Sale reports / Virginia / Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. / 2024-09-02

Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Winchester, Virginia · Mon, Sep 2
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2175
Receipts
623 head
▼ 28 vs last sale 651▼ 332 vs year ago 955 · −34.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 214, Heifers 232, Bulls 177)

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 $234.69/cwt on 53 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −134.66 against this barn's trailing median of $369.35.
Average price
$234.69
53 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,285
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$225
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$32.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.95
vs VA average
−6.00 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1541242.651,31331
Medium and Large 2565226.471,28018thin
Medium and Large 3518210.001,0884thin
One grade step is worth $32.65/cwt here — about $225 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale53 hd
234.69
—
VA average6 barns · 271 hd
230.74
+3.95
National average148 barns · 7,025 hd
240.69
−6.00
This barn, trailing median34 sales
369.35
−134.66
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

67 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 1312302.18/cwt245.00–317.509435
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2325295.00/cwt295.00–295.009592
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3365290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,0593
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2378292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,1062
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1383312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,1957
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1429291.79/cwt270.00–305.001,25218
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2433284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,2309
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3469232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,0906
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2480245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,1762
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1484290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,40421
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2537278.40/cwt250.00–285.001,49525
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3541210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1365
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1542293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,58837
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1578251.64/cwt250.00–252.501,4543
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3620210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3022
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2636232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,47615
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1647251.81/cwt240.00–254.001,62919
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1660200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3201
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added716247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,76913
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1734233.93/cwt217.50–240.001,7175
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1830220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,8261
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1950204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,93812
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1272265.00/cwt265.00–265.007213
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1312254.62/cwt220.00–265.007945
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3317255.00/cwt255.00–255.008089
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325262.50/cwt262.50–262.5085310
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375251.00/cwt251.00–251.0094110
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1381250.29/cwt242.50–253.009548
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2429241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,0349
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1431250.39/cwt230.00–252.001,07927
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3469212.50/cwt212.50–212.509974
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1474245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,16129
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2478243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,16220
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3518210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,0884
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1541242.65/cwt222.50–244.001,31331
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2565226.47/cwt190.00–241.001,28018
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3602203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,2223
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2623213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,3273
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1635230.78/cwt220.00–232.001,46520
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2708204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,4443
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1716215.79/cwt200.00–223.001,5455
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1893165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,4732
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1932186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,7345
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1281297.50/cwt297.50–297.508367
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1306320.00/cwt320.00–320.009799
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3314277.50/cwt277.50–277.508715
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2339278.00/cwt230.00–285.009428
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2374300.13/cwt270.00–305.001,1227
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1386319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,23111
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3390200.00/cwt200.00–200.007801
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2422275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,1618
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1425293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,24513
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3444230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0213
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1473281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,3299
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2476264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,2576
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1537253.05/cwt247.50–254.001,35915
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2541235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,27122
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3544210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1424
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1565247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,3981
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3615207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,2736
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2637223.63/cwt222.00–227.501,42510
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1644223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,4368
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1658220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4482
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1730180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,3143
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2731187.66/cwt187.00–195.001,37212
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1760175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,3301
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1829198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,6414

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.