Name: Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-12-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 43, Heifers 107, Bulls 102)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.09/cwt on 105 head.

Average price

$130.09

105 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$695

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$355

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

$46.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.75

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	133.31	723	71
Medium and Large 2	522	125.61	656	32
Medium and Large 3	422	87.25	368	2thin

One grade step is worth $46.06/cwt here — about $355 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 sale105 hd

130.09

—

VA average6 barns · 489 hd

130.83

−0.75

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	931	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	550	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	644	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	690	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	897	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	730	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	898	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	383	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	670	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	647	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	906	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	148.43/cwt	118.00–157.00	705	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	795	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,089	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	843	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	934	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	460	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	667	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	805	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,038	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	407	146.23/cwt	121.00–159.00	595	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	601	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	776	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	744	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	808	140.66/cwt	138.00–142.00	1,137	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	760	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	793	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	378	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	348	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	103.00/cwt	91.00–109.00	628	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	722	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,032	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	774	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	697	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	532	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	771	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	429	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	738	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	537	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	835	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	977	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	437	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	743	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	340	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	411	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	725	115.70/cwt	107.00–120.00	839	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	545	148.93/cwt	143.00–149.25	812	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	109.28/cwt	106.00–111.00	361	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	511	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	630	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	869	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	315	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	589	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	442	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	131.76/cwt	105.00–134.00	730	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	745	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	857	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	417	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	575	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	465	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	707	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	369	155.32/cwt	154.00–159.00	573	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	479	134.36/cwt	126.00–140.00	644	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	384	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	782	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	885	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,000	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	142.75/cwt	131.00–144.50	684	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	799	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	868	4

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 20, 2021

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State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 43, Heifers 107, Bulls 102)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	132.00	132.00
1	—	795	137.00	137.00
8	—	544	155.00	155.00
11	—	627	149.00	149.00
1	—	365	126.00	126.00
1	—	565	118.00	118.00
2	—	418	178.00	178.00
3	—	808	138.00–142.00	140.66
1	—	680	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	805	129.00	129.00
3	—	407	121.00–159.00	146.23
1	—	475	160.00	160.00
1	—	605	131.00	131.00
3	—	722	143.00	143.00
4	—	530	146.00	146.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	117.00	117.00
1	—	690	130.00	130.00
7	—	730	123.00	123.00
8	—	383	175.00	175.00
8	—	647	140.00	140.00
9	—	475	118.00–157.00	148.43
11	—	437	170.00	170.00
19	—	545	143.00–149.25	148.93
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	532	145.00	145.00
7	—	429	172.00	172.00
1	—	835	117.00	117.00
3	—	725	107.00–120.00	115.70
1	—	630	138.00	138.00
1	—	315	187.00	187.00
5	—	465	152.00	152.00
4	—	369	154.00–159.00	155.32
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	426	141.00	141.00
1	—	675	115.00	115.00
4	—	378	142.00	142.00
1	—	340	130.00	130.00
30	—	554	105.00–134.00	131.76
1	—	885	113.00	113.00
16	—	479	131.00–144.50	142.75
9	—	639	125.00	125.00
4	—	736	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	378	92.00	92.00
1	—	465	82.50	82.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	610	91.00–109.00	103.00
10	—	530	131.50	131.50
3	—	330	106.00–111.00	109.28
1	—	390	131.00	131.00
5	—	745	115.00	115.00
5	—	417	138.00	138.00
5	—	479	126.00–140.00	134.36

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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