Name: Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-02-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 89, Heifers 83, Bulls 48)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $133.12/cwt on 89 head.

Average price

$133.12

89 head · 668 lb average

Value per head Derived

$889

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$127

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

$7.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.02

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	615	136.11	837	49
Medium and Large 1	737	129.46	954	39
Medium and Large 3	550	129.00	710	1thin

One grade step is worth $7.11/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 sale89 hd

133.12

—

VA average5 barns · 293 hd

134.14

−1.02

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

50 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 2	—	430	121.55/cwt	120.00–126.00	523	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	740	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	858	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	649	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	837	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	493	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	779	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	753	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	851	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	621	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	770	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	448	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	533	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	114.01/cwt	111.00–115.00	756	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	478	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	760	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	935	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	955	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	1,103	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	495	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	589	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	124.88/cwt	123.00–126.00	978	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	919	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	495	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	619	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	122.80/cwt	114.00–124.00	668	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	693	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	380	6
Bulls	Small 1	—	855	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	744	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	905	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	686	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	530	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	769	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,066	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,066	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	590	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	885	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	753	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	843	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	889	98.99/cwt	81.00–105.00	880	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	372	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	525	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	343	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	490	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	833	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	775	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	595	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	774	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	113.45/cwt	111.00–116.00	700	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	111.50/cwt	108.00–115.00	424	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	670	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	724	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	485	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	529	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	373	118.87/cwt	100.00–138.00	443	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	430	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	636	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	895	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	761	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	564	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	773	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	532	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	622	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	550	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	710	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	701	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	918	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	841	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	345	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	407	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	538	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	764	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	641	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	744	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	437	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	664	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	840	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	974	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	561	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	791	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	350	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	354	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	760	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	616	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 Feb 15, 2021

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

Receipts 220Last week 344Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 89, Heifers 83, Bulls 48)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	430	120.00–126.00	121.55
2	—	380	108.00–115.00	111.50
5	—	641	116.00	116.00
1	—	760	81.00	81.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	753	113.00	113.00
4	—	448	119.00	119.00
21	—	663	111.00–115.00	114.01
1	—	495	119.00	119.00
8	—	544	114.00–124.00	122.80
6	—	328	116.00	116.00
13	—	567	121.00	121.00
6	—	617	111.00–116.00	113.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	670	108.00	108.00
3	—	485	109.00	109.00
3	—	532	117.00	117.00
2	—	350	101.00	101.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	740	116.00	116.00
4	—	621	124.00	124.00
1	—	495	125.00	125.00
2	—	373	100.00–138.00	118.87
2	—	430	148.00	148.00
1	—	895	85.00	85.00
7	—	564	137.00	137.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	649	129.00	129.00
6	—	753	112.00	112.00
4	—	889	81.00–105.00	98.99
3	—	372	141.00	141.00
3	—	343	143.00	143.00
2	—	833	93.00	93.00
1	—	595	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	855	87.00	87.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	118.00	118.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	493	158.00	158.00
1	—	395	121.00	121.00
3	—	760	123.00	123.00
9	—	701	131.00	131.00
15	—	630	133.50	133.50
3	—	538	142.00	142.00
3	—	437	152.00	152.00
2	—	840	116.00	116.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	955	115.50	115.50
16	—	783	123.00–126.00	124.88
6	—	661	139.00	139.00
1	—	420	165.00	165.00
1	—	815	111.00	111.00
4	—	1,066	100.00	100.00
1	—	590	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	530	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	561	141.00	141.00

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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