Name: Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-04-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 317, Heifers 545, Bulls 246)

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 $253.05/cwt on 130 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −119.15 against this barn's trailing median of $372.20.

Average price

$253.05

130 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,373

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$44

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2

$6.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.44

vs VA average

−17.14 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	562	257.00	1,444	19thin
Medium and Large 1	531	253.00	1,343	74
Small 1	597	253.00	1,510	2thin
Medium and Large 3	541	253.00	1,369	11thin
Medium and Large 2	560	250.12	1,400	24

One grade step is worth $6.88/cwt here — about $44 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 sale130 hd

253.05

—

VA average9 barns · 511 hd

244.61

+8.44

National average178 barns · 11,596 hd

270.19

−17.14

This barn, trailing median31 sales

372.20

−119.15

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

93 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 1	450–500	470	264.31/cwt	225.00–266.00	1,242	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	1,344	72
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,506	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,625	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	686	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,578	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	601	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,755	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	324.75/cwt	290.00–337.50	1,370	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	284.56/cwt	247.50–287.00	1,520	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	254.23/cwt	250.00–257.50	1,449	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	958	194.70/cwt	193.00–198.00	1,865	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	278.92/cwt	277.50–283.00	1,749	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	902	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,876	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1000–1050	1,017	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	2,217	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	929	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,942	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	269.33/cwt	237.50–274.00	1,021	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	562	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,444	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	766	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,869	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	841	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,934	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	780	241.50/cwt	241.00–242.00	1,884	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,335	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,640	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,718	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	726	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,706	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,490	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,757	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,071	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	244.58/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,580	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,220	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,607	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	732	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,823	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,161	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	891	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	312.70/cwt	255.00–327.50	1,485	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	892	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	319.08/cwt	317.50–322.50	1,209	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	677	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,889	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	196.08/cwt	192.50–197.00	1,698	5
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	597	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,510	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,240	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,513	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	547	291.61/cwt	252.50–295.00	1,595	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	904	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,998	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	529	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,740	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,020	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,142	6
Bulls	Large 1-2	400–450	435	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	968	1
Steers	Large 1-2	850–900	850	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,819	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	463	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,190	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	340	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	782	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	341	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	989	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	541	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,369	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	795	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,733	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	864	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,866	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	673	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,531	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	642	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,489	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	721	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,413	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	708	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,551	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	359	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,002	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	446	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,271	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	830	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,536	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,038	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	655	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,490	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	418	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,244	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	549	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,537	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	557	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,415	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,470	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	715	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,466	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	828	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,797	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,577	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,453	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	320.96/cwt	312.50–327.50	1,335	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	227.39/cwt	220.00–228.00	1,437	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	389	309.25/cwt	265.00–320.00	1,203	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,034	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	767	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,818	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	718	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,939	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	311	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	861	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	604	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,752	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	561	250.39/cwt	240.00–253.00	1,405	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,262	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	768	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,498	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,293	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	294.12/cwt	270.00–298.00	1,403	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	553	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,438	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	243.23/cwt	242.00–258.00	1,564	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	386	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,065	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	547	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,696	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,188	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	541	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,520	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	890	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,624	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	736	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,604	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	648	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,788	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	800	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,320	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	313	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	939	3

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 22, 2024

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

Receipts 1,108Last week 1,121Year ago 1,347

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 317, Heifers 545, Bulls 246)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	330	270.00	270.00
15	350–400	379	237.50–274.00	269.33
30	400–450	427	272.00	272.00
46	450–500	470	225.00–266.00	264.31
72	500–550	530	253.50	253.50
2	550–600	568	235.00	235.00
13	600–650	632	220.00–228.00	227.39
12	750–800	758	212.00	212.00
1	800–850	800	152.50	152.50
5	850–900	866	192.50–197.00	196.08
7	900–950	929	209.00	209.00
3	950–1000	958	193.00–198.00	194.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	550–600	562	257.00	257.00
17	650–700	686	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	750–800	795	218.00	218.00
11	900–950	902	208.00	208.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
68	700–750	726	235.00	235.00
23	800–850	830	207.00	207.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	597	253.00	253.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	230.00	230.00
13	350–400	359	279.00	279.00
1	400–450	415	250.00	250.00
28	450–500	463	257.00	257.00
11	500–550	541	253.00	253.00
8	600–650	642	232.00	232.00
5	700–750	721	196.00	196.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	311	277.00	277.00
10	350–400	386	276.00	276.00
20	400–450	432	275.00	275.00
24	450–500	478	264.00	264.00
1	500–550	530	244.00	244.00
23	550–600	561	240.00–253.00	250.39
15	600–650	628	234.00	234.00
6	700–750	736	218.00	218.00
1	800–850	830	185.00	185.00
1	850–900	890	182.50	182.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	327	327.50	327.50
21	350–400	379	317.50–322.50	319.08
22	400–450	422	290.00–337.50	324.75
17	450–500	475	255.00–327.50	312.70
33	500–550	534	247.50–287.00	284.56
3	550–600	570	250.00–257.50	254.23
12	600–650	646	240.00–245.00	244.58
2	750–800	753	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	222.50	222.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	341	290.00	290.00
9	400–450	446	285.00	285.00
7	550–600	557	254.00	254.00
4	650–700	673	227.50	227.50
1	700–750	715	205.00	205.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	323	320.00	320.00
10	350–400	389	265.00–320.00	309.25
9	400–450	416	312.50–327.50	320.96
22	450–500	477	270.00–298.00	294.12
22	500–550	541	281.00	281.00
2	550–600	553	260.00	260.00
13	600–650	643	242.00–258.00	243.23
3	750–800	768	195.00	195.00
3	800–850	800	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	292.50	292.50
2	350–400	373	332.50	332.50
14	400–450	442	337.00	337.00
8	450–500	485	335.00	335.00
32	500–550	547	252.50–295.00	291.61
1	550–600	550	275.00	275.00
24	600–650	627	277.50–283.00	278.92
12	700–750	720	244.00	244.00
4	850–900	864	216.00	216.00
6	1000–1050	1,020	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	500–550	529	329.00	329.00
10	600–650	601	292.00	292.00
8	650–700	677	279.00	279.00
9	700–750	732	249.00	249.00
12	750–800	780	241.00–242.00	241.50
27	900–950	904	221.00	221.00
8	1000–1050	1,017	218.00	218.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	600–650	604	290.00	290.00
8	750–800	766	244.00	244.00
18	800–850	841	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	643	255.00	255.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	850	214.00	214.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	418	297.50	297.50
7	500–550	549	280.00	280.00
3	650–700	655	227.50	227.50
2	700–750	708	219.00	219.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	313	300.00	300.00
5	400–450	430	338.00	338.00
8	450–500	478	330.00	330.00
5	500–550	547	310.00	310.00
7	600–650	648	276.00	276.00
11	750–800	767	237.00	237.00
8	800–850	828	217.00	217.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	718	270.00	270.00

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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