Sale reports / Virginia / Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. / 2024-05-13

Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Winchester, Virginia · Mon, May 13
● Final82 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2175
Receipts
599 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 605▲ 52 vs year ago 547 · +9.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 275, Heifers 212, Bulls 112)

Value Added 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 $309.33/cwt on 87 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −154.10 against this barn's trailing median of $463.42.
Average price
$309.33
87 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,714
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$495
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$82.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.76
vs VA average
−1.44 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2561314.001,76321
Medium and Large 1551313.241,72647
Medium and Large 2554306.231,69816thin
Medium and Large 3547231.831,2673thin
One grade step is worth $82.17/cwt here — about $495 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 sale87 hd
309.33
—
VA average9 barns · 464 hd
296.57
+12.76
National average163 barns · 10,302 hd
310.77
−1.44
This barn, trailing median34 sales
463.42
−154.10
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

82 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2Value Added281365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,0264
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1318345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,0972
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1378330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,2472
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3381310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,1817
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2392345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,3525
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2423360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,5237
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1438348.39/cwt348.00–353.001,52612
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3461285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,3145
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1466336.00/cwt336.00–336.001,56615
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2478317.89/cwt260.00–326.001,5208
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added523315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,6475
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1539310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,67125
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2545282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,5401
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3545216.50/cwt216.50–216.501,1802
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added549313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,71814
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3550262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,4441
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2555307.81/cwt296.00–318.001,70815
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added576320.46/cwt318.00–324.501,84616
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added586316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,8527
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1590270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5931
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1639278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,77620
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added661288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,90414
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2664284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,8866
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1691237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,6414
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added720246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,77113
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2750230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7252
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1755230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7373
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2815232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,8951
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1816226.79/cwt202.50–235.001,8518
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1928202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,8792
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 2957206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,9713
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,000195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,9501
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1327271.60/cwt247.50–277.008887
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2329265.83/cwt240.00–276.008757
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,0044
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373271.33/cwt257.50–275.001,01210
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3378233.84/cwt225.00–235.008848
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1429274.68/cwt252.50–276.001,17817
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2436267.03/cwt247.50–269.001,16411
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3448225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,0086
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2480252.91/cwt237.50–254.001,21415
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1485264.57/cwt242.50–267.001,28322
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3520210.43/cwt202.50–222.501,0945
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,2972
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2546250.09/cwt250.00–251.001,36511
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1557254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,41524
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2570207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,1832
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1631226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,4269
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3633213.36/cwt205.00–215.001,3516
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3660195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,2871
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2678222.55/cwt172.50–234.001,50917
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1680235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5981
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1714217.09/cwt207.50–222.001,5503
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2728208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,5145
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 3793165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,3082
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2825203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,6751
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1855206.98/cwt203.00–211.001,7702
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1915203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,8573
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Natural944203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,9168
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1958199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,9063
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1333297.88/cwt237.50–335.009925
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2386330.04/cwt255.00–350.001,27412
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1393345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,3563
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1417357.00/cwt357.00–357.001,4899
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2428299.33/cwt277.50–317.501,2815
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3448225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,0082
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1475322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,53213
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3475207.50/cwt207.50–207.509861
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2478315.74/cwt315.00–320.001,5097
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3521195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,0165
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1525252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,3261
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2536277.64/cwt245.00–280.001,48814
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1556278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,54613
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3595200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1901
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2615247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,5222
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3618225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3912
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1641255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,6354
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2736215.33/cwt212.50–216.001,5855
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1737215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,5853
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 3765190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,4542
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2815177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,4471
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1875192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,6802

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.