Name: Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-08-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Correction: 2213.00/CWT heifers deleted.

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 120, Dairy Steers 7, Heifers 178, Bulls 133)

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 $241.22/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −130.98 against this barn's trailing median of $372.20.

Average price

$241.22

48 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,319

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$120

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

$11.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.23

vs VA average

−3.85 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	549	245.62	1,349	21
Medium and Large 1	554	239.85	1,330	18thin
Medium and Large 3	526	233.70	1,229	9thin

One grade step is worth $11.92/cwt here — about $120 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale48 hd

241.22

—

VA average8 barns · 392 hd

244.46

−3.23

National average152 barns · 6,273 hd

245.07

−3.85

This barn, trailing median31 sales

372.20

−130.98

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,092	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,492	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,699	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	526	233.70/cwt	207.50–237.00	1,229	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	645	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,467	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	788	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,950	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	300	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	600	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	272.47/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,308	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	279.94/cwt	260.00–285.00	1,204	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	517	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,254	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,045	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	698	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,256	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,492	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	251.64/cwt	210.00–258.00	800	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	287.68/cwt	285.00–288.00	1,251	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	343	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	952	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	458	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,237	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,271	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,576	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	551	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,378	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	381	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	962	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	985	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	478	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,171	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,001	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	642	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,493	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,227	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	269.54/cwt	252.50–287.50	1,032	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	232.50/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,302	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	634	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,769	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	281.21/cwt	277.50–282.50	914	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,390	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	974	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	277	275.21/cwt	235.00–280.00	762	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	828	201.26/cwt	200.00–202.50	1,666	2
Dairy Steers	Large 2	400–450	435	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	818	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	292.75/cwt	265.00–302.00	1,279	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	278.87/cwt	270.00–287.50	1,032	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,959	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1150–1200	1,198	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,216	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	258.33/cwt	258.00–259.00	1,860	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,505	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,818	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,510	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,084	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,642	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,251	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	339	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	907	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,174	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	591	233.80/cwt	227.50–235.00	1,382	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	648	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,782	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	732	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,867	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	242.88/cwt	237.00–244.00	1,302	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,431	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	279.58/cwt	275.00–287.50	1,320	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	306.25/cwt	305.00–307.50	1,173	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	234.40/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,500	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,448	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	865	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,384	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	281.67/cwt	280.00–282.50	1,324	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,464	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,014	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	931	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,732	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,354	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,148	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	259.63/cwt	245.00–262.50	955	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,727	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,466	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	247.15/cwt	242.50–247.50	1,033	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,297	1

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 →

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Receipts 438Last week 614Year ago 555

Correction: 2213.00/CWT heifers deleted.

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 120, Dairy Steers 7, Heifers 178, Bulls 133)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	200.00	200.00
8	400–450	440	237.50	237.50
2	450–500	455	240.00	240.00
9	500–550	526	207.50–237.00	233.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	318	210.00–258.00	251.64
4	350–400	381	252.50	252.50
14	400–450	418	242.50–247.50	247.15
1	450–500	455	220.00	220.00
19	500–550	548	247.00	247.00
2	550–600	560	230.00–235.00	232.50
17	600–650	640	230.00–235.00	234.40
1	750–800	775	192.50	192.50
2	800–850	828	200.00–202.50	201.26
1	850–900	865	160.00	160.00
4	900–950	931	186.00	186.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	277	235.00–280.00	275.21
7	300–350	339	267.50	267.50
8	350–400	368	245.00–262.50	259.63
18	400–450	425	255.00	255.00
4	450–500	483	243.00	243.00
12	500–550	536	237.00–244.00	242.88
6	550–600	591	227.50–235.00	233.80
11	600–650	625	229.00	229.00
2	700–750	713	195.00	195.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	343	277.50	277.50
1	350–400	390	252.50	252.50
5	400–450	430	260.00–285.00	279.94
6	450–500	480	270.00–285.00	272.47
14	500–550	533	280.00	280.00
3	550–600	568	255.00	255.00
19	600–650	634	279.00	279.00
1	700–750	705	241.00	241.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	458	270.00	270.00
3	500–550	535	237.50	237.50
2	600–650	645	227.50	227.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	295.00	295.00
2	350–400	370	270.00–287.50	278.87
3	400–450	410	305.00	305.00
3	450–500	470	280.00–282.50	281.67
1	500–550	510	295.00	295.00
10	600–650	634	259.00	259.00
1	650–700	655	277.50	277.50
12	700–750	720	258.00–259.00	258.33
2	750–800	788	247.50	247.50
3	800–850	830	236.00	236.00
4	1150–1200	1,198	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	648	275.00	275.00
7	700–750	732	255.00	255.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	478	245.00	245.00
5	500–550	517	242.50	242.50
2	650–700	698	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	325	277.50–282.50	281.21
4	350–400	383	252.50–287.50	269.54
18	400–450	435	285.00–288.00	287.68
5	450–500	486	252.50	252.50
1	500–550	535	242.50	242.50
10	550–600	551	250.00	250.00
5	600–650	642	232.50	232.50
1	650–700	650	242.50	242.50
1	750–800	765	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	338	300.00	300.00
22	350–400	383	305.00–307.50	306.25
17	400–450	437	265.00–302.00	292.75
7	450–500	472	275.00–287.50	279.58
3	500–550	533	275.00	275.00
1	700–750	705	245.00	245.00
12	750–800	755	200.00	200.00
1	800–850	825	177.50	177.50
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	435	188.00	188.00

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