Sale reports / Virginia / Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. / 2024-08-05

Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Winchester, Virginia · Mon, Aug 5
● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2175
Receipts
438 head
▼ 176 vs last sale 614▼ 117 vs year ago 555 · −21.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Correction: 2213.00/CWT heifers deleted.

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 120, Dairy Steers 7, Heifers 178, Bulls 133)

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 $241.22/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −128.13 against this barn's trailing median of $369.35.
Average price
$241.22
48 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,319
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$120
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$11.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.23
vs VA average
−3.85 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2549245.621,34921
Medium and Large 1554239.851,33018thin
Medium and Large 3526233.701,2299thin
One grade step is worth $11.92/cwt here — about $120 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale48 hd
241.22
—
VA average8 barns · 392 hd
244.46
−3.23
National average152 barns · 6,273 hd
245.07
−3.85
This barn, trailing median34 sales
369.35
−128.13
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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1330295.00/cwt295.00–295.009741
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2343277.50/cwt277.50–277.509522
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370278.87/cwt270.00–287.501,0322
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2390252.50/cwt252.50–252.509851
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1410305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,2513
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430279.94/cwt260.00–285.001,2045
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3458270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2379
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470281.67/cwt280.00–282.501,3243
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2480272.47/cwt270.00–285.001,3086
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1510295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,5051
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2533280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,49214
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3535237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,2713
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2568255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,4483
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2634279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,76919
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1634259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,64210
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3645227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,4672
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added648275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,7826
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1655277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,8181
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2705241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,6991
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1720258.33/cwt258.00–259.001,86012
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added732255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,8677
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1788247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,9502
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1830236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,9593
Steers1150–1200Medium and Large 11,198185.00/cwt185.00–185.002,2164
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1277275.21/cwt235.00–280.007629
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3300200.00/cwt200.00–200.006001
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2318251.64/cwt210.00–258.0080012
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1339267.50/cwt267.50–267.509077
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1368259.63/cwt245.00–262.509558
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2381252.50/cwt252.50–252.509624
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2418247.15/cwt242.50–247.501,03314
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,08418
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3440237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,0458
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3455240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0922
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2455220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0011
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1483243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,1744
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3526233.70/cwt207.50–237.001,2299
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1536242.88/cwt237.00–244.001,30212
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2548247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,35419
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2560232.50/cwt230.00–235.001,3022
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1591233.80/cwt227.50–235.001,3826
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,43111
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2640234.40/cwt230.00–235.001,50017
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1713195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,3902
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2775192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,4921
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2828201.26/cwt200.00–202.501,6662
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2865160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,3841
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2931186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,7324
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2325281.21/cwt277.50–282.509144
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1338300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0149
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1383306.25/cwt305.00–307.501,17322
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2383269.54/cwt252.50–287.501,0324
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2435287.68/cwt285.00–288.001,25118
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1437292.75/cwt265.00–302.001,27917
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1472279.58/cwt275.00–287.501,3207
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3478245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,1715
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2486252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,2275
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3517242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,2545
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1533275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,4663
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2535242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,2971
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2551250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,37810
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2642232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,4935
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2650242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,5761
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3698180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2562
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1705245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,7271
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1755200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,51012
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2765150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1481
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1825177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,4641
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers400–450Large 2435188.00/cwt188.00–188.008187

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.