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Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Name: Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-18

Feeder Cattle · Winchester, Virginia · Mon, Mar 18

● Final107 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2175

← Mar 11Mar 18Mar 25 →

Receipts

1,543 head

▲ 638 vs last sale 905▲ 529 vs year ago 1,014 · +52.2%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleMon Oct 5, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 468, Heifers 730, Bulls 345)

Value Added and Natural 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 $252.00/cwt on 182 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −117.35 against this barn's trailing median of $369.35.

Average price

$252.00

182 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,393

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$83

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

$20.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.57

vs VA average

−25.22 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	556	258.00	1,434	7thin
Medium and Large 1	552	253.11	1,398	66
Medium and Large 2	553	252.60	1,396	76
Medium and Large 3	549	248.86	1,366	28
Medium and Large 2-3	569	237.50	1,351	5thin

One grade step is worth $20.50/cwt here — about $83 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 sale182 hd

252.00

—

VA average9 barns · 762 hd

254.58

−2.57

National average179 barns · 15,589 hd

277.22

−25.22

This barn, trailing median34 sales

369.35

−117.35

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

107 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 · Steers43 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,081	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	333	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	982	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	350	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	735	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Value Added	368	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,159	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,283	12
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	394	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,340	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	324.25/cwt	319.00–332.50	1,349	23
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	429	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,399	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	319.92/cwt	313.00–324.00	1,513	44
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	287.08/cwt	242.50–313.00	1,364	24
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	479	269.06/cwt	250.00–275.00	1,289	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	499	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,602	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	258.83/cwt	237.50–275.50	1,369	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	546	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,611	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	548	303.76/cwt	280.00–306.00	1,665	23
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	304.16/cwt	287.50–315.00	1,712	47
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	565	295.50/cwt	295.50–295.50	1,670	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	567	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,729	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	592	251.26/cwt	245.00–277.50	1,487	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	593	278.77/cwt	237.50–295.00	1,653	21
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	595	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,845	15
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	600	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,200	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	610	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,342	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	282.53/cwt	257.50–292.50	1,757	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	644	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,861	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	659	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,760	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	276.03/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,833	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	681	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,720	13
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	708	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,664	12
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	712	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,727	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	718	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,633	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Value Added	734	231.05/cwt	210.00–246.00	1,696	12
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	736	242.61/cwt	226.00–249.00	1,786	12
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	736	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,752	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	742	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,877	16
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Natural	753	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,890	13
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,693	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	845	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,901	3
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	862	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,888	5
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	865	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,903	3
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	940	182.57/cwt	175.00–185.00	1,716	4
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	972	207.86/cwt	201.00–214.00	2,020	21
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,045	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,750	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers43 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	249	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	716	7
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	322	282.19/cwt	240.00–287.50	909	20
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	331	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	950	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	364	287.55/cwt	267.50–292.00	1,047	22
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	379	288.92/cwt	262.50–296.00	1,095	19
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	289.87/cwt	267.50–295.00	1,102	43
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	425	249.78/cwt	247.50–252.00	1,062	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	427	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,230	26
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	284.87/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,219	39
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	457	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,252	25
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,296	24
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	474	274.87/cwt	242.50–279.00	1,303	29
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	493	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,366	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	494	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,403	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	217.93/cwt	210.00–235.00	1,144	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	549	253.08/cwt	253.00–257.50	1,389	56
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	549	248.86/cwt	245.00–249.00	1,366	28
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	553	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,341	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	554	254.02/cwt	240.00–262.00	1,407	73
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	556	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,434	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	569	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,351	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	575	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,472	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	630	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,575	16
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	639	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,489	30
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	647	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,462	15
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	650	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,398	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	652	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,428	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	236.15/cwt	225.00–238.00	1,559	31
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	682	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,610	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	694	232.19/cwt	229.00–234.00	1,611	22
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	716	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,475	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	726	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,525	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	732	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,281	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	738	218.24/cwt	216.00–220.00	1,611	18
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	768	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,728	19
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 3	780	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,287	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	781	205.88/cwt	200.00–209.00	1,608	20
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	812	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,563	3
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	813	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,715	32
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	830	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,726	4
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	855	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,770	8
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	860	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,656	1
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	923	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,754	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	327	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,105	9
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	336	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,109	9
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	354	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,041	15
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	367	334.23/cwt	317.50–337.00	1,227	28
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	373	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,253	16
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	365.39/cwt	300.00–380.00	1,546	49
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	430	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,402	18
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	460	268.49/cwt	235.00–279.00	1,235	18
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	314.16/cwt	305.00–318.00	1,486	20
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	478	295.81/cwt	292.50–296.00	1,414	18
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	542	272.64/cwt	272.00–277.00	1,478	39
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	545	258.56/cwt	257.50–272.50	1,409	28
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	547	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,515	23
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	257.49/cwt	250.00–267.50	1,620	14
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	634	255.20/cwt	255.00–259.50	1,618	22
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 3	638	226.32/cwt	220.00–227.50	1,444	6
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	748	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,720	3
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	752	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,504	3
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	815	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,752	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 2	840	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,533	1
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 2	930	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,581	2

