Sale reports / Virginia / Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. / 2024-08-19

Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Winchester, Virginia · Mon, Aug 19
● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2175
Receipts
508 head
▲ 60 vs last sale 448▼ 230 vs year ago 738 · −31.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 128, Heifers 223, 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 $249.36/cwt on 68 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −119.99 against this barn's trailing median of $369.35.
Average price
$249.36
68 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,346
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$17
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$3.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.21
vs VA average
+4.95 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1533250.341,33431
Medium and Large 2545249.181,35826
Medium and Large 3547247.001,35111thin
One grade step is worth $3.34/cwt here — about −$17 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 sale68 hd
249.36
—
VA average8 barns · 377 hd
249.56
−0.21
National average171 barns · 9,778 hd
244.41
+4.95
This barn, trailing median34 sales
369.35
−119.99
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

73 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 1285270.00/cwt270.00–270.007701
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2305285.00/cwt285.00–285.008691
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1313330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,0333
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3329265.00/cwt265.00–265.008726
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2372307.32/cwt297.50–327.501,1433
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1381322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,2294
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,2264
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3433225.00/cwt225.00–225.009742
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1443300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3296
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2484277.65/cwt262.50–280.001,3447
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1488285.72/cwt270.00–292.001,3947
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2520247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,2871
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1544279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,51816
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3553240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3273
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2568270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,53411
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5533
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3605215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,3013
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2615265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,6301
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1641249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,59613
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2651245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,5954
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2718228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,6373
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added759245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,86016
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2759235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,7844
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1765231.11/cwt220.00–237.001,7683
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2800192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,5401
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1815216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,7601
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,010187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,8941
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1279273.63/cwt247.50–292.507637
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2317287.50/cwt287.50–287.509117
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1331283.98/cwt232.50–297.5094016
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3332247.50/cwt247.50–247.508223
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2372290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,0799
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1379292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,1099
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3383245.00/cwt245.00–245.009382
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3417250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0433
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,19314
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420275.78/cwt257.50–278.001,15814
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1468265.99/cwt245.00–269.001,2458
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2481265.49/cwt257.00–268.001,27713
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1532250.85/cwt222.50–253.001,33530
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2545249.18/cwt210.00–254.001,35826
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3547247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,35111
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1555235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,3041
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1636241.50/cwt241.00–245.001,53616
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2652234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,52613
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3656227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,4925
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2745195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,4532
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1766225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,7245
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2770221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,7024
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1800200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6001
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2830180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,4941
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1278350.00/cwt350.00–350.009732
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1320317.49/cwt250.00–335.001,0165
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2325315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,0247
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3342255.00/cwt255.00–255.008725
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1375289.67/cwt225.00–324.001,0865
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2385317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,2209
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3415170.00/cwt170.00–170.007061
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1422305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,28710
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2423293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,2397
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3458272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,2483
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2473270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2778
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1474281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,33218
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1533254.06/cwt232.50–260.001,35421
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2545241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,31316
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3552215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,1875
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3621185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,1494
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2643218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,4029
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1650229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,48911
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1726180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,3074
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2738180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,3282
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1840175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,4702
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1970142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,3821

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.