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Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Name: Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-04-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-15

Feeder Cattle · Winchester, Virginia · Mon, Apr 15

● Final90 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2175

← Apr 8Apr 15Apr 22 →

Receipts

1,121 head

▼ 244 vs last sale 1,365▼ 162 vs year ago 1,283 · −12.6%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleMon Oct 5, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 388, Heifers 518, Bulls 215)

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 $244.22/cwt on 137 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −125.13 against this barn's trailing median of $369.35.

Average price

$244.22

137 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,338

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$43

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

$12.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.20

vs VA average

−20.30 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	246.47	1,357	55
Medium and Large 2	539	246.34	1,328	58
Medium and Large 3	562	233.94	1,314	24

One grade step is worth $12.52/cwt here — about $43 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 sale137 hd

244.22

—

VA average10 barns · 625 hd

241.02

+3.20

National average180 barns · 13,997 hd

264.52

−20.30

This barn, trailing median34 sales

369.35

−125.13

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

90 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	324	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,021	4
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	342	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,043	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	342	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	932	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	379	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,232	13
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	381	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,105	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,362	19
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	427	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,238	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	440	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,228	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	467	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,354	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,477	23
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,498	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	538	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,458	15
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	551	297.77/cwt	265.00–301.00	1,641	66
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	563	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,126	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	581	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,482	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	626	247.44/cwt	215.00–258.00	1,549	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	268.44/cwt	267.00–272.00	1,694	24
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	639	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,668	12
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	650	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,781	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	675	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,519	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	714	239.57/cwt	233.00–241.00	1,711	11
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	737	237.52/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,751	19
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	748	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,346	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	755	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,872	25
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2Value Added	786	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,941	6
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 3	825	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,547	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	828	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,780	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	838	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,927	14
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	892	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	2,168	52
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Value Added	978	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,956	5
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,013	196.46/cwt	193.00–200.00	1,990	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers35 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	325	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	946	11
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	333	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	949	7
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	343	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	919	14
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	377	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,014	13
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	249.46/cwt	235.00–279.00	960	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Value Added	409	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,104	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	265.67/cwt	255.00–267.00	1,121	40
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	422	260.26/cwt	242.50–264.00	1,098	15
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	436	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,134	22
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	251.69/cwt	224.00–256.00	1,206	34
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	483	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,227	18
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	485	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,140	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	505	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,182	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,170	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	539	244.33/cwt	215.00–246.00	1,317	48
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	540	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,382	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	553	248.15/cwt	227.50–249.50	1,372	51
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	564	233.94/cwt	223.00–235.00	1,319	23
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	611	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,424	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Natural	628	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,513	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	244.85/cwt	225.00–246.00	1,547	37
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	637	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	1,526	20
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	648	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,484	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,419	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	664	200.59/cwt	195.00–217.50	1,332	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	711	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,621	14
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	719	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,690	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Natural	720	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,678	11
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	732	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,588	15
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Value Added	733	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,701	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 3	767	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,151	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	779	230.81/cwt	216.00–235.50	1,798	16
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	800	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,440	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	815	227.02/cwt	224.00–228.00	1,850	29
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	852	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,661	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	311.91/cwt	305.00–313.00	1,014	7
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	325	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	959	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	361	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,043	15
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	376	280.48/cwt	275.00–295.00	1,055	11
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	379	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,137	7
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	428	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,267	17
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	436	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,260	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	438	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,314	18
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	279.10/cwt	225.00–289.00	1,340	13
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	481	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,347	9
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	536	234.19/cwt	217.50–242.50	1,255	9
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,264	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	546	260.56/cwt	235.00–263.00	1,423	33
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	550	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,224	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	554	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,446	20
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,528	17
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	638	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,515	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	218.74/cwt	217.50–220.00	1,439	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 3	663	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,492	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	750	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,444	6
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	785	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,492	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 2	830	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,370	2
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	840	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,386	3
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 2	945	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,323	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 15, 2024

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

Receipts 1,121Last week 1,365Year ago 1,283

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 388, Heifers 518, Bulls 215)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	409	270.00	270.00
10	500–550	540	256.00	256.00
4	700–750	733	232.00	232.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	611	233.00	233.00
14	700–750	711	228.00	228.00
29	800–850	815	224.00–228.00	227.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	333	285.00	285.00
3	350–400	385	235.00–279.00	249.46
40	400–450	422	255.00–267.00	265.67
34	450–500	479	224.00–256.00	251.69
4	500–550	520	225.00	225.00
51	550–600	553	227.50–249.50	248.15
37	600–650	632	225.00–246.00	244.85
1	650–700	660	215.00	215.00
8	700–750	719	235.00	235.00
16	750–800	779	216.00–235.50	230.81
3	850–900	852	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	628	241.00	241.00
11	700–750	720	233.00	233.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	343	268.00	268.00
22	400–450	436	260.00	260.00
2	450–500	485	235.00	235.00
1	500–550	505	234.00	234.00
23	550–600	564	223.00–235.00	233.94
9	600–650	648	229.00	229.00
3	750–800	767	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	325	291.00	291.00
13	350–400	377	269.00	269.00
15	400–450	422	242.50–264.00	260.26
18	450–500	483	254.00	254.00
48	500–550	539	215.00–246.00	244.33
20	600–650	637	239.50	239.50
4	650–700	664	195.00–217.50	200.59
15	700–750	732	217.00	217.00
1	800–850	800	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	325	295.00	295.00
11	350–400	376	275.00–295.00	280.48
17	400–450	428	296.00	296.00
9	450–500	481	280.00	280.00
33	500–550	546	235.00–263.00	260.56
3	600–650	638	237.50	237.50
1	750–800	785	190.00	190.00
2	800–850	830	165.00	165.00
1	900–950	945	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	325	305.00–313.00	311.91
7	350–400	379	300.00	300.00
18	400–450	438	300.00	300.00
13	450–500	480	225.00–289.00	279.10
4	500–550	538	235.00	235.00
20	550–600	554	261.00	261.00
17	600–650	634	241.00	241.00
2	650–700	658	217.50–220.00	218.74
6	750–800	750	192.50	192.50
3	800–850	840	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	361	289.00	289.00
6	400–450	436	289.00	289.00
9	500–550	536	217.50–242.50	234.19
1	550–600	550	222.50	222.50
2	650–700	663	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	342	305.00	305.00
13	350–400	379	325.00	325.00
19	400–450	427	319.00	319.00
23	450–500	481	307.00	307.00
4	500–550	520	288.00	288.00
66	550–600	551	265.00–301.00	297.77
24	600–650	631	267.00–272.00	268.44
5	650–700	650	274.00	274.00
19	700–750	737	220.00–240.00	237.52
14	800–850	838	230.00	230.00
8	1000–1050	1,013	193.00–200.00	196.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
25	750–800	755	248.00	248.00
52	850–900	892	243.00	243.00
5	950–1000	978	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	342	272.50	272.50
7	400–450	440	279.00	279.00
7	550–600	581	255.00	255.00
4	600–650	626	215.00–258.00	247.44
1	650–700	675	225.00	225.00
2	700–750	748	180.00	180.00
1	800–850	825	187.50	187.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	324	315.00	315.00
7	350–400	381	290.00	290.00
9	400–450	427	290.00	290.00
9	450–500	467	290.00	290.00
15	500–550	538	271.00	271.00
2	550–600	563	200.00	200.00
12	600–650	639	261.00	261.00
11	700–750	714	233.00–241.00	239.57
2	800–850	828	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	750–800	786	247.00	247.00

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.