Sale reports / Virginia / Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. / 2024-07-29

Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Winchester, Virginia · Mon, Jul 29
● Final77 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2175
Receipts
614 head
▼ 29 vs last sale 643▲ 246 vs year ago 368 · +66.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 166, Heifers 244, Bulls 204)

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 $238.48/cwt on 51 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −130.86 against this barn's trailing median of $369.35.
Average price
$238.48
51 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,284
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$106
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$16.99/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.10
vs VA average
−19.98 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1527241.991,27624
Medium and Large 2558239.001,33420
Medium and Large 3520225.001,1707thin
One grade step is worth $16.99/cwt here — about $106 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale51 hd
238.48
—
VA average6 barns · 332 hd
242.58
−4.10
National average139 barns · 7,218 hd
258.46
−19.98
This barn, trailing median34 sales
369.35
−130.86
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

77 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2270205.00/cwt205.00–205.005542
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1285285.00/cwt285.00–285.0081211
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1315210.00/cwt210.00–210.006621
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2338240.82/cwt210.00–250.008144
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2368250.00/cwt250.00–250.009202
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1382310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,1843
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1421301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,2679
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2436271.05/cwt255.00–315.001,1827
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Value Added456285.78/cwt260.00–298.001,30316
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3463205.00/cwt205.00–205.009494
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Natural475315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,49614
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1483264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,2753
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added485300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4559
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2487290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,4125
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,2351
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2521279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,4544
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3535240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2841
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1556282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,5687
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3Value Added593276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,63718
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3600195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,1701
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added615256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,5745
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1647261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,6896
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2664240.46/cwt230.00–242.501,5976
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1822228.75/cwt220.00–230.001,88013
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2853225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,9194
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1940230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,1621
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 21,004161.50/cwt110.00–202.501,6219
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1265272.00/cwt272.00–272.0072110
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2322263.00/cwt263.00–263.0084711
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3325185.00/cwt185.00–185.006011
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1328274.00/cwt274.00–274.0089913
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3352244.66/cwt185.00–260.008615
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2363275.00/cwt275.00–275.009983
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1369273.10/cwt235.00–278.001,00824
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428259.56/cwt225.00–264.001,11124
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430250.12/cwt232.50–252.501,0768
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3464223.74/cwt200.00–227.501,03812
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,18310
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2484245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,1868
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3514227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,1696
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1527237.48/cwt217.50–240.001,25216
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added528251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,3258
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3555210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1661
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2558239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,33420
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2Value Added626255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,59618
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3635135.00/cwt135.00–135.008571
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1641230.43/cwt225.00–231.001,47710
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2641230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4749
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2665200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3301
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1748236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,76514
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2755217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,6422
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1843236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,9895
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2860167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,4411
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3324225.00/cwt225.00–225.007295
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1326295.00/cwt295.00–295.0096210
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2328252.50/cwt252.50–252.5082810
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1372300.18/cwt277.50–302.501,11721
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added378247.50/cwt247.50–247.509368
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2382285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,0893
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1422285.52/cwt235.00–291.001,20520
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2430265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,14018
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1475284.47/cwt212.50–301.001,35111
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2480270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,29613
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3508227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,1562
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1538273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,46915
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2545254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,38416
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2550207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,1412
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1560228.28/cwt225.00–230.001,2786
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1631256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,61514
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2647202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,3103
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2683241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,64610
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3687197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,3573
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2700207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,4531
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 3720167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,2061
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1735221.08/cwt219.00–227.501,6254
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2813197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,6063
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1900187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,6881

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.