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 18, 2024

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

Receipts 1,543Last week 905Year ago 1,014

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 468, Heifers 730, Bulls 345)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	330	327.50	327.50
12	350–400	375	342.00	342.00
23	400–450	416	319.00–332.50	324.25
44	450–500	473	313.00–324.00	319.92
7	500–550	529	237.50–275.50	258.83
47	550–600	563	287.50–315.00	304.16
7	600–650	622	257.50–292.50	282.53
10	650–700	664	275.00–280.00	276.03
12	700–750	736	226.00–249.00	242.61
5	750–800	773	219.00	219.00
3	800–850	845	225.00	225.00
3	850–900	865	220.00	220.00
21	950–1000	972	201.00–214.00	207.86
1	1000–1050	1,045	167.50	167.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
13	750–800	753	251.00	251.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	712	242.50	242.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	565	295.50	295.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	550–600	595	310.00	310.00
16	700–750	742	253.00	253.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	644	289.00	289.00
13	650–700	681	252.50	252.50
12	700–750	708	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	368	315.00	315.00
4	450–500	499	321.00	321.00
5	550–600	567	305.00	305.00
12	700–750	734	210.00–246.00	231.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	210.00	210.00
4	450–500	479	250.00–275.00	269.06
5	500–550	546	295.00	295.00
21	550–600	593	237.50–295.00	278.77
1	600–650	600	200.00	200.00
4	700–750	718	227.50	227.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	333	295.00	295.00
5	350–400	394	340.00	340.00
8	400–450	429	326.00	326.00
24	450–500	475	242.50–313.00	287.08
23	500–550	548	280.00–306.00	303.76
10	550–600	592	245.00–277.50	251.26
1	600–650	610	220.00	220.00
10	650–700	659	267.00	267.00
7	700–750	736	238.00	238.00
5	850–900	862	219.00	219.00
4	900–950	940	175.00–185.00	182.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	200–250	249	287.50	287.50
9	300–350	331	287.00	287.00
43	350–400	380	267.50–295.00	289.87
39	400–450	428	280.00–285.00	284.87
24	450–500	473	274.00	274.00
56	500–550	549	253.00–257.50	253.08
2	550–600	553	242.50	242.50
31	650–700	660	225.00–238.00	236.15
18	700–750	738	216.00–220.00	218.24
20	750–800	781	200.00–209.00	205.88
4	800–850	830	208.00	208.00
8	850–900	855	207.00	207.00
2	900–950	923	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	575	256.00	256.00
9	650–700	682	236.00	236.00
32	800–850	813	211.00	211.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	494	284.00	284.00
16	600–650	630	250.00	250.00
22	650–700	694	229.00–234.00	232.19
19	750–800	768	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	493	277.00	277.00
7	550–600	556	258.00	258.00
3	650–700	652	219.00	219.00
9	700–750	716	206.00	206.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
22	350–400	364	267.50–292.00	287.55
2	400–450	425	247.50–252.00	249.78
25	450–500	457	274.00	274.00
28	500–550	549	245.00–249.00	248.86
15	600–650	647	226.00	226.00
2	650–700	650	215.00	215.00
3	700–750	732	175.00	175.00
1	750–800	780	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	300–350	322	240.00–287.50	282.19
19	350–400	379	262.50–296.00	288.92
26	400–450	427	288.00	288.00
29	450–500	474	242.50–279.00	274.87
3	500–550	525	210.00–235.00	217.93
73	550–600	554	240.00–262.00	254.02
30	600–650	639	233.00	233.00
9	700–750	726	210.00	210.00
3	800–850	812	192.50	192.50
1	850–900	860	192.50	192.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	569	237.50	237.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	336	330.00	330.00
28	350–400	367	317.50–337.00	334.23
49	400–450	423	300.00–380.00	365.39
20	450–500	473	305.00–318.00	314.16
39	500–550	542	272.00–277.00	272.64
14	600–650	629	250.00–267.50	257.49
3	700–750	748	230.00	230.00
1	800–850	815	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	354	294.00	294.00
18	450–500	460	235.00–279.00	268.49
28	500–550	545	257.50–272.50	258.56
6	600–650	638	220.00–227.50	226.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	327	338.00	338.00
16	350–400	373	336.00	336.00
18	400–450	430	326.00	326.00
18	450–500	478	292.50–296.00	295.81
23	500–550	547	277.00	277.00
22	600–650	634	255.00–259.50	255.20
3	750–800	752	200.00	200.00
1	800–850	840	182.50	182.50
2	900–950	930	170.00	170.00

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.