Sale reports / Virginia / Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. / 2024-09-30

Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Winchester, Virginia · Mon, Sep 30
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2175
Receipts
608 head
▼ 494 vs last sale 1,102▼ 812 vs year ago 1,420 · −57.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 215, Heifers 246, Bulls 147)

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 $239.87/cwt on 76 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −129.48 against this barn's trailing median of $369.35.
Average price
$239.87
76 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,301
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$121
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$31.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.39
vs VA average
−6.91 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539242.721,30860
Medium and Large 2555235.001,30412thin
Medium and Large 3561211.601,1874thin
One grade step is worth $31.12/cwt here — about $121 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale76 hd
239.87
—
VA average6 barns · 271 hd
226.48
+13.39
National average172 barns · 12,740 hd
246.78
−6.91
This barn, trailing median34 sales
369.35
−129.48
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

72 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1270225.00/cwt225.00–225.006081
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1339317.99/cwt315.00–320.001,0785
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1378279.67/cwt230.00–330.001,0572
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1416297.92/cwt265.00–307.501,2396
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2416273.78/cwt235.00–287.501,1394
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1478274.35/cwt230.00–289.001,31125
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2531254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,34918
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1539237.40/cwt225.00–265.001,28010
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3545190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0362
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added546260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4208
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1558263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,46839
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added584276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,61210
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1636232.57/cwt217.50–248.001,4798
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2649249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,6166
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3653207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,3552
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1655250.50/cwt250.50–250.501,64127
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added687250.50/cwt250.50–250.501,7218
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1742237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,75918
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2755210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5861
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1808221.00/cwt220.00–222.001,7862
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1860226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,9442
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 2990172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,7081
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1996203.00/cwt203.00–203.002,0224
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 11,135177.00/cwt177.00–177.002,0093
Steers1200–1250Medium and Large 11,208172.00/cwt172.00–172.002,0782
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1278217.50/cwt217.50–217.506052
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2303227.50/cwt227.50–227.506892
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1326225.03/cwt212.50–230.007349
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375249.00/cwt249.00–249.0093411
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3380207.29/cwt185.00–229.007882
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2382250.00/cwt250.00–250.0095512
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1432245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,05830
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2434240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0427
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3450200.00/cwt200.00–200.009005
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1481238.40/cwt168.00–251.001,14730
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2484239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,1579
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1538243.55/cwt227.50–244.751,31058
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2555235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,30412
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1560218.72/cwt215.00–222.501,2252
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3561211.60/cwt187.50–220.001,1874
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2615226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,3903
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1626219.17/cwt215.00–225.001,3726
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3633147.50/cwt147.50–147.509342
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1652231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,50627
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1725218.40/cwt216.00–223.001,5833
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2738218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,6092
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1885204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,8052
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2897197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,7723
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1935162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,5191
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2310292.50/cwt292.50–292.509071
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1324303.72/cwt225.00–329.009844
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3366222.50/cwt222.50–222.508144
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1379319.25/cwt302.50–328.001,2103
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2380311.81/cwt217.50–327.001,1858
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1423280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,18410
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3425165.00/cwt165.00–165.007012
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2427241.97/cwt215.00–252.501,03310
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1474286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,35614
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2482256.85/cwt235.00–260.001,2388
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2528238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,25710
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1541250.65/cwt217.50–255.001,35622
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3558192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,0742
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1626231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,44617
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3642202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,3003
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2649225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4609
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2655224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,4671
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1718218.49/cwt205.00–223.001,5694
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2742218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,6185
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1835205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,7121
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2855152.50/cwt152.50–152.501,3041
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1950180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,7105
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 2958132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,2692

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.