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Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Name: Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-04

Feeder Cattle · Winchester, Virginia · Mon, Mar 4

● Final88 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2175

← Feb 26Mar 4Mar 11 →

Receipts

674 head

▲ 17 vs last sale 657▲ 122 vs year ago 552 · +22.1%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleMon Oct 5, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 244, Heifers 292, Bulls 138)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $246.05/cwt on 63 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −123.30 against this barn's trailing median of $369.35.

Average price

$246.05

63 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,350

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$95

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

$2.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.90

vs VA average

−25.86 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	577	247.46	1,427	13thin
Medium and Large 1	541	245.99	1,330	30
Medium and Large 2	543	245.21	1,331	20

One grade step is worth $2.25/cwt here — about $95 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale63 hd

246.05

—

VA average5 barns · 296 hd

245.15

+0.90

National average176 barns · 15,352 hd

271.91

−25.86

This barn, trailing median34 sales

369.35

−123.30

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

34 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $405.91, low $315.56, median $369.35 across 34 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

88 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2Value Added	280	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,008	7
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	325	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,024	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	335	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	980	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	377	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,254	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Value Added	393	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,336	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,372	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	438	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,402	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,422	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	470	233.82/cwt	220.00–272.50	1,099	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	296.27/cwt	292.50–300.00	1,431	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	492	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,488	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,595	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,478	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	533	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,492	17
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	547	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,203	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,492	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	593	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,696	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	622	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,661	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	628	220.00/cwt	187.50–252.50	1,382	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	636	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,743	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,392	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,750	12
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	679	275.88/cwt	272.00–278.00	1,873	22
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	728	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,769	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	728	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,056	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	732	256.39/cwt	256.00–257.00	1,877	15
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	234.49/cwt	234.00–237.50	1,735	7
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	781	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,945	15
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	821	232.78/cwt	230.00–236.00	1,911	11
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	846	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,794	4
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	862	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,879	3
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	907	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,932	5
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	949	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,964	4
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,018	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,975	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	875	10
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	338	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	887	6
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	349	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	646	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	358	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	795	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	368	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	979	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	990	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,126	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	255.55/cwt	215.00–261.00	1,094	18
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	440	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,034	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	454	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,146	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	465	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,218	23
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	475	272.25/cwt	272.25–272.25	1,293	17
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,231	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	535	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,097	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	247.58/cwt	222.50–250.00	1,337	29
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	541	250.23/cwt	220.00–252.00	1,354	18
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,120	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,120	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	580	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,456	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	613	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,447	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	634	196.33/cwt	187.50–205.00	1,245	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	650	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,443	11
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	216.61/cwt	192.50–224.00	1,419	26
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	663	185.60/cwt	167.50–195.00	1,231	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	702	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,502	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,430	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	750	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,388	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,596	12
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2Value Added	760	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,026	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 3	780	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	878	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	860	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,505	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	891	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,604	12
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2Value Added	896	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,210	4
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,043	152.49/cwt	150.00–155.00	1,590	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	327	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,079	3
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	329	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,110	5
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	376	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,241	8
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	327.85/cwt	302.50–332.50	1,233	11
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	320.82/cwt	319.00–321.00	1,347	11
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	431	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,379	16
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	452	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,119	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	463	281.08/cwt	272.50–284.00	1,301	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,372	11
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	528	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,267	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	543	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,428	14
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	545	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,444	13
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	550	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,416	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 3	628	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,319	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	629	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,579	7
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	640	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,424	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	249.08/cwt	245.00–249.50	1,651	11
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	718	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,454	3
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	785	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,295	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 2	860	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,527	1

This sale against other markets

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 Mar 4, 2024

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

Receipts 674Last week 657Year ago 552

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 244, Heifers 292, Bulls 138)

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
3	300–350	327	330.00	330.00
8	350–400	376	330.00	330.00
16	400–450	431	320.00	320.00
4	450–500	463	272.50–284.00	281.08
13	500–550	545	265.00	265.00
7	600–650	629	251.00	251.00
1	750–800	785	165.00	165.00
1	850–900	860	177.50	177.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	329	337.50	337.50
11	350–400	376	302.50–332.50	327.85
11	400–450	420	319.00–321.00	320.82
11	450–500	490	280.00	280.00
14	500–550	543	263.00	263.00
1	550–600	550	257.50	257.50
2	600–650	640	222.50	222.50
11	650–700	663	245.00–249.50	249.08
3	700–750	718	202.50	202.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	452	247.50	247.50
3	500–550	528	240.00	240.00
2	600–650	628	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	613	236.00	236.00
9	700–750	702	214.00	214.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	330	265.00	265.00
8	350–400	368	266.00	266.00
18	400–450	428	215.00–261.00	255.55
13	450–500	477	258.00	258.00
29	500–550	540	222.50–250.00	247.58
1	550–600	560	200.00	200.00
26	650–700	655	192.50–224.00	216.61
1	700–750	715	200.00	200.00
12	750–800	760	210.00	210.00
1	850–900	860	175.00	175.00
4	1000–1050	1,043	150.00–155.00	152.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
12	850–900	891	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	349	185.00	185.00
2	350–400	358	222.00	222.00
1	400–450	440	235.00	235.00
9	450–500	454	252.50	252.50
1	500–550	535	205.00	205.00
12	550–600	580	251.00	251.00
3	650–700	663	167.50–195.00	185.60
1	750–800	780	112.50	112.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	338	262.50	262.50
1	350–400	370	267.50	267.50
8	400–450	425	265.00	265.00
23	450–500	465	262.00	262.00
18	500–550	541	220.00–252.00	250.23
2	550–600	560	200.00	200.00
4	600–650	634	187.50–205.00	196.33
11	650–700	650	222.00	222.00
1	750–800	750	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	450–500	475	272.25	272.25
4	750–800	760	135.00	135.00
4	850–900	896	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	593	286.00	286.00
22	650–700	679	272.00–278.00	275.88
15	700–750	732	256.00–257.00	256.39
15	750–800	781	249.00	249.00
11	800–850	821	230.00–236.00	232.78
5	900–950	907	213.00	213.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	280	360.00	360.00
6	350–400	393	340.00	340.00
12	450–500	492	302.50	302.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	315.00	315.00
5	350–400	377	332.50	332.50
4	400–450	438	320.00	320.00
5	450–500	470	302.50	302.50
17	500–550	533	280.00	280.00
10	600–650	622	267.00	267.00
2	650–700	655	212.50	212.50
6	700–750	728	243.00	243.00
3	850–900	862	218.00	218.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	422	325.00	325.00
2	450–500	483	292.50–300.00	296.27
13	500–550	528	280.00	280.00
1	550–600	585	255.00	255.00
11	600–650	636	274.00	274.00
12	650–700	658	266.00	266.00
7	700–750	740	234.00–237.50	234.49
4	800–850	846	212.00	212.00
4	900–950	949	207.00	207.00
2	1000–1050	1,018	194.00	194.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	500	319.00	319.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	292.50	292.50
4	450–500	470	220.00–272.50	233.82
3	500–550	547	220.00	220.00
2	600–650	628	187.50–252.50	220.00
2	700–750	728	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.