Name: Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-06-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 164, Heifers 205, Bulls 85)

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 $259.59/cwt on 53 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −112.61 against this barn's trailing median of $372.20.

Average price

$259.59

53 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,435

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$172

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

$23.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.82

vs VA average

−7.63 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	548	262.00	1,436	17thin
Medium and Large 1	559	261.72	1,462	31
Medium and Large 3	531	238.20	1,265	5thin

One grade step is worth $23.80/cwt here — about $172 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale53 hd

259.59

—

VA average9 barns · 487 hd

261.41

−1.82

National average151 barns · 8,584 hd

267.22

−7.63

This barn, trailing median31 sales

372.20

−112.61

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

68 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,580	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,639	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,471	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	853	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,842	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	331.10/cwt	307.50–337.00	1,374	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	857	231.66/cwt	231.00–232.00	1,985	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	559	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,467	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	506	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,594	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,931	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,501	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,157	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	296.20/cwt	272.50–299.00	1,250	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	835	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,113	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	603	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,893	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	314.55/cwt	312.50–315.00	1,469	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	303.94/cwt	290.00–311.00	1,641	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	290.79/cwt	287.50–292.50	974	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	304.37/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,473	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	239.17/cwt	237.50–240.00	1,751	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,159	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	215.09/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,785	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,849	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	296.42/cwt	265.00–306.00	1,396	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	225.27/cwt	224.00–233.00	1,635	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	243.66/cwt	225.00–245.00	1,557	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	961	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	263.03/cwt	236.00–266.00	1,473	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	291.03/cwt	227.50–297.00	1,077	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	298.18/cwt	200.00–315.00	1,282	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,646	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	356	323.08/cwt	320.00–327.50	1,150	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,566	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,556	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,479	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	548	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,206	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	348	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	661	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,116	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	305	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	892	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	383	273.21/cwt	252.50–277.50	1,046	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	531	238.20/cwt	200.00–247.50	1,265	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,290	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	450	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,215	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	718	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,694	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	442	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,353	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	655	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,490	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,313	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	738	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,557	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	800–850	800	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,680	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	484	290.96/cwt	267.50–295.00	1,408	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	900–950	931	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,397	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	845	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,901	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,452	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	637	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,777	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	293.01/cwt	277.50–295.00	1,090	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	663	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,611	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	553	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,535	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	976	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	959	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,196	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	243.83/cwt	185.00–248.00	1,548	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,354	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	244.68/cwt	243.00–248.00	1,762	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	766	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,360	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	840	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,512	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,400	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,184	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	289.06/cwt	270.00–292.00	1,838	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	301.07/cwt	287.50–302.50	1,674	22

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 Jun 17, 2024

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

Receipts 454Last week 460Year ago 726

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 164, Heifers 205, Bulls 85)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	423	320.00	320.00
3	450–500	467	315.00	315.00
21	500–550	548	299.00	299.00
1	550–600	585	270.00	270.00
7	600–650	637	279.00	279.00
3	700–750	720	243.00–248.00	244.68
2	850–900	853	216.00	216.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	305.00	305.00
2	350–400	365	317.50	317.50
5	400–450	415	307.50–337.00	331.10
11	450–500	467	312.50–315.00	314.55
6	500–550	540	290.00–311.00	303.94
22	550–600	556	287.50–302.50	301.07
23	600–650	636	270.00–292.00	289.06
1	650–700	690	217.50	217.50
3	700–750	732	237.50–240.00	239.17
1	750–800	780	247.50	247.50
3	850–900	857	231.00–232.00	231.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	506	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	603	314.00	314.00
19	800–850	835	253.00	253.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	292.50	292.50
1	450–500	465	240.00	240.00
2	500–550	515	255.00	255.00
1	800–850	800	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	559	262.50	262.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	356	320.00–327.50	323.08
7	400–450	430	200.00–315.00	298.18
8	450–500	484	300.00–305.00	304.37
3	500–550	540	290.00	290.00
2	600–650	610	255.00	255.00
5	750–800	755	218.00	218.00
1	900–950	910	162.50	162.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	348	190.00	190.00
6	400–450	430	300.00	300.00
4	500–550	548	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	305.00	305.00
7	350–400	370	320.00	320.00
11	450–500	481	291.00	291.00
3	550–600	553	277.50	277.50
5	650–700	663	243.00	243.00
4	750–800	766	177.50	177.50
3	800–850	840	180.00	180.00
4	900–950	931	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	335	287.50–292.50	290.79
14	350–400	370	227.50–297.00	291.03
16	400–450	422	272.50–299.00	296.20
9	450–500	471	265.00–306.00	296.42
1	500–550	520	222.50	222.50
30	550–600	560	236.00–266.00	263.03
15	600–650	639	225.00–245.00	243.66
7	700–750	726	224.00–233.00	225.27
2	800–850	830	210.00–220.00	215.09
1	850–900	860	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	383	252.50–277.50	273.21
11	450–500	450	270.00	270.00
5	500–550	531	200.00–247.50	238.20
1	650–700	655	227.50	227.50
5	700–750	738	211.00	211.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	292.50	292.50
9	350–400	372	277.50–295.00	293.01
8	400–450	442	306.00	306.00
14	450–500	484	267.50–295.00	290.96
1	500–550	520	230.00	230.00
16	550–600	550	264.00	264.00
15	600–650	635	185.00–248.00	243.83
8	700–750	718	236.00	236.00
3	800–850	845	225.00	225.00

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