Name: Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-08-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 128, Heifers 223, Bulls 157)

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 $249.36/cwt on 68 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −122.85 against this barn's trailing median of $372.20.

Average price

$249.36

68 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,346

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$17

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

$3.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.21

vs VA average

+4.95 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	250.34	1,334	31
Medium and Large 2	545	249.18	1,358	26
Medium and Large 3	547	247.00	1,351	11thin

One grade step is worth $3.34/cwt here — about −$17 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 sale68 hd

249.36

—

VA average8 barns · 377 hd

249.56

−0.21

National average171 barns · 9,778 hd

244.41

+4.95

This barn, trailing median31 sales

372.20

−122.85

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	656	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,492	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	265.49/cwt	257.00–268.00	1,277	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	332	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	822	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	307.32/cwt	297.50–327.50	1,143	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	547	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,351	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	285.72/cwt	270.00–292.00	1,394	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,553	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,033	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,010	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,894	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,229	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	770	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,287	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	759	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,784	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	231.11/cwt	220.00–237.00	1,768	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,534	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	869	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,329	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,226	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,630	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,596	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	800	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,540	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	553	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,327	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,518	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	759	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,860	16
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	605	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,301	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	433	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	974	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	651	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,595	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	718	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,637	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	484	277.65/cwt	262.50–280.00	1,344	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	329	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	872	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,024	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	342	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	872	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	621	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,149	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	706	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	552	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,187	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	458	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,248	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	254.06/cwt	232.50–260.00	1,354	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,287	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,382	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	289.67/cwt	225.00–324.00	1,086	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,220	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	278	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	973	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,332	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	317.49/cwt	250.00–335.00	1,016	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,307	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,489	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	250.85/cwt	222.50–253.00	1,335	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,470	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,277	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,402	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,239	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,313	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	241.50/cwt	241.00–245.00	1,536	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	738	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,328	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	283.98/cwt	232.50–297.50	940	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	279	273.63/cwt	247.50–292.50	763	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	275.78/cwt	257.50–278.00	1,158	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,724	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	652	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,526	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,109	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,702	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	265.99/cwt	245.00–269.00	1,245	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	317	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	911	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	383	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	938	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,304	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,079	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,453	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	830	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,494	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	249.18/cwt	210.00–254.00	1,358	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,760	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,193	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	417	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,043	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 Aug 19, 2024

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

Receipts 508Last week 448Year ago 738

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 128, Heifers 223, Bulls 157)

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
3	300–350	332	247.50	247.50
2	350–400	383	245.00	245.00
3	400–450	417	250.00	250.00
11	500–550	547	247.00	247.00
5	650–700	656	227.50	227.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	317	287.50	287.50
9	350–400	372	290.00	290.00
14	400–450	420	284.00	284.00
13	450–500	481	257.00–268.00	265.49
26	500–550	545	210.00–254.00	249.18
13	650–700	652	234.00	234.00
2	700–750	745	195.00	195.00
4	750–800	770	221.00	221.00
1	800–850	830	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	279	247.50–292.50	273.63
16	300–350	331	232.50–297.50	283.98
9	350–400	379	292.50	292.50
14	400–450	420	257.50–278.00	275.78
8	450–500	468	245.00–269.00	265.99
30	500–550	532	222.50–253.00	250.85
1	550–600	555	235.00	235.00
16	600–650	636	241.00–245.00	241.50
5	750–800	766	225.00	225.00
1	800–850	800	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	285.00	285.00
3	350–400	372	297.50–327.50	307.32
4	400–450	430	285.00	285.00
7	450–500	484	262.50–280.00	277.65
1	500–550	520	247.50	247.50
11	550–600	568	270.00	270.00
1	600–650	615	265.00	265.00
4	650–700	651	245.00	245.00
3	700–750	718	228.00	228.00
4	750–800	759	235.00	235.00
1	800–850	800	192.50	192.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	270.00	270.00
3	300–350	313	330.00	330.00
4	350–400	381	322.50	322.50
6	400–450	443	300.00	300.00
7	450–500	488	270.00–292.00	285.72
16	500–550	544	279.00	279.00
3	550–600	575	270.00	270.00
13	600–650	641	249.00	249.00
3	750–800	765	220.00–237.00	231.11
1	800–850	815	216.00	216.00
1	1000–1050	1,010	187.50	187.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	329	265.00	265.00
2	400–450	433	225.00	225.00
3	550–600	553	240.00	240.00
3	600–650	605	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	750–800	759	245.00	245.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	325	315.00	315.00
9	350–400	385	317.00	317.00
7	400–450	423	293.00	293.00
8	450–500	473	270.00	270.00
16	500–550	545	241.00	241.00
9	600–650	643	218.00	218.00
2	700–750	738	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	342	255.00	255.00
1	400–450	415	170.00	170.00
3	450–500	458	272.50	272.50
5	550–600	552	215.00	215.00
4	600–650	621	185.00	185.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	278	350.00	350.00
5	300–350	320	250.00–335.00	317.49
5	350–400	375	225.00–324.00	289.67
10	400–450	422	305.00	305.00
18	450–500	474	281.00	281.00
21	500–550	533	232.50–260.00	254.06
11	650–700	650	229.00	229.00
4	700–750	726	180.00	180.00
2	800–850	840	175.00	175.00
1	950–1000	970	142.50	142.50

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