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Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Name: Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-05-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-06

Feeder Cattle · Winchester, Virginia · Mon, May 6

● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2175

← Apr 29May 6May 13 →

Receipts

605 head

▼ 280 vs last sale 885▼ 326 vs year ago 931 · −35.0%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleMon Oct 5, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 221, Heifers 220, Bulls 164)

Value Added and most Natural 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 $299.17/cwt on 55 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −164.26 against this barn's trailing median of $463.42.

Average price

$299.17

55 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,647

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$267

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

$23.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.02

vs VA average

−10.54 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	301.80	1,675	40
Medium and Large 2	552	297.00	1,639	11thin
Medium and Large 3	505	278.79	1,408	4thin

One grade step is worth $23.01/cwt here — about $267 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 sale55 hd

299.17

—

VA average8 barns · 389 hd

295.15

+4.02

National average167 barns · 10,730 hd

309.71

−10.54

This barn, trailing median34 sales

463.42

−164.26

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

74 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	317	289.98/cwt	274.00–295.00	919	21
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	382	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,051	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	387	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,064	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	402	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,234	13
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Natural	421	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,410	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	315.74/cwt	287.50–325.00	1,358	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	441	310.95/cwt	302.00–325.00	1,371	15
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	460	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,288	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,556	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	478	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,494	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	505	278.79/cwt	267.50–282.50	1,408	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Natural	524	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,582	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	552	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,639	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Natural	561	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,728	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,689	25
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	619	285.85/cwt	284.00–289.00	1,769	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	642	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,759	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,719	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	664	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,826	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	738	240.87/cwt	235.00–242.00	1,778	12
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	775	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,860	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	820	213.58/cwt	200.00–227.50	1,751	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,906	7
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	949	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,107	16
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,000	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,850	1
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 2	1,098	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,812	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	320	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	803	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	326	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	893	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	278.39/cwt	277.50–279.00	1,044	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	375	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	863	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	381	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,048	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	430	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,174	21
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,188	21
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	461	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,153	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	262.08/cwt	245.00–265.00	1,237	17
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	253.75/cwt	235.00–260.00	1,205	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	541	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,347	16
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	542	248.88/cwt	232.50–250.00	1,349	15
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,408	21
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	585	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,229	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	623	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,414	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,468	19
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	652	217.83/cwt	217.50–218.00	1,420	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,530	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	720	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,447	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	235.51/cwt	223.00–238.00	1,705	18
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	735	217.93/cwt	205.00–221.00	1,602	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	815	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,760	1
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	927	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,910	3
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	930	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,748	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 3	323	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,001	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	323	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	921	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	338	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	997	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	368	269.73/cwt	262.50–285.00	993	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	387	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,231	9
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,326	11
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	421	307.04/cwt	272.50–319.00	1,293	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	463	289.38/cwt	257.50–297.50	1,340	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	467	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,097	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,437	17
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	524	221.70/cwt	210.00–245.00	1,162	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	525	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,339	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	275.67/cwt	267.50–281.00	1,483	31
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	555	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,437	15
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	590	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,033	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	250.67/cwt	239.00–253.00	1,567	25
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	632	243.02/cwt	227.50–246.00	1,536	6
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	650	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,430	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 3	655	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,330	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	670	196.65/cwt	150.00–244.00	1,318	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	731	216.26/cwt	212.50–217.00	1,581	6
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,452	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	759	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,556	4
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 2	895	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,454	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 May 6, 2024

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

Receipts 605Last week 885Year ago 931

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 221, Heifers 220, Bulls 164)

Value Added and most Natural 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	326	274.00	274.00
12	350–400	381	275.00	275.00
21	400–450	432	275.00	275.00
17	450–500	472	245.00–265.00	262.08
15	500–550	542	232.50–250.00	248.88
21	550–600	563	250.00	250.00
19	600–650	630	233.00	233.00
3	650–700	665	230.00	230.00
18	700–750	724	223.00–238.00	235.51
1	800–850	815	216.00	216.00
3	900–950	927	206.00	206.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	230.00	230.00
8	450–500	461	250.00	250.00
3	650–700	652	217.50–218.00	217.83
2	700–750	720	201.00	201.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	251.00	251.00
9	350–400	375	277.50–279.00	278.39
21	400–450	430	273.00	273.00
4	450–500	475	235.00–260.00	253.75
16	500–550	541	249.00	249.00
1	550–600	585	210.00	210.00
6	600–650	623	227.00	227.00
5	700–750	735	205.00–221.00	217.93
1	900–950	930	188.00	188.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	285.00	285.00
9	350–400	387	318.00	318.00
11	400–450	421	315.00	315.00
17	450–500	479	300.00	300.00
31	500–550	538	267.50–281.00	275.67
25	600–650	625	239.00–253.00	250.67
1	650–700	650	220.00	220.00
1	700–750	735	197.50	197.50
4	750–800	759	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	338	295.00	295.00
3	350–400	368	262.50–285.00	269.73
8	400–450	421	272.50–319.00	307.04
5	450–500	463	257.50–297.50	289.38
3	500–550	524	210.00–245.00	221.70
15	550–600	555	259.00	259.00
6	600–650	632	227.50–246.00	243.02
2	650–700	670	150.00–244.00	196.65
6	700–750	731	212.50–217.00	216.26
1	850–900	895	162.50	162.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	310.00	310.00
3	450–500	467	235.00	235.00
1	500–550	525	255.00	255.00
1	550–600	590	175.00	175.00
2	650–700	655	203.00	203.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	421	335.00	335.00
8	500–550	524	302.00	302.00
7	550–600	561	308.00	308.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	300–350	317	274.00–295.00	289.98
3	350–400	387	275.00	275.00
15	400–450	441	302.00–325.00	310.95
4	450–500	478	312.50	312.50
11	550–600	552	297.00	297.00
3	650–700	655	262.50	262.50
1	750–800	775	240.00	240.00
2	800–850	820	200.00–227.50	213.58
3	1050–1100	1,098	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	430	287.50–325.00	315.74
10	450–500	473	329.00	329.00
25	550–600	563	300.00	300.00
10	600–650	642	274.00	274.00
12	700–750	738	235.00–242.00	240.87
7	800–850	825	231.00	231.00
16	900–950	949	222.00	222.00
1	1000–1050	1,000	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	619	284.00–289.00	285.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	382	275.00	275.00
3	450–500	460	280.00	280.00
4	500–550	505	267.50–282.50	278.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	402	307.00	307.00
10	650–700	664	275.00	275.00

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.