Name: Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-02-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 20, Heifers 56, Bulls 33)

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 $119.91/cwt on 56 head.

Average price

$119.91

56 head · 523 lb average

Value per head Derived

$627

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$86

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

$14.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.48

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	504	122.71	619	34
Medium and Large 2	565	117.27	663	18thin
Medium and Large 3	494	108.00	533	4thin

One grade step is worth $14.71/cwt here — about $86 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 sale56 hd

119.91

—

VA average8 barns · 513 hd

121.38

−1.48

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

47 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	—	530	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	753	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	585	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	831	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	615	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	763	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	780	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	780	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	830	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	863	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	325	135.05/cwt	121.00–150.00	439	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	842	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	455	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	736	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	586	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	893	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	757	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	751	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	700	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	770	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	393	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	639	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	795	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	795	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	671	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	892	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	485	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	728	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	305	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	397	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	652	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	763	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	632	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	465	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	716	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	448	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	576	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	672	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	706	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	393	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	593	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	776	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	437	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	660	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	708	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	701	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	553	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	691	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	545	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	681	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	383	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	460	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	713	101.74/cwt	92.00–105.00	725	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	668	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	128.51/cwt	128.00–129.00	546	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	520	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	572	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	748	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	688	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	315	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	347	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	124.25/cwt	124.25–124.25	677	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	540	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	562	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	630	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	743	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	454	105.70/cwt	94.00–129.00	480	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	665	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	665	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	455	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	537	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	592	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	374	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	365	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	442	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 22, 2021

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

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State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 20, Heifers 56, Bulls 33)

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	—	530	142.00	142.00
1	—	585	142.00	142.00
1	—	615	124.00	124.00
1	—	780	100.00	100.00
1	—	830	104.00	104.00
2	—	325	121.00–150.00	135.05
2	—	700	110.00	110.00
2	—	485	150.00	150.00
2	—	393	151.00	151.00
3	—	437	151.00	151.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	652	117.00	117.00
1	—	465	154.00	154.00
1	—	545	125.00	125.00
2	—	383	120.00	120.00
4	—	713	92.00–105.00	101.74
1	—	630	118.00	118.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	110.00	110.00
3	—	454	94.00–129.00	105.70
1	—	365	121.00	121.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	550	153.00	153.00
4	—	518	142.00	142.00
2	—	738	121.00	121.00
1	—	485	156.00	156.00
2	—	393	162.50	162.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	671	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	145.00	145.00
1	—	480	147.50	147.50
1	—	445	150.00	150.00
1	—	650	91.00	91.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	376	121.00	121.00
1	—	465	126.00	126.00
7	—	650	115.50	115.50
1	—	795	100.00	100.00
1	—	305	130.00	130.00
2	—	540	117.00	117.00
13	—	448	128.50	128.50
4	—	563	124.50	124.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	672	105.00	105.00
3	—	553	125.00	125.00
2	—	425	128.00–129.00	128.51
2	—	748	92.00	92.00
7	—	545	124.25	124.25
1	—	340	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	110.00	110.00
1	—	540	104.00	104.00
1	—	665	100.00	100.00
1	—	455	118.00	118.00

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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