Sale reports / Virginia / Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. / 2024-10-14

Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Winchester, Virginia · Mon, Oct 14
● Final105 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2175
Receipts
1,493 head
▲ 620 vs last sale 873▲ 92 vs year ago 1,401 · +6.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 602, Heifers 568, Bulls 323)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $263.60/cwt on 200 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −199.83 against this barn's trailing median of $463.42.
Average price
$263.60
200 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,451
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$267
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$49.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.40
vs VA average
−35.73 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2546287.911,57333
Medium and Large 1554268.171,485113
Medium and Large 3541242.501,3124thin
Medium and Large 2547238.901,30650
One grade step is worth $49.01/cwt here — about $267 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale200 hd
263.60
—
VA average9 barns · 589 hd
257.20
+6.40
National average188 barns · 32,793 hd
299.33
−35.73
This barn, trailing median34 sales
463.42
−199.83
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
507456404353median 463.4203/0204/2706/2908/3110/26
Steers 500–600 lb: high $493.16, low $366.76, median $463.42 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

105 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 · Steers42 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2320247.50/cwt245.00–250.007922
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1338317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,0733
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3359270.10/cwt240.00–280.009704
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,1472
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2380282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,07413
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added411290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,1928
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1428276.96/cwt185.00–289.001,18522
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2433283.66/cwt240.00–289.001,22828
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Value Added470277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,30410
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2474278.65/cwt275.00–283.001,32111
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475277.69/cwt230.00–281.001,31929
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added510286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,45912
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Value Added539258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,3919
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1540231.00/cwt200.00–262.001,2474
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3541242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,3124
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2546234.95/cwt205.00–241.001,28337
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1554267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,48297
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added556286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,59012
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added567289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,63921
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Value Added571232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,3284
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added602268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,61312
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added623280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,74412
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3633205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,2983
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1639242.50/cwt240.00–245.001,55060
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2647245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,58518
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added650272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,76828
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added665270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,79616
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1667215.42/cwt187.50–229.001,4373
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2690217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,5016
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1730245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,78916
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2740187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,3881
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2770244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,8792
Steers750–800Medium and Large 3770160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,2321
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added773260.25/cwt260.25–260.252,01217
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added776260.79/cwt256.00–264.002,02441
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1825237.05/cwt237.00–237.501,95610
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2830190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,5771
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1851237.00/cwt237.00–237.002,0178
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2885220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,9471
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2910180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,6381
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1979206.00/cwt206.00–206.002,0178
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 2990187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,8561
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1280247.50/cwt247.50–247.506932
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3300240.00/cwt240.00–240.007201
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2324255.73/cwt235.00–257.5082926
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1328265.00/cwt265.00–265.008699
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2368239.72/cwt215.00–255.0088213
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1369247.77/cwt220.00–250.0091433
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3419203.00/cwt203.00–203.008515
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425247.71/cwt190.00–255.001,05346
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2426243.54/cwt217.50–246.001,03721
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Value Added466232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,08314
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2467232.81/cwt220.50–241.001,08737
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1478237.76/cwt184.00–242.001,13683
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3515226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,1641
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2537224.94/cwt222.50–225.001,20842
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1543223.44/cwt200.00–225.001,213112
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Value Added545239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,30315
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3561224.46/cwt210.00–227.501,2596
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1585206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,2051
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added611245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,49710
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2625193.83/cwt190.00–217.501,2117
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3630125.00/cwt125.00–125.007881
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1633220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,39329
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2658225.65/cwt215.00–228.001,48511
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added662238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,5767
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1665204.46/cwt187.50–213.001,3606
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2734229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,6817
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2758208.76/cwt205.00–220.001,5824
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1779220.01/cwt219.00–225.001,7146
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 3785205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,6091
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1805212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,7111
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2830232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,9262
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1853221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,8852
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 2993167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,6632
Feeder Cattle · Bulls30 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1284234.45/cwt215.00–285.006664
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2320302.50/cwt302.50–302.5096811
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3330247.50/cwt247.50–247.5081710
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1340302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,0292
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2373260.89/cwt200.00–277.509739
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1383305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,16816
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3390225.00/cwt225.00–225.008781
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2418275.83/cwt241.00–285.001,15324
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1427279.40/cwt225.00–282.001,19330
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3435252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,0985
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2476256.81/cwt237.50–263.001,22232
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2478215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,0288
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1485276.97/cwt222.50–283.001,34330
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2536233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,24917
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1542239.22/cwt239.00–247.501,29736
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3556220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,22310
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2560205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,1483
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1568212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,2072
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2610195.83/cwt190.00–205.001,1953
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1644231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,48821
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2658207.88/cwt135.00–225.001,36816
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3665205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3636
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1672195.26/cwt187.50–210.001,3123
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1719229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,6474
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2742214.35/cwt150.00–222.001,5909
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1755222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,6801
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1810197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,6001
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2848177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,5052
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1855215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,8383
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2915200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,8301

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.