Name: Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-12-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 236, Heifers 271, Bulls 185)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.50/cwt on 270 head.

Average price

$116.50

270 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$640

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$150

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$31.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.04

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	500	118.77	594	67
Medium and Large 1-2	573	118.00	676	12thin
Medium and Large 1	574	117.20	672	168
Medium and Large 3	502	106.40	534	20
Small 1	507	87.67	444	3thin

One grade step is worth $31.10/cwt here — about $150 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 sale270 hd

116.50

—

VA average8 barns · 1,853 hd

117.54

−1.04

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

82 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	—	835	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	852	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	721	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	944	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,010	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	755	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	793	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	660	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	756	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	488	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	517	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	636	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,130	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,209	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	805	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	725	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	380	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	578	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	117.83/cwt	114.00–118.00	642	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	125.20/cwt	120.00–127.00	905	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	602	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	834	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	718	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	429	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	695	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	103.12/cwt	103.00–104.00	763	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	621	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	115.48/cwt	113.00–118.00	935	2
Steers	Small 1	—	565	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	537	1
Steers	Small 1	—	755	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	823	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	451	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	568	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	730	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	671	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	882	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	831	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,101	17
Bulls	Small 1	—	570	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	519	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	705	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	635	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	126.32/cwt	123.00–128.00	811	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	139.66/cwt	134.00–140.00	789	54
Heifers	Small 1	—	360	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	324	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	455	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	378	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	970	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,028	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	651	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	814	25
Bulls	Small 1	—	370	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	426	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	805	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	749	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	754	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	731	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	476	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	690	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,019	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	825	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	828	92.53/cwt	91.00–94.00	766	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	720	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	655	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	370	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	596	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	539	114.78/cwt	90.00–119.00	619	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	453	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	571	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	644	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	592	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	441	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	490	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	728	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	750	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	524	124.63/cwt	120.00–125.00	653	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	606	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	564	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	670	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	469	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	434	123.28/cwt	121.00–130.00	535	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	688	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	605	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	575	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	523	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	602	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	632	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	328	135.54/cwt	120.00–141.00	445	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	455	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	610	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	512	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	461	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	739	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	717	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	473	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	714	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	739	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	953	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	573	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	676	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	395	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	486	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	585	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	474	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	308	124.47/cwt	121.00–128.00	383	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	513	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	533	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	688	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	427	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	700	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	537	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	580	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	413	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	430	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	810	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	891	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	651	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	794	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	556	134.97/cwt	133.50–139.00	750	38
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	646	116.71/cwt	109.00–117.00	754	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	871	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	801	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	668	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	721	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	771	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	150.11/cwt	131.00–154.00	710	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	334	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	431	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	863	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	880	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	485	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	727	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	656	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	754	7

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

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Receipts 692Last week 789Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 236, Heifers 271, Bulls 185)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	835	102.00	102.00
5	—	681	111.00	111.00
5	—	367	133.00	133.00
46	—	545	114.00–118.00	117.83
16	—	740	103.00–104.00	103.12
30	—	451	126.00	126.00
51	—	640	114.00	114.00
4	—	334	129.00	129.00
2	—	863	102.00	102.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	517	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	90.00	90.00
1	—	360	90.00	90.00
1	—	455	83.00	83.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	539	90.00–119.00	114.78
20	—	453	126.00	126.00
3	—	728	103.00	103.00
2	—	308	121.00–128.00	124.47
1	—	570	90.00	90.00
2	—	413	104.00	104.00
6	—	668	108.00	108.00
9	—	370	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	644	92.00	92.00
8	—	441	111.00	111.00
2	—	688	88.00	88.00
5	—	395	123.00	123.00
1	—	585	81.00	81.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	573	118.00	118.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	476	151.50	151.50
5	—	944	107.00	107.00
1	—	1,130	107.00	107.00
20	—	723	120.00–127.00	125.20
2	—	438	164.00	164.00
2	—	345	180.00	180.00
2	—	810	113.00–118.00	115.48
3	—	642	123.00–128.00	126.32
54	—	565	134.00–140.00	139.66
1	—	970	106.00	106.00
25	—	651	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	755	105.00	105.00
1	—	520	127.00	127.00
7	—	363	167.00	167.00
2	—	330	171.00	171.00
1	—	810	110.00	110.00
8	—	651	122.00	122.00
6	—	563	137.00	137.00
6	—	473	131.00–154.00	150.11
2	—	425	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	602	138.50	138.50
8	—	671	131.50	131.50
17	—	831	132.50	132.50
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	95.00	95.00
1	—	755	109.00	109.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	455	134.00	134.00
3	—	512	90.00	90.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	739	129.00	129.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	805	90.00	90.00
1	—	380	152.00	152.00
13	—	524	120.00–125.00	124.63
3	—	602	105.00	105.00
6	—	328	120.00–141.00	135.54
4	—	739	97.00	97.00
4	—	473	151.00	151.00
9	—	427	164.00	164.00
4	—	871	92.00	92.00
7	—	656	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	429	162.00	162.00
14	—	754	97.00	97.00
11	—	476	145.00	145.00
5	—	1,019	81.00	81.00
4	—	828	91.00–94.00	92.53
2	—	720	91.00	91.00
1	—	370	161.00	161.00
8	—	533	129.00	129.00
38	—	556	133.50–139.00	134.97
27	—	646	109.00–117.00	116.71
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	91.00	91.00
1	—	370	115.00	115.00
2	—	805	93.00	93.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	670	70.00	70.00
4	—	434	121.00–130.00	123.28
1	—	575	91.00	91.00
3	—	537	108.00	108.00

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