hd

125.79

—

VA average3 barns · 178 hd

130.66

−4.87

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

39 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	905	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	896	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	573	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	739	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	748	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	883	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	342	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	492	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	528	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	692	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	641	125.72/cwt	124.00–126.00	806	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	690	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	814	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	613	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	826	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	110.86/cwt	88.00–133.00	693	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	656	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	902	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	445	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	445	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	500	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	575	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	756	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	895	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	967	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	92.48/cwt	90.00–95.00	724	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	353	124.33/cwt	124.00–125.00	439	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	690	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	120.71/cwt	116.00–130.00	634	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	747	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	632	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	519	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	561	6
Heifers	Small 1	—	535	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	482	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	433	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	390	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	735	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	662	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	447	103.34/cwt	100.00–105.00	462	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	637	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	662	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	661	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	120.23/cwt	117.00–121.00	519	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	345	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	431	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	445	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	503	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	715	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	579	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	355	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	408	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	411	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	538	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	537	129.42/cwt	125.00–130.00	695	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	456	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	565	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	350	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	438	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	685	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	596	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	775	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	651	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 →

Farmers Livestock Exchange Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Winchester, VA

Mon Jul 6, 2020

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

Receipts 118Last week 217Year ago 501

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 26, Heifers 45, Bulls 47)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	905	99.00	99.00
2	—	573	129.00	129.00
2	—	748	118.00	118.00
3	—	342	144.00	144.00
4	—	528	131.00	131.00
14	—	641	124.00–126.00	125.72
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	411	131.00	131.00
8	—	537	125.00–130.00	129.42
1	—	350	125.00	125.00
1	—	685	87.00	87.00
1	—	775	84.00	84.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	456	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	118.00	118.00
2	—	435	141.00	141.00
2	—	635	130.00	130.00
3	—	525	116.00–130.00	120.71
3	—	553	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	625	88.00–133.00	110.86
8	—	656	137.50	137.50
1	—	500	115.00	115.00
1	—	560	135.00	135.00
1	—	895	108.00	108.00
1	—	475	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	783	90.00–95.00	92.48
3	—	353	124.00–125.00	124.33
3	—	657	105.00	105.00
4	—	570	116.00	116.00
5	—	432	117.00–121.00	120.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	519	108.00	108.00
1	—	445	113.00	113.00
1	—	715	81.00	81.00
2	—	355	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	90.00	90.00
2	—	433	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	735	90.00	90.00
3	—	447	100.00–105.00	103.34
8	—	637	104.00	104.00
1	—	345	125.00	125.00

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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