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

Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Winchester, Virginia · Mon, Sep 9
● Final85 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2175
Receipts
983 head
▲ 360 vs last sale 623▼ 233 vs year ago 1,216 · −19.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 312, Heifers 456, Bulls 215)

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 $234.08/cwt on 137 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −135.27 against this barn's trailing median of $369.35.
Average price
$234.08
137 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,301
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$262
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$29.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.25
vs VA average
−4.53 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2594245.001,45535
Medium and Large 1537235.141,26361
Medium and Large 2550224.001,23237
Medium and Large 3554215.481,1944thin
One grade step is worth $29.52/cwt here — about $262 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 sale137 hd
234.08
—
VA average8 barns · 590 hd
229.83
+4.25
National average182 barns · 14,937 hd
238.61
−4.53
This barn, trailing median34 sales
369.35
−135.27
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

85 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3320200.00/cwt200.00–200.006401
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2342285.00/cwt285.00–285.009753
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1378320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,2109
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2387300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1613
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2418272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,1392
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1424294.22/cwt270.00–297.001,24717
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2469248.24/cwt220.00–257.501,1648
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,36330
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added499279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,3928
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added514296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,52110
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3525187.50/cwt187.50–187.509841
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1529281.15/cwt255.00–292.001,4878
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2548289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,58411
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1554284.91/cwt257.50–286.001,57853
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added590290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,71110
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2611241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,47312
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added627259.30/cwt255.00–269.001,62619
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1631250.26/cwt230.00–252.001,57925
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1660232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,5351
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added692246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,70210
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2719227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,6328
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added721250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,80318
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1752244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,83519
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2795200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5901
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1810227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,8431
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added821242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,98710
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2835224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,8702
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1870197.33/cwt167.50–227.501,7172
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2923200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,8462
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 21,000185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,8502
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,040217.50/cwt217.50–217.502,2622
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1278242.95/cwt235.00–247.506754
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2320252.41/cwt242.50–254.0080811
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1336260.00/cwt260.00–260.0087419
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3338237.50/cwt237.50–237.508032
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1372265.07/cwt247.50–267.0098619
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2378262.01/cwt252.50–263.0099010
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1424251.80/cwt217.50–254.501,06854
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2433244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,05719
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added465248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,1537
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1479239.69/cwt202.50–244.001,14835
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2479239.69/cwt200.00–245.001,14815
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3483185.00/cwt185.00–185.008942
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Value Added499249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,24310
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1534235.50/cwt235.50–235.501,25857
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2547230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,25829
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3554215.48/cwt190.00–224.001,1944
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2561202.26/cwt190.00–220.001,1358
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1583230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3414
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added594245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,45535
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3617217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,3423
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1637215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,37049
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2643223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,43418
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added651232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,5107
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added667240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,60113
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1728230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,67414
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2778167.03/cwt159.00–175.001,2992
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1885175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,5491
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1905175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,5841
Feeder Cattle · Bulls26 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1285261.00/cwt242.50–270.007443
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2323267.74/cwt267.50–270.0086510
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1333282.50/cwt282.50–282.509414
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1379309.89/cwt287.50–313.001,17416
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2382294.97/cwt280.00–298.001,1276
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3387267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,0353
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3400190.00/cwt190.00–190.007601
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2420276.47/cwt270.00–277.501,1617
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1426287.91/cwt285.00–288.001,22632
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3453230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0424
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470290.74/cwt290.00–296.001,36633
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2471276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,30012
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2536245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,31317
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1541265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,43427
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1558266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,4846
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2575210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2082
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3615195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,1991
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1620226.95/cwt226.00–232.501,40714
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2645205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3225
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1665187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,2471
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2690165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,1391
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1705205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,4451
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2725204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,4793
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2825150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,2381
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1905145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,3121
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 2955145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,3851

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.