Name: Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-04-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 107, Heifers 267, Bulls 103)

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 $242.69/cwt on 63 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −129.51 against this barn's trailing median of $372.20.

Average price

$242.69

63 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,324

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$45

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

$13.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.51

vs VA average

−27.90 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	546	246.20	1,343	29
Medium and Large 1	541	242.00	1,309	26
Medium and Large 3	559	232.24	1,299	8thin

One grade step is worth $13.97/cwt here — about $45 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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

242.69

—

VA average6 barns · 286 hd

249.20

−6.51

National average179 barns · 13,329 hd

270.59

−27.90

This barn, trailing median31 sales

372.20

−129.51

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

69 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	600–650	615	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,076	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,588	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	202.21/cwt	200.00–203.00	1,474	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	663	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,518	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,112	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	305.30/cwt	277.50–335.00	1,294	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,132	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	847	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,990	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	280.79/cwt	267.50–283.00	1,502	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	225.02/cwt	212.50–227.00	1,481	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	825	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,506	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,138	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	708	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,437	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,647	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,119	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	847	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,618	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	259.58/cwt	227.50–266.00	976	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	652	226.36/cwt	217.50–227.00	1,476	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,323	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	300.29/cwt	292.50–302.50	1,315	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,686	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	248.68/cwt	225.00–262.00	910	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	271.57/cwt	267.50–272.00	864	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	261.37/cwt	245.00–267.50	1,218	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,338	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,309	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	896	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,586	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	303.88/cwt	282.50–306.00	1,653	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	391	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,281	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,401	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,079	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,591	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,283	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,268	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	608	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,636	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	333	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	849	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	690	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,104	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	243.39/cwt	242.50–247.50	1,132	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	605	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	847	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	757	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	683	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,673	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	274.08/cwt	265.00–284.00	1,296	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	880	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,342	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	733	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,228	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	750–800	795	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,173	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	564	230.07/cwt	227.50–237.50	1,298	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,335	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,381	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	256.97/cwt	227.50–275.00	1,084	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	438	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,325	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	600	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,290	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,380	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,369	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	254.03/cwt	235.00–260.00	851	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,179	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	745	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,267	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,298	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	578	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,410	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	297.44/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,707	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,476	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,113	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	528	212.63/cwt	202.50–217.50	1,123	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	352	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,065	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,630	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,668	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	316.90/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,515	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,784	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	346	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,099	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	544	249.07/cwt	249.00–250.00	1,355	27

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 Apr 1, 2024

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

Receipts 477Last week 844Year ago 863

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 107, Heifers 267, Bulls 103)

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
4	300–350	346	317.50	317.50
3	350–400	365	310.00	310.00
16	400–450	428	312.00	312.00
2	450–500	460	297.50	297.50
5	500–550	521	265.00	265.00
1	550–600	570	195.00	195.00
1	600–650	615	175.00	175.00
1	700–750	700	162.50	162.50
1	850–900	880	152.50	152.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	327	330.00	330.00
10	350–400	391	327.50	327.50
13	400–450	438	292.50–302.50	300.29
7	450–500	475	295.00	295.00
14	500–550	535	267.50–283.00	280.79
3	600–650	643	247.50	247.50
1	650–700	695	182.50	182.50
2	700–750	723	177.50	177.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	440	295.00	295.00
2	600–650	600	215.00	215.00
2	700–750	733	167.50	167.50
1	750–800	795	147.50	147.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	335.00	335.00
2	400–450	435	307.50	307.50
3	450–500	478	300.00–325.00	316.90
22	500–550	544	282.50–306.00	303.88
3	550–600	575	290.00	290.00
1	600–650	605	262.50	262.50
5	650–700	651	274.00	274.00
2	750–800	775	217.50	217.50
5	800–850	847	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	322.50	322.50
6	400–450	424	277.50–335.00	305.30
10	450–500	480	307.50	307.50
22	550–600	574	295.00–300.00	297.44
5	600–650	633	257.50	257.50
2	650–700	683	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	333	255.00	255.00
3	350–400	352	302.50	302.50
4	400–450	438	302.50	302.50
1	450–500	480	287.50	287.50
4	550–600	564	227.50–237.50	230.07
2	600–650	608	269.00	269.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	318	267.50–272.00	271.57
5	350–400	366	225.00–262.00	248.68
26	400–450	419	267.00	267.00
8	450–500	466	245.00–267.50	261.37
26	500–550	541	242.00	242.00
15	650–700	658	212.50–227.00	225.02
11	700–750	729	200.00–203.00	202.21
6	800–850	847	191.00	191.00
5	850–900	896	177.00	177.00
1	900–950	915	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	650–700	663	229.00	229.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	335	235.00–260.00	254.03
18	350–400	376	227.50–266.00	259.58
11	400–450	422	227.50–275.00	256.97
35	450–500	473	265.00–284.00	274.08
27	500–550	544	249.00–250.00	249.07
2	550–600	568	207.50	207.50
15	650–700	652	217.50–227.00	226.36
8	700–750	708	203.00	203.00
1	800–850	825	182.50	182.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	365	207.50	207.50
6	450–500	465	242.50–247.50	243.39
3	500–550	528	202.50–217.50	212.63
5	550–600	578	244.00	244.00
1	600–650	605	140.00	140.00
1	650–700	690	160.00	160.00
1	700–750	745	170.00	170.00

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More

Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc.