Name: Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 263, Heifers 379, Bulls 227)

Natural cattle are Weaned

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 $142.06/cwt on 375 head.

Average price

$142.06

375 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$790

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$166

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

$27.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.79

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	566	143.94	815	267
Medium and Large 2	527	140.49	740	94
Medium and Large 3	556	116.72	649	14thin

One grade step is worth $27.21/cwt here — about $166 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 sale375 hd

142.06

—

VA average9 barns · 1,908 hd

140.26

+1.79

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

84 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 2	—	805	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,038	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	875	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,234	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,030	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,349	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	683	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	908	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	305	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	473	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	500	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	700	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	618	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	579	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	926	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	780	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,170	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,243	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	146.34/cwt	137.00–160.00	919	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	956	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,358	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	800	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,376	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	781	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,289	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	723	120.50/cwt	110.00–131.00	871	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	538	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	646	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	118.52/cwt	116.00–121.00	723	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,042	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	748	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	972	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	747	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	321	143.65/cwt	125.00–150.00	461	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	626	162.21/cwt	150.00–170.00	1,015	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	414	199.99/cwt	165.00–207.00	828	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	849	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	840	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,294	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	937	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	190.89/cwt	150.00–194.00	1,067	56
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	505	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	758	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	773	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,066	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,065	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	798	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	652	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	1,066	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	211.08/cwt	160.00–217.50	1,013	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	628	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,174	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	745	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,207	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	956	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	937	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	323	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	649	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	537	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	768	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	383	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	785	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	668	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	915	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	860	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,101	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	698	77.50/cwt	77.50–77.50	541	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	756	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	384	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	787	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	340	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	595	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	795	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	922	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	738	131.21/cwt	130.00–136.00	968	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	665	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	964	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	482	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	928	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	648	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	914	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	870	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	870	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	538	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	689	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	467	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	747	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	744	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,123	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	470	187.56/cwt	137.50–192.50	882	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	817	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,103	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	805	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	974	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	542	143.41/cwt	137.00–145.00	777	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	318	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	642	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	410	134.70/cwt	130.00–137.00	552	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	630	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	693	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	154.29/cwt	130.00–158.00	660	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	120.02/cwt	117.00–129.00	798	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	965	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,158	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	574	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	138.02/cwt	124.00–138.50	887	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	145.62/cwt	125.00–147.00	794	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	485	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	551	139.00/cwt	129.00–149.00	766	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	920	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,067	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	140.78/cwt	130.00–151.00	521	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	784	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	996	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	724	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	431	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	647	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	338	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	436	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	795	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	771	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	595	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	708	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	950	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,017	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	661	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	846	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	805	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	982	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	432	197.69/cwt	130.00–206.00	854	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	639	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	946	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	563	159.97/cwt	131.00–161.00	901	45

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 5, 2022

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

Receipts 869Last week 979Year ago 847

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 263, Heifers 379, Bulls 227)

Natural cattle are Weaned

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	805	129.00	129.00
1	—	875	141.00	141.00
1	—	1,030	131.00	131.00
1	—	325	190.00	190.00
4	—	579	160.00	160.00
1	—	780	150.00	150.00
18	—	626	150.00–170.00	162.21
9	—	414	165.00–207.00	199.99
7	—	465	182.50	182.50
1	—	505	150.00	150.00
4	—	370	209.00	209.00
2	—	720	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	683	133.00	133.00
1	—	305	155.00	155.00
1	—	500	140.00	140.00
2	—	723	110.00–131.00	120.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	875	142.00	142.00
5	—	628	137.00–160.00	146.34
5	—	956	142.00	142.00
12	—	840	154.00	154.00
8	—	438	214.00	214.00
56	—	559	150.00–194.00	190.89
1	—	755	141.00	141.00
1	—	380	210.00	210.00
38	—	652	163.50	163.50
17	—	480	160.00–217.50	211.08
16	—	745	162.00	162.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	800	172.00	172.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	781	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	628	187.00	187.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	538	120.00	120.00
2	—	610	116.00–121.00	118.52
8	—	330	147.00	147.00
30	—	551	129.00–149.00	139.00
2	—	920	116.00	116.00
4	—	370	130.00–151.00	140.78
5	—	784	127.00	127.00
14	—	476	152.00	152.00
18	—	431	150.00	150.00
1	—	950	107.00	107.00
7	—	661	128.00	128.00
1	—	805	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	814	128.00	128.00
16	—	748	130.00	130.00
33	—	479	156.00	156.00
7	—	321	125.00–150.00	143.65
23	—	428	130.00–158.00	154.29
4	—	665	117.00–129.00	120.02
4	—	965	120.00	120.00
6	—	370	155.00	155.00
60	—	643	124.00–138.50	138.02
107	—	545	125.00–147.00	145.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	410	130.00–137.00	134.70
1	—	630	110.00	110.00
4	—	338	129.00	129.00
5	—	795	97.00	97.00
1	—	595	119.00	119.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	956	98.00	98.00
4	—	323	201.00	201.00
3	—	537	143.00	143.00
3	—	383	205.00	205.00
2	—	668	137.00	137.00
1	—	860	128.00	128.00
18	—	744	151.00	151.00
16	—	470	137.50–192.50	187.56
8	—	817	135.00	135.00
22	—	432	130.00–206.00	197.69
29	—	639	148.00	148.00
45	—	563	131.00–161.00	159.97
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	698	77.50	77.50
2	—	340	175.00	175.00
1	—	795	116.00	116.00
3	—	538	128.00	128.00
3	—	467	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	420	180.00	180.00
6	—	384	205.00	205.00
5	—	738	130.00–136.00	131.21
1	—	665	145.00	145.00
13	—	482	192.50	192.50
6	—	648	141.00	141.00
1	—	870	100.00	100.00
3	—	805	121.00	121.00
15	—	542	137.00–145.00	143.41
3	—	318	202.00	202.00

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