Sale reports / Virginia / Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. / 2024-03-11

Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Winchester, Virginia · Mon, Mar 11
● Final106 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2175
Receipts
905 head
▲ 231 vs last sale 674▼ 437 vs year ago 1,342 · −32.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 391, Heifers 374, Bulls 140)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $306.15/cwt on 63 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −157.27 against this barn's trailing median of $463.42.
Average price
$306.15
63 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,657
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$575
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$112.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.66
vs VA average
−9.92 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2530322.501,70927
Medium and Large 1556316.501,76020
Medium and Large 2541269.331,45815thin
Medium and Large 3540210.001,1341thin
One grade step is worth $112.50/cwt here — about $575 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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
306.15
—
VA average8 barns · 446 hd
292.49
+13.66
National average167 barns · 13,796 hd
316.07
−9.92
This barn, trailing median34 sales
463.42
−157.27
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
507456404353median 463.4203/0204/2706/2908/3110/26
Steers 500–600 lb: high $493.16, low $366.76, median $463.42 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

106 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers44 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2Value Added276340.00/cwt340.00–340.009387
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1320310.00/cwt310.00–310.009921
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2Value Added324340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,1024
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3339317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,0764
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1355317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,1271
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Value Added413345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,4257
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2414342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,41815
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415332.29/cwt320.00–339.001,3795
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added434340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,4764
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Value Added462335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,54810
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2478327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,5656
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3481230.40/cwt197.50–265.501,1088
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1485317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,5408
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2518277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,4372
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Value Added526275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,4477
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added530322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,70927
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530318.79/cwt315.00–322.501,6902
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3540210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1341
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1557315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,7559
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added561317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,7819
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2567260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4746
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added622290.98/cwt281.00–298.001,81039
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3622217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,3535
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2635272.38/cwt265.00–273.001,73017
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1639283.96/cwt272.50–295.001,81524
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3677209.62/cwt177.50–250.001,4199
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added698284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,98211
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1732252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,8459
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2743222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,6533
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added748249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,8636
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Natural748247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,84810
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added787241.45/cwt240.00–242.001,90021
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1788210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,6552
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2810208.68/cwt197.50–220.001,6902
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1837234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,9596
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Natural856234.00/cwt234.00–234.002,00314
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1857224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,9205
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2858221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,8968
Steers850–900Medium and Large 3885155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,3721
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added890226.00/cwt226.00–226.002,0116
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Natural938229.00/cwt229.00–229.002,14813
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Value Added939226.00/cwt226.00–226.002,12227
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1948210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,9913
Steers1200–1250Medium and Large 11,209165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,9954
Feeder Cattle · Heifers40 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2Value Added309303.00/cwt303.00–303.0093611
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2327276.28/cwt265.00–280.009034
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1336262.50/cwt262.50–262.508825
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Value Added340298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,0137
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3372255.15/cwt242.50–274.0094912
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1374283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,0584
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2383287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,1012
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added403277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,1184
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2411277.24/cwt262.50–279.001,13919
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1426270.57/cwt260.00–274.001,1538
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3428262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,1242
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Value Added438287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,2598
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3457252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,1543
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470266.44/cwt262.50–267.501,25214
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2480268.59/cwt252.50–273.001,28914
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added483279.23/cwt279.00–280.001,34927
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528255.80/cwt240.00–257.001,35129
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2541262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,41715
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3547253.79/cwt245.00–255.001,3888
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2572234.55/cwt212.50–255.001,3424
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added578278.49/cwt276.00–279.001,61040
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added627260.70/cwt254.00–267.001,63516
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2Value Added629267.68/cwt240.00–273.001,68411
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2629251.99/cwt195.00–263.001,58510
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1638243.83/cwt220.00–249.001,55620
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3663210.56/cwt207.50–220.001,3964
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1690192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,3281
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added698229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,5986
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3728177.54/cwt165.00–190.001,2922
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2731188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,3747
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added747197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,4756
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1753209.24/cwt202.50–210.001,57610
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 3790162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,2841
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added831217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,80710
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1836173.58/cwt165.00–175.001,4517
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2846167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,4174
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2864179.89/cwt147.50–192.501,5544
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added888190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,6875
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2932187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,7483
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1940181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,7013
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1318316.24/cwt315.00–317.501,0062
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2338332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,1245
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3340310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,0543
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2387300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1613
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1388319.02/cwt312.50–321.001,2386
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1415332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,3807
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2415327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,3596
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2471280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,3195
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1479289.78/cwt267.50–297.501,3888
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1540283.55/cwt250.00–288.001,53121
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2545200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0901
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2558262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,46219
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1568239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,3584
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1622231.17/cwt217.50–260.001,4383
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2646261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,68610
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1662255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,6888
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1715200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4301
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2724204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,4779
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1760200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5204
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2808190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,5352
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1838197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,6516
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 2963170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,6373

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.