Name: Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-01-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 84, Heifers 116, Bulls 53)

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 $132.27/cwt on 113 head.

Average price

$132.27

113 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$719

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$97

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

$33.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.27

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	138.04	748	80
Medium and Large 2	525	122.08	641	26
Medium and Large 3	625	104.29	652	7thin

One grade step is worth $33.75/cwt here — about $97 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 sale113 hd

132.27

—

VA average3 barns · 393 hd

140.54

−8.27

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	—	488	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	634	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	928	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	653	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	753	102.50/cwt	100.00–105.00	772	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	642	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	770	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	445	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	790	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	651	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	944	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	988	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	171.45/cwt	171.00–172.50	907	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	854	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	300	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	390	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,218	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	639	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	756	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	300	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	480	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	300	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	533	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	789	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	157.93/cwt	153.00–164.00	1,139	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,025	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	465	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	791	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	767	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,089	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	883	137.03/cwt	127.00–147.00	1,210	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	560	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	862	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	686	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	981	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	724	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	985	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	594	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	137.24/cwt	130.00–139.00	667	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	547	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	766	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	748	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	561	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	898	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	645	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	645	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	743	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	706	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	335	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	611	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	478	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	848	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	518	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	561	126.26/cwt	125.00–130.00	708	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	596	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	852	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	507	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	562	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	849	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	700	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	595	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	488	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	561	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	617	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	360	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	657	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	605	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	575	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	420	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	683	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	360	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	558	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	945	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	549	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	741	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	870	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	892	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	423	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	783	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 Jan 2, 2023

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

Receipts 253Last week 291Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 84, Heifers 116, Bulls 53)

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
5	—	488	130.00	130.00
2	—	753	100.00–105.00	102.50
5	—	642	120.00	120.00
9	—	428	121.00	121.00
4	—	561	125.00–130.00	126.26
1	—	390	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	628	136.00	136.00
1	—	300	130.00	130.00
8	—	421	141.00	141.00
16	—	486	130.00–139.00	137.24
21	—	547	140.00	140.00
10	—	596	143.00	143.00
1	—	390	130.00	130.00
3	—	750	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	100.00	100.00
2	—	743	95.00	95.00
4	—	561	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	549	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	145.00	145.00
21	—	578	171.00	171.00
16	—	529	171.00–172.50	171.45
2	—	870	140.00	140.00
1	—	480	157.50	157.50
1	—	300	160.00	160.00
14	—	721	153.00–164.00	157.93
5	—	657	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	137.50	137.50
6	—	651	145.00	145.00
2	—	365	175.00	175.00
2	—	300	177.50	177.50
1	—	535	147.50	147.50
2	—	410	182.50	182.50
6	—	561	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	445	177.50	177.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	170.00	170.00
3	—	767	142.00	142.00
2	—	883	127.00–147.00	137.03
12	—	560	154.00	154.00
8	—	686	143.00	143.00
5	—	724	136.00	136.00
2	—	420	162.50	162.50
1	—	360	155.00	155.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	335	182.50	182.50
2	—	478	177.50	177.50
6	—	562	151.00	151.00
1	—	360	182.50	182.50
1	—	605	95.00	95.00
2	—	870	102.50	102.50
4	—	423	185.00	185.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	85.00	85.00

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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