Sale reports / Virginia / Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. / 2024-06-17

Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Winchester, Virginia · Mon, Jun 17
● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2175
Receipts
454 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 460▼ 272 vs year ago 726 · −37.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 164, Heifers 205, Bulls 85)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $259.59/cwt on 53 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −109.76 against this barn's trailing median of $369.35.
Average price
$259.59
53 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,435
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$172
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$23.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.82
vs VA average
−7.63 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2548262.001,43617thin
Medium and Large 1559261.721,46231
Medium and Large 3531238.201,2655thin
One grade step is worth $23.80/cwt here — about $172 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 sale53 hd
259.59
—
VA average9 barns · 487 hd
261.41
−1.82
National average151 barns · 8,584 hd
267.22
−7.63
This barn, trailing median34 sales
369.35
−109.76
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
420380341302median 369.3503/0204/2706/2908/3110/26
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

68 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3305292.50/cwt292.50–292.508921
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1315305.00/cwt305.00–305.009611
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1365317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,1592
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415331.10/cwt307.50–337.001,3745
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2423320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,3545
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3465240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1161
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2467315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,4713
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1467314.55/cwt312.50–315.001,46911
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added506315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,5947
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3515255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,3132
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1540303.94/cwt290.00–311.001,6416
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2548299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,63921
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1556301.07/cwt287.50–302.501,67422
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2585270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5801
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added603314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,89311
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1636289.06/cwt270.00–292.001,83823
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2637279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,7777
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1690217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,5011
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2720244.68/cwt243.00–248.001,7623
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1732239.17/cwt237.50–240.001,7513
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1780247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,9311
Steers800–850Medium and Large 3800210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,6801
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added835253.00/cwt253.00–253.002,11319
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2853216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,8422
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1857231.66/cwt231.00–232.001,9853
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2328292.50/cwt292.50–292.509592
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1335290.79/cwt287.50–292.509746
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370291.03/cwt227.50–297.001,07714
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2372293.01/cwt277.50–295.001,0909
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3383273.21/cwt252.50–277.501,0466
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1422296.20/cwt272.50–299.001,25016
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2442306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,3538
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3450270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,21511
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1471296.42/cwt265.00–306.001,3969
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2484290.96/cwt267.50–295.001,40814
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2520230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1961
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,1571
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3531238.20/cwt200.00–247.501,2655
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2550264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,45216
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1560263.03/cwt236.00–266.001,47330
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2635243.83/cwt185.00–248.001,54815
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1639243.66/cwt225.00–245.001,55715
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3655227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,4901
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2718236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,6948
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1726225.27/cwt224.00–233.001,6357
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3738211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,5575
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1830215.09/cwt210.00–220.001,7852
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2845225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,9013
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1860215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,8491
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2320305.00/cwt305.00–305.009762
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3348190.00/cwt190.00–190.006613
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1356323.08/cwt320.00–327.501,1505
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2370320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,1847
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3430300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2906
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1430298.18/cwt200.00–315.001,2827
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2481291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,40011
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1484304.37/cwt300.00–305.001,4738
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1540290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,5663
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3548220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2064
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2553277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,5353
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added559262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,4674
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1610255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,5562
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2663243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,6115
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1755218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,6465
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2766177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,3604
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2840180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,5123
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1910162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,4791
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2931150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,3974

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.