Name: Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-01-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 60, Heifers 115, Bulls 63)

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 $128.18/cwt on 112 head.

Average price

$128.18

112 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$713

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$148

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

$20.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.52

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	482	129.34	623	32
Medium and Large 1	598	129.27	774	74
Medium and Large 3	438	108.61	475	6thin

One grade step is worth $20.73/cwt here — about $148 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 sale112 hd

128.18

—

VA average2 barns · 292 hd

129.71

−1.52

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	923	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	408	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	657	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	672	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	782	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	638	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	931	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	480	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	773	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	838	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	972	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	413	157.03/cwt	149.00–161.00	649	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	850	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	961	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	371	148.15/cwt	145.00–153.00	550	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	732	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	908	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	741	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,089	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	710	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	648	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	978	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	578	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	789	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,170	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	756	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,119	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	650	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	683	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	861	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	138.34/cwt	130.00–140.00	743	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	740	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	518	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	808	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	865	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	747	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	885	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	417	114.28/cwt	100.00–121.00	477	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	615	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	335	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	402	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	554	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	720	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	419	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	574	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	135.83/cwt	130.00–137.00	649	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	680	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	857	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	383	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	536	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	117.01/cwt	105.00–119.00	745	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	903	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	416	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	94.42/cwt	80.00–110.00	491	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	482	154.83/cwt	143.00–161.00	746	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	682	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	651	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	866	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	563	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	811	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	427	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	696	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	355	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	554	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	545	152.55/cwt	148.00–153.00	831	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	517	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	343	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	559	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	328	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	462	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	425	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	553	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	528	123.07/cwt	121.00–125.00	650	2

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 Jan 3, 2022

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

Receipts 238Last week 252Year ago 296

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 60, Heifers 115, Bulls 63)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	566	163.00	163.00
2	—	408	161.00	161.00
3	—	477	164.00	164.00
8	—	741	147.00	147.00
8	—	648	151.00	151.00
9	—	824	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	638	146.00	146.00
10	—	756	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	165.00	165.00
4	—	385	150.00	150.00
1	—	475	166.00	166.00
3	—	570	151.00	151.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	520	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	480	140.00	140.00
29	—	537	130.00–140.00	138.34
2	—	808	107.00	107.00
16	—	747	118.50	118.50
4	—	430	143.00	143.00
14	—	637	105.00–119.00	117.01
1	—	765	118.00	118.00
1	—	380	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	105.00	105.00
1	—	740	70.00	70.00
7	—	554	130.00	130.00
7	—	419	137.00	137.00
6	—	478	130.00–137.00	135.83
4	—	383	140.00	140.00
3	—	320	130.00	130.00
3	—	620	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	417	100.00–121.00	114.28
1	—	335	120.00	120.00
2	—	520	80.00–110.00	94.42
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	480	161.00	161.00
2	—	838	116.00	116.00
3	—	413	149.00–161.00	157.03
3	—	850	113.00	113.00
5	—	371	145.00–153.00	148.15
5	—	732	124.00	124.00
8	—	651	133.00	133.00
11	—	545	148.00–153.00	152.55
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	680	126.00	126.00
3	—	482	143.00–161.00	154.83
6	—	563	144.00	144.00
3	—	427	163.00	163.00
1	—	355	156.00	156.00
2	—	343	163.00	163.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	328	141.00	141.00
1	—	425	130.00	130.00
2	—	528	121.00–125.00	123.07

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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