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Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Name: Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-08

Feeder Cattle · Winchester, Virginia · Mon, Apr 8

● Final95 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2175

← Apr 1Apr 8Apr 15 →

Receipts

1,365 head

▲ 888 vs last sale 477▲ 692 vs year ago 673 · +102.8%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleMon Oct 5, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 620, Heifers 544, Bulls 201)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $291.10/cwt on 168 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −172.33 against this barn's trailing median of $463.42.

Average price

$291.10

168 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,604

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$523

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

$78.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.11

vs VA average

−14.37 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	565	313.00	1,768	38
Medium and Large 1	545	286.63	1,562	96
Medium and Large 2	553	280.58	1,550	33
Medium and Large 3	530	235.00	1,246	1thin

One grade step is worth $78.00/cwt here — about $523 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale168 hd

291.10

—

VA average9 barns · 635 hd

297.21

−6.11

National average170 barns · 11,306 hd

305.47

−14.37

This barn, trailing median34 sales

463.42

−172.33

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

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

95 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 · Steers38 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	320	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	984	4
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2Value Added	331	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	927	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	366	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,043	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	369	301.25/cwt	280.00–307.00	1,112	9
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	370	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,169	13
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	374	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,077	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,176	14
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	405	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	810	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,361	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	427	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,217	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	467	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,074	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	478	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,362	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	480	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,464	15
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,403	25
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	485	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,591	33
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	528	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,584	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	530	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,246	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	250.14/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,346	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	540	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,577	46
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	550	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,557	48
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	558	276.26/cwt	240.00–287.50	1,542	27
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	565	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,768	38
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	613	210.74/cwt	170.00–252.50	1,292	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,738	20
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	644	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,681	23
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	648	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,847	77
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	683	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,851	33
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	693	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,646	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	702	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,544	11
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	705	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,428	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	724	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,875	30
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	751	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,757	23
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	827	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,828	3
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	860	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,021	9
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	901	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	2,122	37
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	903	218.64/cwt	187.50–224.00	1,974	9
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	995	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,891	1
Steers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 1	1,125	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,772	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	316	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	837	7
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	333	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	932	15
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	335	256.88/cwt	255.00–260.00	861	18
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	366	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	988	13
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	996	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Value Added	375	272.31/cwt	265.00–278.00	1,021	35
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	419	267.99/cwt	258.00–269.00	1,123	21
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,132	24
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Value Added	431	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,146	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	445	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,046	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	459	253.57/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,164	35
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	264.91/cwt	262.50–265.00	1,245	28
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	473	265.24/cwt	257.50–266.00	1,255	20
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	508	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,356	50
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	517	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,261	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	534	243.20/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,299	20
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	537	250.67/cwt	250.00–253.00	1,346	41
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	544	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,382	51
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	219.82/cwt	177.50–234.00	1,260	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	585	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,082	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	636	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,545	25
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	637	225.22/cwt	225.00–227.50	1,435	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	646	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,550	17
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	693	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,622	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	710	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,260	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	730	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,555	12
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	734	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,578	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	185.00/cwt	167.50–202.50	1,415	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	783	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	1,719	33
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	830	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,224	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	833	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,658	3
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	850	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,615	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2Value Added	892	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,472	3
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	921	200.50/cwt	200.50–200.50	1,847	11
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	330	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	947	21
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 3	345	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	750	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	373	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,082	10
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	277.91/cwt	245.00–292.00	1,042	15
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	412	273.70/cwt	225.00–285.00	1,128	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	417	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,230	11
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	448	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,151	27
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	474	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,346	18
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,358	8
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,431	17
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	545	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,240	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	558	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,242	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	561	242.65/cwt	225.00–247.00	1,361	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	641	238.81/cwt	230.00–241.00	1,531	15
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 3	641	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,314	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	649	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,616	13
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	235.80/cwt	227.00–253.00	1,568	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 3	685	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,233	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	737	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,614	3
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	742	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,632	7
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 3	770	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,232	3
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,550	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 2	860	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,462	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 Apr 8, 2024

