Sale reports / Virginia / Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. / 2024-09-23

Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Winchester, Virginia · Mon, Sep 23
● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2175
Receipts
1,102 head
▲ 388 vs last sale 714▲ 233 vs year ago 869 · +26.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 295, Heifers 424, Bulls 383)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Vaccinated

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $233.03/cwt on 144 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −136.31 against this barn's trailing median of $369.35.
Average price
$233.03
144 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,269
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$66
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$7.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.26
vs VA average
−7.06 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546234.471,281116
Medium and Large 3541227.801,23210thin
Medium and Large 2536226.671,21518thin
One grade step is worth $7.81/cwt here — about $66 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 sale144 hd
233.03
—
VA average9 barns · 566 hd
228.77
+4.26
National average173 barns · 10,203 hd
240.09
−7.06
This barn, trailing median34 sales
369.35
−136.31
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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3323178.78/cwt157.50–202.505772
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2327258.02/cwt185.00–280.008448
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1330296.96/cwt257.50–305.009806
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1374281.75/cwt185.00–312.501,0548
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2378260.24/cwt225.00–265.009848
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2428267.07/cwt255.00–267.501,14328
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1432269.75/cwt225.00–290.001,16517
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3460235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,0811
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2473273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,2919
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1484280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,35530
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1538260.25/cwt232.50–274.001,4003
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2549256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,40535
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1553260.80/cwt255.00–265.001,44252
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1643250.86/cwt247.50–251.001,61325
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2646240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5505
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1667239.27/cwt227.50–245.001,5963
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Natural669254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,69913
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3695185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,2861
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added727250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,8189
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2737235.34/cwt230.00–236.001,7349
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1747240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,79313
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1840230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,9321
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2860230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,9785
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1975219.00/cwt219.00–219.002,1352
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1278247.50/cwt247.50–247.506884
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3320221.00/cwt221.00–221.007073
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323254.00/cwt254.00–254.008206
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2324252.00/cwt252.00–252.0081618
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2371243.10/cwt207.50–250.0090222
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1381247.14/cwt227.50–250.0094222
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1430242.96/cwt230.00–245.001,04542
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430240.02/cwt217.50–251.001,03239
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3430227.80/cwt220.00–229.009807
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470235.29/cwt235.00–238.001,10620
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1476245.31/cwt245.00–252.501,16849
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2532227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,20815
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3535232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,2419
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1546234.79/cwt232.50–236.001,282113
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1552222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,2283
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2555225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2493
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3595190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,1311
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2641224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,4367
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3651227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,4784
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1651219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,42622
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2748217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,6273
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1770212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,6361
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1845212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,7964
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2850207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,7641
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1976197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,9234
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1286312.00/cwt312.00–312.0089211
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2329262.50/cwt262.50–262.5086411
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1338326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,10213
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3340230.00/cwt230.00–230.007821
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1373297.73/cwt255.00–305.001,1117
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2384260.38/cwt255.00–261.001,0009
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3405185.00/cwt185.00–185.007491
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425251.97/cwt227.50–253.001,07139
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1439266.86/cwt225.00–271.001,17221
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1473278.82/cwt250.00–283.001,31940
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2476242.51/cwt237.50–250.001,15433
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1547242.66/cwt240.00–243.001,32769
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3547236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,2916
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2548229.92/cwt227.50–230.001,26057
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1550235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,2932
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2583185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,0795
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2627225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4117
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1637233.11/cwt227.50–234.001,48523
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1650222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,4461
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 3718177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,2742
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1737197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,45611
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2779187.63/cwt185.00–188.001,4628
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1805165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,3281
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2873152.50/cwt152.50–152.501,3312

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.