Name: Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-05-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 252, Heifers 249, Bulls 137)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $322.82/cwt on 47 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −143.58 against this barn's trailing median of $466.40.

Average price

$322.82

47 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,770

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$206

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$40.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.05

vs VA average

+17.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	537	335.00	1,799	8thin
Medium and Large 1	548	325.60	1,785	25
Medium and Large 2	561	317.50	1,781	10thin
Medium and Large 3	541	294.38	1,593	4thin

One grade step is worth $40.63/cwt here — about $206 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $493.16, low $388.95, median $466.40 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 sale47 hd

322.82

—

VA average6 barns · 229 hd

315.77

+7.05

National average125 barns · 5,668 hd

305.14

+17.68

This barn, trailing median31 sales

466.40

−143.58

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

73 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	300–350	326	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,174	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,799	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	820	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,558	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	547	270.50/cwt	270.50–270.50	1,480	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,504	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,645	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,411	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,929	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	629	295.74/cwt	250.00–308.00	1,860	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	317.11/cwt	275.00–321.00	1,700	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,504	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,226	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,938	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	215.18/cwt	200.00–223.00	1,549	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,902	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,505	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	334.86/cwt	334.00–340.00	1,812	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,677	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,317	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,729	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,321	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,641	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,190	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,959	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,830	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	270.35/cwt	254.00–272.00	1,273	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	348.40/cwt	340.00–349.00	1,488	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,158	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,601	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	243.67/cwt	235.00–252.50	1,389	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,811	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	345.53/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,634	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,048	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	2,117	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,105	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	2,188	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,774	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,856	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	395	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,363	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	446	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,516	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	369	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,282	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	240.73/cwt	230.00–244.00	1,384	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,734	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	482	259.03/cwt	257.50–261.00	1,249	18
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	629	263.91/cwt	252.50–275.00	1,660	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	850–900	880	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,650	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,388	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	646	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,518	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	450–500	467	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,555	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	359	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,109	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	487	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,558	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	375	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,211	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	654	283.01/cwt	267.50–285.00	1,851	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	665	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	964	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	384	337.13/cwt	337.00–337.50	1,295	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	500	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,200	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,479	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,155	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	265.00/cwt	260.00–271.50	1,516	51
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	410	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,415	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	561	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,781	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	985	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,995	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	636	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,520	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,164	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,550	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	769	229.62/cwt	218.00–232.00	1,766	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,588	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,243	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	248.91/cwt	247.50–260.00	1,655	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	384	347.62/cwt	332.50–352.50	1,335	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	848	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,908	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	326	307.19/cwt	272.50–315.00	1,001	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	284.84/cwt	250.00–302.50	1,333	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,293	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	552	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,518	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

Mon May 27, 2024

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

Receipts 638Last week 529Year ago 576

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 252, Heifers 249, Bulls 137)

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
6	300–350	326	360.00	360.00
4	350–400	384	332.50–352.50	347.62
12	400–450	431	349.00	349.00
12	450–500	468	250.00–302.50	284.84
10	550–600	552	275.00	275.00
1	600–650	620	242.50	242.50
9	650–700	665	247.50–260.00	248.91
1	700–750	735	216.00	216.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	315	367.50	367.50
5	350–400	379	347.50	347.50
15	400–450	427	340.00–349.00	348.40
5	450–500	471	340.00	340.00
24	500–550	536	275.00–321.00	317.11
2	550–600	570	235.00–252.50	243.67
11	600–650	627	267.50	267.50
2	750–800	755	229.00	229.00
1	850–900	850	193.00	193.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	369	347.50	347.50
2	400–450	410	345.00	345.00
4	550–600	555	250.00	250.00
1	650–700	665	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	537	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	372	355.00	355.00
9	450–500	473	345.00–350.00	345.53
7	500–550	541	334.00–340.00	334.86
18	550–600	551	322.00	322.00
29	600–650	643	300.00	300.00
12	650–700	680	273.00	273.00
11	700–750	743	256.00	256.00
14	750–800	769	252.00	252.00
1	800–850	805	225.00	225.00
3	1000–1050	1,048	202.00	202.00
2	1100–1150	1,105	198.00	198.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	323	357.50	357.50
4	350–400	384	337.00–337.50	337.13
5	400–450	435	340.00	340.00
3	450–500	487	320.00	320.00
10	550–600	561	317.50	317.50
14	600–650	629	250.00–308.00	295.74
9	650–700	654	267.50–285.00	283.01
6	750–800	769	218.00–232.00	229.62
6	800–850	848	225.00	225.00
3	950–1000	985	202.50	202.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	345.00	345.00
9	400–450	446	340.00	340.00
1	500–550	500	240.00	240.00
3	550–600	555	312.50	312.50
4	600–650	629	252.50–275.00	263.91
1	850–900	880	187.50	187.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
26	450–500	467	333.00	333.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
26	350–400	375	323.00	323.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	326	272.50–315.00	307.19
6	350–400	372	313.00	313.00
17	400–450	431	300.00	300.00
12	450–500	469	265.00	265.00
51	550–600	572	260.00–271.50	265.00
7	600–650	636	239.00	239.00
2	750–800	775	200.00	200.00
1	800–850	820	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	385	309.00	309.00
8	400–450	419	292.50	292.50
22	450–500	471	254.00–272.00	270.35
25	500–550	547	270.50	270.50
8	550–600	551	256.00	256.00
13	600–650	627	240.00	240.00
16	650–700	666	247.00	247.00
3	700–750	720	200.00–223.00	215.18
1	850–900	880	208.00	208.00
3	950–1000	970	202.00	202.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	359	309.00	309.00
18	450–500	482	257.50–261.00	259.03
12	550–600	575	230.00–244.00	240.73
5	600–650	646	235.00	235.00

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