Name: Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 265, Heifers 381, Bulls 227)

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 $228.79/cwt on 129 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −143.42 against this barn's trailing median of $372.20.

Average price

$228.79

129 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,243

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$57

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

$15.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.94

vs VA average

−23.89 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	233.31	1,262	85
Medium and Large 2	545	221.00	1,204	32
Medium and Large 3	554	217.50	1,205	12thin

One grade step is worth $15.81/cwt here — about $57 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 sale129 hd

228.79

—

VA average10 barns · 504 hd

227.85

+0.94

National average183 barns · 16,319 hd

252.68

−23.89

This barn, trailing median31 sales

372.20

−143.42

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

82 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	900–950	948	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,280	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	199.41/cwt	195.00–212.50	1,256	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	978	159.05/cwt	135.00–182.50	1,556	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,416	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	920	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,426	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,140	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	338	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	845	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	867	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	272.34/cwt	237.50–281.00	1,171	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	982	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	653	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,437	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,352	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	735	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,268	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	282.91/cwt	262.50–284.00	1,573	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,601	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	554	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,205	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	458	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	916	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	285.86/cwt	227.50–290.00	1,378	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,058	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	979	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,870	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	850	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,700	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,650	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,905	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	842	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,852	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	235.78/cwt	227.50–240.00	1,502	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	866	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	191.63/cwt	187.50–200.00	1,035	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	956	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,998	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,436	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,161	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	920	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,748	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	577	205.15/cwt	185.00–210.00	1,184	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	616	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,078	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,271	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	632	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,485	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,466	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	748	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,664	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	935	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	259.88/cwt	240.00–262.50	980	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	800	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	749	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,730	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	400	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	780	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	616	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,250	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	750–800	778	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,498	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,015	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	500	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,100	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	349	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	960	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	283.50/cwt	230.00–294.00	1,066	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,476	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	237.54/cwt	235.00–240.00	748	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,310	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	248.84/cwt	217.50–250.00	1,364	43
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,305	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,484	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	539	241.11/cwt	205.00–247.00	1,300	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	646	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	266.30/cwt	247.50–270.00	1,148	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	659	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,476	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,199	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,089	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	257.30/cwt	227.50–263.00	1,214	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,441	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,594	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	780	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,463	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	830	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,477	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	987	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	247.46/cwt	242.50–250.00	779	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	945	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	275.73/cwt	227.50–282.50	910	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,158	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	252.17/cwt	230.00–254.00	1,094	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	229.00/cwt	215.00–232.50	653	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,638	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,605	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	233.31/cwt	185.00–240.00	1,262	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,204	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	239.51/cwt	232.50–240.00	1,011	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	665	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,147	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	777	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	734	203.72/cwt	190.00–209.00	1,495	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	835	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,653	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	346	215.82/cwt	205.00–217.50	747	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 →

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Receipts 873Last week 608Year ago 1,476

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 265, Heifers 381, Bulls 227)

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
8	300–350	330	227.50–282.50	275.73
9	350–400	378	250.00	250.00
17	400–450	432	252.00	252.00
12	450–500	472	227.50–263.00	257.30
29	500–550	539	205.00–247.00	241.11
4	600–650	630	195.00–212.50	199.41
7	650–700	659	224.00	224.00
1	700–750	705	170.00	170.00
1	750–800	780	187.50	187.50
3	800–850	830	178.00	178.00
3	900–950	948	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	349	275.00	275.00
1	400–450	400	195.00	195.00
10	450–500	455	223.00	223.00
1	500–550	500	220.00	220.00
10	600–650	616	203.00	203.00
2	750–800	778	192.50	192.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	235.00	235.00
2	300–350	315	235.00–240.00	237.54
10	350–400	376	230.00–294.00	283.50
12	400–450	431	247.50–270.00	266.30
15	450–500	473	276.00	276.00
43	500–550	548	217.50–250.00	248.84
8	600–650	639	231.00	231.00
3	650–700	670	215.00	215.00
1	700–750	715	207.50	207.50
1	750–800	750	212.50	212.50
1	950–1000	970	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	285	215.00–232.50	229.00
3	300–350	315	242.50–250.00	247.46
9	350–400	384	257.00	257.00
26	400–450	434	230.00–254.00	252.17
49	450–500	465	249.00	249.00
85	500–550	541	185.00–240.00	233.31
21	600–650	635	223.00	223.00
2	750–800	768	209.00	209.00
3	800–850	840	195.00	195.00
2	950–1000	978	135.00–182.50	159.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	338	250.00	250.00
18	350–400	382	257.00	257.00
30	400–450	422	232.50–240.00	239.51
21	450–500	477	239.00	239.00
32	500–550	545	221.00	221.00
15	650–700	653	220.00	220.00
8	700–750	734	190.00–209.00	203.72
3	800–850	835	198.00	198.00
1	900–950	920	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	346	205.00–217.50	215.82
1	400–450	420	185.00	185.00
8	450–500	458	200.00	200.00
12	550–600	554	217.50	217.50
2	650–700	665	172.50	172.50
3	700–750	735	172.50	172.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	255.00	255.00
2	350–400	378	280.00	280.00
8	400–450	430	237.50–281.00	272.34
38	450–500	482	227.50–290.00	285.86
2	500–550	530	255.00	255.00
59	550–600	556	262.50–284.00	282.91
3	600–650	637	227.50–240.00	235.78
26	650–700	651	246.00	246.00
7	700–750	708	233.00	233.00
2	850–900	870	219.00	219.00
6	950–1000	956	209.00	209.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	262.50	262.50
9	350–400	377	240.00–262.50	259.88
4	400–450	430	270.00	270.00
18	450–500	476	267.00	267.00
25	500–550	543	270.00	270.00
1	550–600	580	247.50	247.50
13	600–650	632	235.00	235.00
2	700–750	748	222.50	222.50
5	800–850	842	220.00	220.00
1	850–900	850	200.00	200.00
1	900–950	920	190.00	190.00
4	950–1000	979	191.00	191.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	205.00	205.00
1	400–450	445	210.00	210.00
3	500–550	540	187.50–200.00	191.63
5	550–600	577	185.00–210.00	205.15
4	600–650	616	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	700–750	749	231.00	231.00

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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