Sale reports / Virginia / Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. / 2024-08-12

Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Winchester, Virginia · Mon, Aug 12
● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2175
Receipts
448 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 438▼ 10 vs year ago 458 · −2.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 100, Heifers 191, Bulls 157)

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 $250.25/cwt on 56 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −119.10 against this barn's trailing median of $369.35.
Average price
$250.25
56 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,371
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$133
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$21.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.03
vs VA average
−1.69 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2542256.001,38815thin
Medium and Large 2561254.641,42718thin
Medium and Large 1545246.591,34416thin
Medium and Large 3534235.001,2557thin
One grade step is worth $21.00/cwt here — about $133 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 sale56 hd
250.25
—
VA average8 barns · 423 hd
245.22
+5.03
National average159 barns · 7,784 hd
251.94
−1.69
This barn, trailing median34 sales
369.35
−119.10
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
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

71 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2325240.00/cwt240.00–240.007801
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2369271.18/cwt255.00–280.001,0013
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1390315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,2292
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2420297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,2502
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1429297.09/cwt285.00–299.001,2757
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1478282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,3502
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2488265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,2932
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3520177.50/cwt177.50–177.509232
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2531270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4348
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1552282.09/cwt275.00–283.001,55718
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3600197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,1851
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2634244.14/cwt220.00–250.001,5485
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1642258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,65613
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2655210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3761
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1675220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4851
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2694257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,78416
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1704239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,6837
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2745229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,7064
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2805220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,7711
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,090202.50/cwt202.50–202.502,2072
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1292270.00/cwt270.00–270.007883
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320258.46/cwt252.50–265.008272
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330257.50/cwt257.50–257.508503
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3350200.00/cwt200.00–200.007001
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1371285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,0577
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2376263.50/cwt207.50–290.009918
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2422258.01/cwt185.00–272.501,08913
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,13416
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3448200.00/cwt200.00–200.008962
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2476273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,29913
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1477272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,29713
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1527236.37/cwt232.50–240.001,2464
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3534235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,2557
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2535197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,0571
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2542256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,38815
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1551250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,37812
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2562258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,45017
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2641244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,56412
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1649243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,57714
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3663185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,2272
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1678207.64/cwt200.00–215.001,4082
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2735213.47/cwt185.00–228.001,5696
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1740229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,6951
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1756228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,7244
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 3790197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,5601
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2855215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,8384
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2Value Added891195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,7374
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1895189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,6921
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1980166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,6271
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1295300.00/cwt300.00–300.008851
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2322281.35/cwt260.00–290.009067
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1325322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,0486
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3345225.00/cwt225.00–225.007762
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1368322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,18718
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2369275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,0154
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2426270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,15013
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1436298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,29913
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3445225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,0012
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2470264.30/cwt257.50–265.001,24211
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1477282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,34512
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2500220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1001
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1532236.65/cwt235.00–240.001,2593
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2551243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,33920
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1555249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,38210
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3562215.96/cwt210.00–218.001,2148
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2618210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2982
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1643220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,41513
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2717186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,3343
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1735195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,4334
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2825150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,2381
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1835167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,3991

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.