Name: Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 244, Heifers 292, Bulls 138)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $246.05/cwt on 63 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −126.16 against this barn's trailing median of $372.20.

Average price

$246.05

63 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,350

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$95

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

$2.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.90

vs VA average

−25.86 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	577	247.46	1,427	13thin
Medium and Large 1	541	245.99	1,330	30
Medium and Large 2	543	245.21	1,331	20

One grade step is worth $2.25/cwt here — about $95 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $427.83, low $316.23, median $372.20 across 31 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale63 hd

246.05

—

VA average5 barns · 296 hd

245.15

+0.90

National average176 barns · 15,352 hd

271.91

−25.86

This barn, trailing median31 sales

372.20

−126.16

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

88 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 2	850–900	860	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,527	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	785	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,295	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	702	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,502	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	613	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,447	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	679	275.88/cwt	272.00–278.00	1,873	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	781	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,945	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	393	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,336	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,392	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	949	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,964	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,492	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	234.49/cwt	234.00–237.50	1,735	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	593	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,696	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	500	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,595	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	821	232.78/cwt	230.00–236.00	1,911	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,478	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,750	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	846	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,794	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,018	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,975	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	732	256.39/cwt	256.00–257.00	1,877	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,372	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	216.61/cwt	192.50–224.00	1,419	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	255.55/cwt	215.00–261.00	1,094	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,120	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	875	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	907	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,932	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	296.27/cwt	292.50–300.00	1,431	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	979	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,043	152.49/cwt	150.00–155.00	1,590	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,430	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,372	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,743	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	247.58/cwt	222.50–250.00	1,337	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	320.82/cwt	319.00–321.00	1,347	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,428	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,231	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	249.08/cwt	245.00–249.50	1,651	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,596	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,505	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	327.85/cwt	302.50–332.50	1,233	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,110	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,454	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,424	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,416	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	850–900	891	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,604	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,097	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,034	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	628	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,319	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	349	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	646	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	663	185.60/cwt	167.50–195.00	1,231	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	454	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,146	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	233.82/cwt	220.00–272.50	1,099	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	547	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,203	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	358	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	795	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	780	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	878	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	728	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,056	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	628	220.00/cwt	187.50–252.50	1,382	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,402	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	862	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,879	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	528	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,267	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	452	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,119	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,422	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	250–300	280	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,008	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	541	250.23/cwt	220.00–252.00	1,354	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,443	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	580	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,456	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	335	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	980	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	492	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,488	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750–800	760	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,026	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	850–900	896	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,210	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	475	272.25/cwt	272.25–272.25	1,293	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,120	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	634	196.33/cwt	187.50–205.00	1,245	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,241	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,444	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	629	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,579	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,379	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,492	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	990	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	281.08/cwt	272.50–284.00	1,301	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	327	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,079	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,218	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,388	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	728	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,769	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,024	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	338	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	887	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,126	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,254	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	622	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,661	10

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

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

Receipts 674Last week 657Year ago 552

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 244, Heifers 292, Bulls 138)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	327	330.00	330.00
8	350–400	376	330.00	330.00
16	400–450	431	320.00	320.00
4	450–500	463	272.50–284.00	281.08
13	500–550	545	265.00	265.00
7	600–650	629	251.00	251.00
1	750–800	785	165.00	165.00
1	850–900	860	177.50	177.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	329	337.50	337.50
11	350–400	376	302.50–332.50	327.85
11	400–450	420	319.00–321.00	320.82
11	450–500	490	280.00	280.00
14	500–550	543	263.00	263.00
1	550–600	550	257.50	257.50
2	600–650	640	222.50	222.50
11	650–700	663	245.00–249.50	249.08
3	700–750	718	202.50	202.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	452	247.50	247.50
3	500–550	528	240.00	240.00
2	600–650	628	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	613	236.00	236.00
9	700–750	702	214.00	214.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	330	265.00	265.00
8	350–400	368	266.00	266.00
18	400–450	428	215.00–261.00	255.55
13	450–500	477	258.00	258.00
29	500–550	540	222.50–250.00	247.58
1	550–600	560	200.00	200.00
26	650–700	655	192.50–224.00	216.61
1	700–750	715	200.00	200.00
12	750–800	760	210.00	210.00
1	850–900	860	175.00	175.00
4	1000–1050	1,043	150.00–155.00	152.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
12	850–900	891	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	349	185.00	185.00
2	350–400	358	222.00	222.00
1	400–450	440	235.00	235.00
9	450–500	454	252.50	252.50
1	500–550	535	205.00	205.00
12	550–600	580	251.00	251.00
3	650–700	663	167.50–195.00	185.60
1	750–800	780	112.50	112.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	338	262.50	262.50
1	350–400	370	267.50	267.50
8	400–450	425	265.00	265.00
23	450–500	465	262.00	262.00
18	500–550	541	220.00–252.00	250.23
2	550–600	560	200.00	200.00
4	600–650	634	187.50–205.00	196.33
11	650–700	650	222.00	222.00
1	750–800	750	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	450–500	475	272.25	272.25
4	750–800	760	135.00	135.00
4	850–900	896	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	593	286.00	286.00
22	650–700	679	272.00–278.00	275.88
15	700–750	732	256.00–257.00	256.39
15	750–800	781	249.00	249.00
11	800–850	821	230.00–236.00	232.78
5	900–950	907	213.00	213.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	280	360.00	360.00
6	350–400	393	340.00	340.00
12	450–500	492	302.50	302.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	315.00	315.00
5	350–400	377	332.50	332.50
4	400–450	438	320.00	320.00
5	450–500	470	302.50	302.50
17	500–550	533	280.00	280.00
10	600–650	622	267.00	267.00
2	650–700	655	212.50	212.50
6	700–750	728	243.00	243.00
3	850–900	862	218.00	218.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	422	325.00	325.00
2	450–500	483	292.50–300.00	296.27
13	500–550	528	280.00	280.00
1	550–600	585	255.00	255.00
11	600–650	636	274.00	274.00
12	650–700	658	266.00	266.00
7	700–750	740	234.00–237.50	234.49
4	800–850	846	212.00	212.00
4	900–950	949	207.00	207.00
2	1000–1050	1,018	194.00	194.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	500	319.00	319.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	292.50	292.50
4	450–500	470	220.00–272.50	233.82
3	500–550	547	220.00	220.00
2	600–650	628	187.50–252.50	220.00
2	700–750	728	145.00	145.00

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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