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

Receipts 1,365Last week 477Year ago 673

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 620, Heifers 544, Bulls 201)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	316	265.00	265.00
8	350–400	373	267.00	267.00
24	400–450	423	267.50	267.50
28	450–500	470	262.50–265.00	264.91
51	500–550	544	254.00	254.00
4	550–600	573	177.50–234.00	219.82
17	600–650	646	240.00	240.00
4	700–750	734	215.00	215.00
2	750–800	765	167.50–202.50	185.00
1	800–850	830	147.50	147.50
1	850–900	850	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	693	234.00	234.00
33	750–800	783	219.50	219.50
11	900–950	921	200.50	200.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
35	350–400	375	265.00–278.00	272.31
9	400–450	431	266.00	266.00
50	500–550	508	267.00	267.00
3	850–900	892	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	333	280.00	280.00
13	350–400	366	270.00	270.00
21	400–450	419	258.00–269.00	267.99
20	450–500	473	257.50–266.00	265.24
41	500–550	537	250.00–253.00	250.67
1	550–600	585	185.00	185.00
25	600–650	636	243.00	243.00
12	700–750	730	213.00	213.00
3	800–850	833	199.00	199.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
18	300–350	335	255.00–260.00	256.88
1	400–450	445	235.00	235.00
35	450–500	459	245.00–255.00	253.57
20	500–550	534	230.00–245.00	243.20
11	600–650	637	225.00–227.50	225.22
2	700–750	710	177.50	177.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	517	244.00	244.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	369	280.00–307.00	301.25
8	400–450	422	322.50	322.50
25	450–500	482	291.00	291.00
2	500–550	538	240.00–260.00	250.14
48	550–600	550	283.00	283.00
20	600–650	625	278.00	278.00
9	850–900	860	235.00	235.00
9	900–950	903	187.50–224.00	218.64
1	1100–1150	1,125	157.50	157.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
33	450–500	485	328.00	328.00
38	550–600	565	313.00	313.00
33	650–700	683	271.00	271.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	331	280.00	280.00
14	400–450	400	294.00	294.00
15	450–500	480	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	320	307.50	307.50
4	350–400	366	285.00	285.00
8	400–450	427	285.00	285.00
11	450–500	478	285.00	285.00
6	500–550	528	300.00	300.00
27	550–600	558	240.00–287.50	276.26
23	600–650	644	261.00	261.00
11	700–750	702	220.00	220.00
23	750–800	751	234.00	234.00
3	800–850	827	221.00	221.00
1	950–1000	995	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
46	500–550	540	292.00	292.00
77	600–650	648	285.00	285.00
30	700–750	724	259.00	259.00
37	900–950	901	235.50	235.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	374	288.00	288.00
1	400–450	405	200.00	200.00
3	450–500	467	230.00	230.00
1	500–550	530	235.00	235.00
2	600–650	613	170.00–252.50	210.74
2	650–700	693	237.50	237.50
1	700–750	705	202.50	202.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	370	316.00	316.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	300–350	330	287.00	287.00
10	350–400	373	290.00	290.00
11	400–450	417	295.00	295.00
18	450–500	474	284.00	284.00
2	500–550	545	227.50	227.50
5	550–600	561	225.00–247.00	242.65
13	600–650	649	249.00	249.00
3	700–750	737	219.00	219.00
1	850–900	860	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	375	245.00–292.00	277.91
6	400–450	412	225.00–285.00	273.70
8	450–500	480	283.00	283.00
17	500–550	540	265.00	265.00
15	600–650	641	230.00–241.00	238.81
3	650–700	665	227.00–253.00	235.80
7	700–750	742	220.00	220.00
1	750–800	775	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	217.50	217.50
27	400–450	448	257.00	257.00
4	550–600	558	222.50	222.50
4	600–650	641	205.00	205.00
1	650–700	685	180.00	180.00
3	750–800	770	160.00	160.00

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.