Name: Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-07-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 58, Heifers 60, Bulls 56)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.47/cwt on 57 head.

Average price

$117.47

57 head · 461 lb average

Value per head Derived

$542

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$33

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$14.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.04

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	454	121.90	553	29
Medium and Large 2	463	115.15	533	20
Medium and Large 3	485	107.25	520	8thin

One grade step is worth $14.65/cwt here — about $33 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 sale57 hd

117.47

—

VA average7 barns · 770 hd

117.51

−0.04

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	575	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	695	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	632	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	458	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	495	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	785	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	620	4
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	1,130	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,017	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	548	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	655	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	537	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	117.69/cwt	117.00–119.00	430	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	444	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	425	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	594	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	426	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	558	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	586	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	562	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	411	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	770	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	765	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	872	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	997	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,097	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	484	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	634	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	113.50/cwt	113.00–114.00	880	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	865	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	882	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	139.97/cwt	137.00–143.00	749	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	131.51/cwt	129.00–132.00	873	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	448	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	632	8
Steers	Small 1	—	460	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	414	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	820	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	528	114.49/cwt	113.00–116.00	605	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	319	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	510	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	418	127.19/cwt	123.00–128.00	532	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	530	124.98/cwt	121.00–126.00	662	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	561	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	645	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	470	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	639	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	480	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	629	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	375	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	544	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	605	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	714	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	355	114.93/cwt	110.00–120.00	408	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	587	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	355	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	465	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	455	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	523	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 20, 2020

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

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State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 58, Heifers 60, Bulls 56)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	95.00	95.00
5	—	548	119.50	119.50
3	—	365	117.00–119.00	117.69
3	—	327	130.00	130.00
17	—	455	123.50	123.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	695	91.00	91.00
13	—	463	116.00	116.00
3	—	373	119.00	119.00
2	—	545	109.00	109.00
1	—	330	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	458	108.00	108.00
3	—	558	105.00	105.00
1	—	370	111.00	111.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	785	79.00	79.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,130	90.00	90.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	550	140.00	140.00
3	—	997	110.00	110.00
2	—	775	113.00–114.00	113.50
12	—	664	129.00–132.00	131.51
8	—	448	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	765	114.00	114.00
4	—	484	131.00	131.00
2	—	865	102.00	102.00
2	—	535	137.00–143.00	139.97
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	661	124.00	124.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	528	113.00–116.00	114.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	319	160.00	160.00
5	—	530	121.00–126.00	124.98
4	—	470	136.00	136.00
4	—	375	145.00	145.00
2	—	425	138.00	138.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	418	123.00–128.00	127.19
4	—	561	115.00	115.00
2	—	480	131.00	131.00
1	—	605	118.00	118.00
1	—	355	131.00	131.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	355	110.00–120.00	114.93
1	—	455	115.00	115.00

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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