Sale reports / Virginia / Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. / 2024-08-26

Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Winchester, Virginia · Mon, Aug 26
● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2175
Receipts
651 head
▲ 143 vs last sale 508▼ 136 vs year ago 787 · −17.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 109, Heifers 241, Bulls 301)

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 $241.92/cwt on 89 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −127.43 against this barn's trailing median of $369.35.
Average price
$241.92
89 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,334
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$280
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$50.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.67
vs VA average
+0.04 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2561250.621,40639
Medium and Large 1538238.871,28431
Medium and Large 2552234.471,29416thin
Medium and Large 3563200.001,1263thin
One grade step is worth $50.62/cwt here — about $280 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale89 hd
241.92
—
VA average8 barns · 453 hd
234.25
+7.67
National average160 barns · 7,566 hd
241.88
+0.04
This barn, trailing median34 sales
369.35
−127.43
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

74 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2317273.90/cwt210.00–295.008684
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3323219.22/cwt200.00–240.007082
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1381320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,2194
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2388300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1646
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1420292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,22613
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,0865
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,3403
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2471263.57/cwt220.00–272.501,24110
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3493220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0852
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1540288.86/cwt220.00–297.001,56017
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2540235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,2695
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1584265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,5484
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1641257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,64711
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2642225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4455
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1653232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,5182
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added679256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,7385
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1735241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,7714
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2770197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,5211
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1785242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,9001
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2860202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,7421
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1982185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,8173
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,000187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,8751
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1289244.92/cwt242.50–250.007083
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320253.38/cwt237.50–255.0081111
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2320251.02/cwt230.00–252.5080315
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3356237.50/cwt237.50–237.508465
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2367239.12/cwt215.00–245.0087810
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1371257.72/cwt255.00–258.0095621
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2418249.27/cwt215.00–252.001,04213
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1424258.55/cwt252.50–259.001,09629
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3448250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1206
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1468247.32/cwt247.00–252.001,15731
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2469252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,1829
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2505215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,0861
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added509247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,26012
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1535240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,28429
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2555235.77/cwt202.50–241.001,30915
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3563200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1263
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,2792
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added584252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,47227
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1610217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,3271
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3620200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2401
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2640200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2801
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2Value Added641241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,5455
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1654227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,48513
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2654220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,43920
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1740220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6281
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2743219.17/cwt215.00–220.001,62812
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1840175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,4701
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2850177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,5092
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1963165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,5892
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1267271.27/cwt245.00–285.007243
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1312331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,03310
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2324262.03/cwt250.00–262.5084925
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2373292.98/cwt230.00–297.501,09314
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1377321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,21018
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2422245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,03418
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1431295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,27118
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3443240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0637
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1474290.43/cwt247.50–297.501,37715
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2478275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,31511
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3480200.00/cwt200.00–200.009601
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3525175.00/cwt175.00–175.009192
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1539259.74/cwt250.00–260.001,40037
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2545241.65/cwt232.50–242.501,31722
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2590215.50/cwt215.50–215.501,2711
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2636222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,4157
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1639240.07/cwt217.50–243.001,53410
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3645180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1612
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1738212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,56811
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2746194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,4474
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1750230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7251
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2850140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,1901
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1990159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,5743

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.