Sale reports / Virginia / Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. / 2024-11-04

Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Winchester, Virginia · Mon, Nov 4
● Final87 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2175
Receipts
957 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 964▼ 115 vs year ago 1,072 · −10.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 264, Heifers 421, Bulls 272)

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 $222.62/cwt on 127 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −146.73 against this barn's trailing median of $369.35.
Average price
$222.62
127 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,221
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$20
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$4.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.68
vs VA average
−35.77 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2548225.541,23637
Medium and Large 3539224.001,20711thin
Medium and Large 1550221.061,21679
One grade step is worth $4.48/cwt here — about $20 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 sale127 hd
222.62
—
VA average8 barns · 688 hd
223.30
−0.68
National average194 barns · 18,518 hd
258.39
−35.77
This barn, trailing median34 sales
369.35
−146.73
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

87 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2329297.50/cwt297.50–297.509797
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375257.70/cwt237.50–302.509663
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2378282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,0682
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Value Added421275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,1584
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2429268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,15012
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1432290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,2535
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3466248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,1566
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2478272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,3009
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1489280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,36916
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added539290.78/cwt288.00–293.001,56716
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3543237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,2904
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1545235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,2812
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2552260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,43515
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1565266.64/cwt247.50–269.001,50729
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Value Added580245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4216
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added589272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,6027
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added611257.51/cwt255.00–260.001,57318
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3637210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3383
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1645244.54/cwt235.00–245.001,57721
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2656248.90/cwt239.00–263.001,63317
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1660227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,5022
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added680257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,7487
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1740240.07/cwt224.00–242.001,77718
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2741227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,6828
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1772238.54/cwt220.00–241.001,84213
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1831231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,9208
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1967195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,8863
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1270235.00/cwt235.00–235.006351
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2327250.00/cwt250.00–250.008189
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1336250.00/cwt250.00–250.008408
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3372202.27/cwt185.00–208.007524
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2379243.20/cwt223.00–250.0092224
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1383251.47/cwt237.50–252.5096315
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2424234.30/cwt190.00–240.0099326
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1430243.02/cwt225.00–244.001,04538
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3453225.81/cwt217.50–227.501,0236
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1474229.97/cwt210.00–233.001,09038
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475227.55/cwt212.50–230.001,08122
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added534234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,2508
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3539224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,20711
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1547196.22/cwt185.00–207.501,0734
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2548225.54/cwt217.50–226.001,23637
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1552221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,22067
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3623197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,2302
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1638212.49/cwt172.50–218.001,35637
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2643223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,43412
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3660212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,40311
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2667173.19/cwt165.00–177.501,1553
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1675198.34/cwt182.50–206.001,3393
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1712208.76/cwt190.00–215.001,4868
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2730209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,5267
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3733190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,3932
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1760207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,5732
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2777195.80/cwt192.50–197.501,5213
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1820210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,7221
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2835177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,4822
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2945145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,3701
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open1,010193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,9496
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,030175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,8031
Feeder Cattle · Bulls28 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1284305.00/cwt305.00–305.008665
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3328235.64/cwt227.50–240.007736
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2330270.00/cwt270.00–270.008913
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1333300.00/cwt300.00–300.009996
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1377275.78/cwt235.00–290.001,0409
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3383241.68/cwt231.00–252.509262
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2385250.44/cwt237.50–265.0096411
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2430244.22/cwt222.50–255.001,0506
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1432263.45/cwt245.00–288.001,13813
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3440205.00/cwt205.00–205.009021
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3471247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,1667
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2475278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,32110
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1479189.62/cwt180.00–280.0090819
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2529258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,36518
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3529206.39/cwt150.00–225.001,0929
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1546256.25/cwt225.00–257.001,39942
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1561230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2904
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2568237.70/cwt202.50–245.001,3506
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2619215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,33110
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1635236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,49938
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1667203.74/cwt200.00–215.001,3594
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1741218.26/cwt210.00–219.001,61724
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2745172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,2815
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2785197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,5502
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2807187.49/cwt185.00–197.501,5135
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1815155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,2631
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2920147.50/cwt147.50–147.501,3571
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 11,012135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,3663

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.