Sale reports / Virginia / Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. / 2024-07-22

Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Winchester, Virginia · Mon, Jul 22
● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2175
Receipts
643 head
▲ 200 vs last sale 443▲ 129 vs year ago 514 · +25.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 232, Dairy Steers 3, Heifers 276, Bulls 132)

Value Added and Natural 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 $247.60/cwt on 73 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −121.75 against this barn's trailing median of $369.35.
Average price
$247.60
73 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,367
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$51
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$10.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.87
vs VA average
−17.03 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2548255.001,39715thin
Medium and Large 3558247.001,3788thin
Medium and Large 2553246.251,36328
Medium and Large 1551244.481,34622
One grade step is worth $10.52/cwt here — about $51 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 sale73 hd
247.60
—
VA average8 barns · 431 hd
243.73
+3.87
National average157 barns · 8,958 hd
264.63
−17.03
This barn, trailing median34 sales
369.35
−121.75
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

69 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2300307.50/cwt307.50–307.509231
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3333225.00/cwt225.00–225.007494
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1340287.50/cwt287.50–287.509781
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1366321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,17511
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1422310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,30829
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2426270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,1504
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,37216
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475235.42/cwt225.00–237.501,1186
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3505230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1621
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2512300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,53610
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2534252.76/cwt232.50–270.001,35011
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1560290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,62425
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Natural580303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,7578
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Value Added597280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,6727
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2621265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,6467
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1628288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,8092
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added633281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,77912
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Natural659282.62/cwt278.00–284.001,86235
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1725248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,79817
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2725236.28/cwt235.00–237.501,7132
Steers750–800Medium and Large 3763217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,6603
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1787240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,8896
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2800227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,8201
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1845234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,9771
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added852240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,04510
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1935217.50/cwt217.50–217.502,0341
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1322288.48/cwt277.50–290.0092917
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2335277.50/cwt277.50–277.509302
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3347235.00/cwt235.00–235.008159
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1369294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,08517
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2374287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,0757
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2421282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,18710
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3425187.50/cwt187.50–187.507972
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1427282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,20611
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,24214
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2467261.35/cwt235.00–264.001,22111
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2533235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,2532
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1544228.63/cwt212.50–245.001,2444
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2548255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,39715
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1552248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,36918
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2555247.12/cwt210.00–251.001,37226
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3558247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,3788
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added600249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,49426
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Natural627257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,61120
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3635245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,5561
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2637245.73/cwt245.00–246.001,56515
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1646236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,52513
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added660247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,6307
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2734242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,7807
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1773243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,8787
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1854228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,9474
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1330320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,0568
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2332270.24/cwt250.00–292.508976
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2371312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,1597
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1375317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,19114
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1424307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,30415
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,2542
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1476274.07/cwt242.50–282.001,30518
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2478250.43/cwt250.00–252.501,1976
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1525225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1811
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3535237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,2712
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2542260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,40914
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1550286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,57315
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1627244.52/cwt237.50–245.001,53316
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2665220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4633
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2730185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,3511
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1755190.07/cwt180.00–200.001,4352
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2860197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,6991
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers1000–1050Large 21,018154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,5683

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.