Name: Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-09-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 312, Heifers 456, Bulls 215)

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 $234.08/cwt on 137 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −138.13 against this barn's trailing median of $372.20.

Average price

$234.08

137 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,301

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$262

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

$29.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.25

vs VA average

−4.53 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	594	245.00	1,455	35
Medium and Large 1	537	235.14	1,263	61
Medium and Large 2	550	224.00	1,232	37
Medium and Large 3	554	215.48	1,194	4thin

One grade step is worth $29.52/cwt here — about $262 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 sale137 hd

234.08

—

VA average8 barns · 590 hd

229.83

+4.25

National average182 barns · 14,937 hd

238.61

−4.53

This barn, trailing median31 sales

372.20

−138.13

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

85 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 1-2Value Added	650–700	667	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,601	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	499	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,243	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	617	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,342	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	284.91/cwt	257.50–286.00	1,578	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	338	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	803	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	250.26/cwt	230.00–252.00	1,579	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	197.33/cwt	167.50–227.50	1,717	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	294.22/cwt	270.00–297.00	1,247	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,535	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,584	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	594	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,455	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,363	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,210	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	752	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,835	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,040	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	2,262	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	719	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,632	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,843	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	984	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	795	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,590	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	835	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,870	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	281.15/cwt	255.00–292.00	1,487	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	611	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,473	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	342	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	975	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	640	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,139	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	248.24/cwt	220.00–257.50	1,164	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	923	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,846	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	821	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,987	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	387	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,161	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	692	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,702	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	514	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,521	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	590	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,711	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	499	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,392	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	721	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,803	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1000–1050	1,000	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,850	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	627	259.30/cwt	255.00–269.00	1,626	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,208	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	615	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,199	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	955	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,385	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	453	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,042	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	400	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	760	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	387	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,035	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,484	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,445	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	309.89/cwt	287.50–313.00	1,174	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,434	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	536	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,313	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	941	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	825	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,238	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	294.97/cwt	280.00–298.00	1,127	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	290.74/cwt	290.00–296.00	1,366	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	226.95/cwt	226.00–232.50	1,407	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,479	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,312	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,139	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,322	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	287.91/cwt	285.00–288.00	1,226	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	261.00/cwt	242.50–270.00	744	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	239.69/cwt	202.50–244.00	1,148	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	276.47/cwt	270.00–277.50	1,161	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,370	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	554	215.48/cwt	190.00–224.00	1,194	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,247	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,300	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	265.07/cwt	247.50–267.00	986	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	267.74/cwt	267.50–270.00	865	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,549	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	336	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	874	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	1,258	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,584	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,341	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	251.80/cwt	217.50–254.50	1,068	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	239.69/cwt	200.00–245.00	1,148	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	278	242.95/cwt	235.00–247.50	675	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	547	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,258	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,434	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	483	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	894	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,674	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	252.41/cwt	242.50–254.00	808	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	561	202.26/cwt	190.00–220.00	1,135	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	778	167.03/cwt	159.00–175.00	1,299	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	262.01/cwt	252.50–263.00	990	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	465	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,153	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,057	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	651	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,510	7

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 Sep 9, 2024

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

Receipts 983Last week 623Year ago 1,216

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 312, Heifers 456, Bulls 215)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	465	248.00	248.00
35	550–600	594	245.00	245.00
13	650–700	667	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	499	249.00	249.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	338	237.50	237.50
2	450–500	483	185.00	185.00
4	550–600	554	190.00–224.00	215.48
3	600–650	617	217.50	217.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	278	235.00–247.50	242.95
19	300–350	336	260.00	260.00
19	350–400	372	247.50–267.00	265.07
54	400–450	424	217.50–254.50	251.80
35	450–500	479	202.50–244.00	239.69
57	500–550	534	235.50	235.50
4	550–600	583	230.00	230.00
49	600–650	637	215.00	215.00
14	700–750	728	230.00	230.00
1	850–900	885	175.00	175.00
1	900–950	905	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	320	242.50–254.00	252.41
10	350–400	378	252.50–263.00	262.01
19	400–450	433	244.00	244.00
15	450–500	479	200.00–245.00	239.69
29	500–550	547	230.00	230.00
8	550–600	561	190.00–220.00	202.26
18	600–650	643	223.00	223.00
2	750–800	778	159.00–175.00	167.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	651	232.00	232.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	378	320.00	320.00
17	400–450	424	270.00–297.00	294.22
30	450–500	475	287.00	287.00
8	500–550	529	255.00–292.00	281.15
53	550–600	554	257.50–286.00	284.91
25	600–650	631	230.00–252.00	250.26
1	650–700	660	232.50	232.50
19	750–800	752	244.00	244.00
1	800–850	810	227.50	227.50
2	850–900	870	167.50–227.50	197.33
2	1000–1050	1,040	217.50	217.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	342	285.00	285.00
3	350–400	387	300.00	300.00
2	400–450	418	272.50	272.50
8	450–500	469	220.00–257.50	248.24
11	500–550	548	289.00	289.00
12	600–650	611	241.00	241.00
8	700–750	719	227.00	227.00
1	750–800	795	200.00	200.00
2	800–850	835	224.00	224.00
2	900–950	923	200.00	200.00
2	1000–1050	1,000	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	200.00	200.00
1	500–550	525	187.50	187.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	499	279.00	279.00
10	550–600	590	290.00	290.00
19	600–650	627	255.00–269.00	259.30
10	650–700	692	246.00	246.00
18	700–750	721	250.00	250.00
10	800–850	821	242.00	242.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	514	296.00	296.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	323	267.50–270.00	267.74
6	350–400	382	280.00–298.00	294.97
7	400–450	420	270.00–277.50	276.47
12	450–500	471	276.00	276.00
17	500–550	536	245.00	245.00
2	550–600	575	210.00	210.00
5	600–650	645	205.00	205.00
1	650–700	690	165.00	165.00
3	700–750	725	204.00	204.00
1	800–850	825	150.00	150.00
1	950–1000	955	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	387	267.50	267.50
1	400–450	400	190.00	190.00
4	450–500	453	230.00	230.00
1	600–650	615	195.00	195.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	285	242.50–270.00	261.00
4	300–350	333	282.50	282.50
16	350–400	379	287.50–313.00	309.89
32	400–450	426	285.00–288.00	287.91
33	450–500	470	290.00–296.00	290.74
27	500–550	541	265.00	265.00
6	550–600	558	266.00	266.00
14	600–650	620	226.00–232.50	226.95
1	650–700	665	187.50	187.50
1	700–750	705	205.00	205.00
1	900–950	905	145.00	145.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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