Name: Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 166, Heifers 247, Bulls 116)

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 $255.33/cwt on 71 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −116.88 against this barn's trailing median of $372.20.

Average price

$255.33

71 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,413

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$120

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

$13.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.59

vs VA average

−21.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	567	261.67	1,484	16thin
Medium and Large 1	549	254.56	1,399	46
Medium and Large 3	550	248.00	1,364	9thin

One grade step is worth $13.67/cwt here — about $120 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 sale71 hd

255.33

—

VA average8 barns · 430 hd

250.74

+4.59

National average163 barns · 12,702 hd

276.46

−21.13

This barn, trailing median31 sales

372.20

−116.88

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

74 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	700–750	735	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,470	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,571	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,369	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	860	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,883	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,389	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,048	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	626	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,565	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,533	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,096	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	568	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,812	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	790	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,864	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,089	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,843	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	239.71/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,235	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	269.25/cwt	250.00–270.50	1,279	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	968	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	2,023	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,727	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	644	284.19/cwt	247.50–291.00	1,830	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	223.72/cwt	219.00–227.00	1,846	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	547	302.02/cwt	302.00–302.50	1,652	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,460	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,471	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,573	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	255.23/cwt	245.00–256.00	1,406	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	287.52/cwt	245.00–295.00	960	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,663	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,493	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	229.35/cwt	220.00–233.00	1,649	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	945	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	2,013	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,220	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	294.36/cwt	277.50–297.00	1,122	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	236.99/cwt	228.00–240.00	1,976	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,649	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,286	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,636	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	323.70/cwt	317.50–330.00	1,013	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,632	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	550	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,364	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,312	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,286	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	485	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,382	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	634	203.56/cwt	170.00–220.00	1,291	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	277.64/cwt	272.50–281.00	1,235	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,115	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	655	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,212	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	915	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,885	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	544	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,708	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	345	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,113	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	795	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,193	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	568	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,704	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	850–900	855	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,411	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	290.42/cwt	262.50–299.00	1,089	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	285.16/cwt	262.50–290.00	1,189	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	605	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,452	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	853	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,621	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	646	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,596	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,296	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	683	237.51/cwt	235.00–238.00	1,622	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	900–950	920	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,449	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,549	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,650	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,222	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	261.67/cwt	255.00–264.00	1,484	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	369	298.35/cwt	292.50–310.00	1,101	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,842	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	339	293.02/cwt	250.00–304.00	993	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	436	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,428	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,569	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	536	276.36/cwt	267.50–282.00	1,481	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,442	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,725	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	820	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,312	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,114	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	277.34/cwt	247.50–307.50	1,326	2

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 May 20, 2024

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

Receipts 529Last week 599Year ago 471

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 166, Heifers 247, Bulls 116)

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	340	327.50	327.50
3	350–400	369	292.50–310.00	298.35
10	400–450	436	327.50	327.50
2	450–500	478	247.50–307.50	277.34
20	500–550	536	267.50–282.00	276.36
5	600–650	630	249.00	249.00
3	700–750	735	200.00	200.00
1	800–850	820	160.00	160.00
1	900–950	920	157.50	157.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	313	317.50–330.00	323.70
5	350–400	381	337.50	337.50
10	400–450	427	342.00	342.00
7	450–500	474	315.00	315.00
22	500–550	547	302.00–302.50	302.02
5	600–650	628	262.50	262.50
1	650–700	680	240.00	240.00
7	750–800	763	218.00	218.00
2	850–900	850	192.50	192.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	322.50	322.50
1	450–500	455	245.00	245.00
1	500–550	530	247.50	247.50
1	600–650	605	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	318	342.50	342.50
5	350–400	383	357.50	357.50
9	400–450	425	346.00	346.00
6	450–500	476	330.00	330.00
2	500–550	520	302.50	302.50
20	550–600	550	314.00	314.00
22	600–650	644	247.50–291.00	284.19
8	700–750	743	248.00	248.00
12	800–850	834	228.00–240.00	236.99
9	850–900	877	239.00	239.00
2	950–1000	968	209.00	209.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	327.50	327.50
2	350–400	373	347.50	347.50
4	400–450	421	342.50	342.50
7	450–500	478	324.00	324.00
11	500–550	544	314.00	314.00
1	550–600	585	237.50	237.50
4	600–650	626	250.00	250.00
3	700–750	725	254.00	254.00
2	850–900	860	219.00	219.00
1	900–950	915	206.00	206.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	568	319.00	319.00
6	750–800	790	236.00	236.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	285.00	285.00
1	500–550	525	245.00	245.00
2	550–600	568	300.00	300.00
1	850–900	855	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	539	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	334	245.00–295.00	287.52
7	350–400	381	277.50–297.00	294.36
11	400–450	422	289.00	289.00
31	450–500	475	250.00–270.50	269.25
2	500–550	515	230.00–250.00	239.71
44	550–600	551	245.00–256.00	255.23
17	600–650	636	241.00	241.00
25	700–750	719	220.00–233.00	229.35
17	800–850	825	219.00–227.00	223.72
1	900–950	945	213.00	213.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	445	272.50–281.00	277.64
9	550–600	550	248.00	248.00
3	600–650	634	170.00–220.00	203.56
3	650–700	655	185.00	185.00
1	750–800	795	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	339	250.00–304.00	293.02
7	350–400	375	262.50–299.00	290.42
6	400–450	417	262.50–290.00	285.16
3	450–500	470	260.00	260.00
16	550–600	567	255.00–264.00	261.67
10	600–650	646	247.00	247.00
12	650–700	683	235.00–238.00	237.51
3	750–800	750	220.00	220.00
2	850–900	853	190.00	190.00

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