Name: Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-12-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 42, Heifers 71, Bulls 56)

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 $122.69/cwt on 69 head.

Average price

$122.69

69 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$658

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$230

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$25.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	585	125.61	735	40
Medium and Large 2	480	122.24	587	22
Medium and Large 3	423	108.67	460	6thin
Small 1	505	100.00	505	1thin

One grade step is worth $25.61/cwt here — about $230 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 sale69 hd

122.69

—

VA average1 barns · 69 hd

122.69

+0.00

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

49 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	—	565	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	701	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	780	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	796	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	370	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	518	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	483	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	676	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	881	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	890	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	647	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	796	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	122.60/cwt	115.00–130.00	877	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,115	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,137	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	470	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	498	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	314	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	380	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	519	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	740	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	493	130.92/cwt	116.00–146.00	645	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	408	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	505	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	505	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	439	134.83/cwt	125.00–145.00	592	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	646	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	911	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	550	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	739	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	536	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	659	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	600	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	792	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	444	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	599	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	532	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	739	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	905	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	335	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	291	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	390	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	460	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	553	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	647	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	305	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	305	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	627	100.18/cwt	90.00–105.00	628	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	790	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	885	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	546	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	732	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	811	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	345	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	507	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	452	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	565	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	893	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,036	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	441	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	498	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	748	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	444	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	383	123.65/cwt	116.00–126.00	474	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	419	138.18/cwt	130.00–142.00	579	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	850	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	893	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	298	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	720	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	756	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	495	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	688	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	545	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	730	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	959	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,141	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	893	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,027	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	578	102.96/cwt	94.00–112.00	595	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	117.42/cwt	110.00–121.00	781	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 Dec 28, 2020

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

Receipts 169Last week 692Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 42, Heifers 71, Bulls 56)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	124.00	124.00
1	—	780	102.00	102.00
3	—	370	140.00	140.00
4	—	483	140.00	140.00
4	—	881	101.00	101.00
7	—	647	123.00	123.00
8	—	439	125.00–145.00	134.83
9	—	532	139.00	139.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	106.00	106.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	118.00	118.00
3	—	553	117.00	117.00
1	—	305	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	627	90.00–105.00	100.18
1	—	345	147.00	147.00
3	—	419	130.00–142.00	138.18
2	—	720	105.00	105.00
1	—	495	139.00	139.00
3	—	545	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	715	115.00–130.00	122.60
3	—	335	155.00	155.00
1	—	525	141.00	141.00
2	—	493	116.00–146.00	130.92
1	—	600	132.00	132.00
2	—	893	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	646	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	546	134.00	134.00
1	—	575	130.00	130.00
1	—	355	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	71.00	71.00
2	—	578	94.00–112.00	102.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	959	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,115	102.00	102.00
5	—	314	121.00	121.00
2	—	458	120.00	120.00
12	—	556	133.00	133.00
9	—	444	135.00	135.00
2	—	780	116.00	116.00
5	—	893	116.00	116.00
3	—	665	110.00–121.00	117.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	120.00	120.00
4	—	536	123.00	123.00
1	—	790	112.00	112.00
1	—	670	121.00	121.00
6	—	452	125.00	125.00
8	—	383	116.00–126.00	123.65
1	—	850	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	87.00	87.00
5	—	441	113.00	113.00

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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