Name: Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 405, Heifers 447, Bulls 210)

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 $241.27/cwt on 160 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −130.93 against this barn's trailing median of $372.20.

Average price

$241.27

160 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,314

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$18

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

$6.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.10

vs VA average

−42.05 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	241.98	1,317	138
Medium and Large 2	547	237.00	1,296	20
Medium and Large 3	553	235.00	1,300	2thin

One grade step is worth $6.98/cwt here — about $18 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 sale160 hd

241.27

—

VA average3 barns · 302 hd

241.18

+0.10

National average190 barns · 29,311 hd

283.32

−42.05

This barn, trailing median31 sales

372.20

−130.93

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

89 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	650–700	650	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,544	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	408	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,359	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,378	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	905	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	2,100	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	244.14/cwt	241.00–249.00	1,855	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	281.72/cwt	200.00–295.00	1,352	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	286.74/cwt	227.50–294.00	1,356	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1350–1400	1,382	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,900	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	247.36/cwt	247.00–249.00	1,823	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	287.94/cwt	267.50–301.00	1,543	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,271	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	645	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,403	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	856	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,012	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,943	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,612	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	234.36/cwt	225.00–237.50	1,343	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,419	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	434	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,085	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	283.14/cwt	239.00–289.50	1,789	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	760	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,520	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	660	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	553	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,300	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,610	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,105	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	805	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,711	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,546	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,365	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	342	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,043	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,259	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,281	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	755	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,359	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,846	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	773	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,623	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,240	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	964	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,208	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	550	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,639	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	907	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,014	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	627	286.50/cwt	286.50–286.50	1,796	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	360	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,170	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,626	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	610	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,403	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,356	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	740	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,425	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	505	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,212	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	857	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,735	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	333.30/cwt	315.00–336.00	1,100	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	275.97/cwt	250.00–280.00	1,305	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	223.82/cwt	207.50–225.00	1,667	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	303.56/cwt	257.50–324.00	1,293	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,717	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,712	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	230.14/cwt	210.00–240.00	1,475	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,354	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	739	213.21/cwt	170.00–221.00	1,576	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,104	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	325.98/cwt	245.00–338.00	1,245	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,050	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	259.62/cwt	237.50–261.00	1,418	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	672	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,210	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	900–950	925	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,388	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	639	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,476	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	282	314.70/cwt	285.00–323.00	887	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	843	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,694	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,387	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	242.27/cwt	200.00–251.00	1,318	136
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	275.20/cwt	257.50–280.00	1,007	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	868	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,805	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	818	192.45/cwt	175.00–210.00	1,574	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,856	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	255.09/cwt	197.50–264.00	1,082	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,573	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	218.82/cwt	175.00–223.00	1,379	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	940	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	224.49/cwt	185.00–231.00	1,491	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	683	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,400	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,303	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	258.16/cwt	200.00–277.50	973	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,218	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,165	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	283	237.21/cwt	200.00–272.50	671	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	856	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	212.97/cwt	197.50–216.00	1,550	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	229.91/cwt	200.00–235.00	1,453	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	945	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,890	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,275	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	265.24/cwt	247.50–271.00	1,268	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	252.50/cwt	200.00–255.00	1,207	40
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	845	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,690	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	260.09/cwt	257.50–263.00	1,105	13

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 Dec 2, 2024

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

Receipts 1,062Last week 609Year ago 598

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 405, Heifers 447, Bulls 210)

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
4	300–350	340	325.00	325.00
5	350–400	378	333.00	333.00
3	400–450	420	325.00	325.00
9	450–500	473	227.50–294.00	286.74
1	500–550	530	260.00	260.00
7	550–600	560	276.00	276.00
9	600–650	630	293.00	293.00
1	650–700	650	237.50	237.50
1	700–750	700	230.00	230.00
2	750–800	773	210.00	210.00
2	800–850	805	212.50	212.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	408	333.00	333.00
7	900–950	905	232.00	232.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	330.00	330.00
10	400–450	430	330.00	330.00
12	450–500	480	200.00–295.00	281.72
95	500–550	536	267.50–301.00	287.94
4	550–600	573	225.00–237.50	234.36
75	600–650	632	239.00–289.50	283.14
2	650–700	650	248.00	248.00
53	700–750	737	247.00–249.00	247.36
23	750–800	760	241.00–249.00	244.14
1	800–850	840	221.00	221.00
14	850–900	856	235.00	235.00
1	900–950	925	210.00	210.00
3	1350–1400	1,382	137.50	137.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	342	305.00	305.00
2	450–500	470	272.50	272.50
1	500–550	545	227.50	227.50
1	750–800	755	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
23	950–1000	964	229.00	229.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	550	298.00	298.00
13	600–650	627	286.50	286.50
3	900–950	907	222.00	222.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	200.00	200.00
1	350–400	365	257.50	257.50
4	400–450	434	250.00	250.00
2	550–600	553	235.00	235.00
1	600–650	645	217.50	217.50
1	750–800	760	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	283	200.00–272.50	237.21
17	350–400	366	257.50–280.00	275.20
13	400–450	425	257.50–263.00	260.09
40	450–500	478	200.00–255.00	252.50
136	500–550	544	200.00–251.00	242.27
2	550–600	573	222.50	222.50
75	600–650	632	200.00–235.00	229.91
15	650–700	664	185.00–231.00	224.49
36	700–750	728	197.50–216.00	212.97
5	800–850	843	201.00	201.00
1	900–950	945	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	850–900	868	208.00	208.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	265.00	265.00
9	350–400	377	200.00–277.50	258.16
10	400–450	424	197.50–264.00	255.09
14	450–500	468	249.00	249.00
18	500–550	543	240.00	240.00
2	550–600	580	210.00	210.00
17	600–650	630	175.00–223.00	218.82
2	650–700	683	205.00	205.00
2	700–750	740	212.50	212.50
2	800–850	818	175.00–210.00	192.45
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	325.00	325.00
1	500–550	505	240.00	240.00
2	550–600	565	240.00	240.00
1	600–650	610	230.00	230.00
1	700–750	740	192.50	192.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	320.00	320.00
1	350–400	375	280.00	280.00
11	400–450	428	324.00	324.00
12	450–500	478	247.50–271.00	265.24
12	500–550	548	247.00	247.00
13	600–650	639	231.00	231.00
3	650–700	672	180.00	180.00
7	700–750	739	170.00–221.00	213.21
1	750–800	765	212.50	212.50
5	800–850	845	200.00	200.00
2	900–950	925	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	282	285.00–323.00	314.70
8	300–350	330	315.00–336.00	333.30
8	350–400	382	245.00–338.00	325.98
12	400–450	426	257.50–324.00	303.56
30	450–500	473	250.00–280.00	275.97
31	500–550	546	237.50–261.00	259.62
20	600–650	641	210.00–240.00	230.14
14	700–750	745	207.50–225.00	223.82
4	750–800	770	223.00	223.00
1	800–850	825	207.50	207.50
3	850–900	857	202.50	202.50

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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