Sale reports / Virginia / Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. / 2024-12-16

Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Name: Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-12-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-16

Feeder Cattle · Winchester, Virginia · Mon, Dec 16

● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2175

← Dec 9Dec 16Dec 30 →

Receipts

576 head

▼ 385 vs last sale 961▲ 120 vs year ago 456 · +26.3%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleMon Oct 5, 2026

View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 147, Heifers 278, Bulls 151)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $254.23/cwt on 83 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −115.12 against this barn's trailing median of $369.35.

Average price

$254.23

83 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,381

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$1

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$4.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.75

vs VA average

−30.72 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	254.72	1,386	46
Medium and Large 2	541	254.03	1,374	33
Medium and Large 3	554	250.25	1,386	4thin

One grade step is worth $4.47/cwt here — about −$1 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 sale83 hd

254.23

—

VA average8 barns · 410 hd

250.48

+3.75

National average180 barns · 17,940 hd

284.95

−30.72

This barn, trailing median34 sales

369.35

−115.12

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

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

74 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	310	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,132	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	335	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,273	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	382	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,280	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	394	339.97/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,339	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	413	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,404	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	428	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,477	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	458	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,431	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	466	311.72/cwt	287.50–319.00	1,453	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,508	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,591	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	547	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,767	14
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	551	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,769	17
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	561	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,762	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	638	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,882	25
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	648	295.50/cwt	295.50–295.50	1,915	16
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	665	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,915	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	695	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,790	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,951	6
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	848	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,035	2
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	915	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,159	2
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	915	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	2,036	1
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	955	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,206	3
Steers	1500–1550	Medium and Large 1	1,545	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	2,796	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	283	280.62/cwt	257.50–305.00	794	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	328	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	984	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	367	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,083	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	368	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,095	14
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	370	277.11/cwt	240.00–293.00	1,025	18
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,184	16
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	283.19/cwt	255.00–288.00	1,201	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	436	264.55/cwt	237.00–269.00	1,153	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	443	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,254	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	455	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,283	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	468	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,147	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	258.18/cwt	235.00–265.00	1,224	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	484	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,302	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	500	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,225	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	541	254.03/cwt	254.00–255.00	1,374	33
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	544	254.72/cwt	237.50–256.75	1,386	46
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	572	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,441	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	615	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,338	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	620	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,438	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	239.14/cwt	237.00–248.00	1,514	30
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,483	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	700	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,575	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	720	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,476	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	753	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,694	6
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	830	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,826	2
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	851	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,804	5
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	908	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	2,025	2
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	955	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	2,082	3
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	990	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	2,109	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	280	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,134	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	301	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,204	4
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	326	362.75/cwt	282.50–390.00	1,183	8
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	367	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,303	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	371	318.07/cwt	250.00–345.00	1,180	7
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	381	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,181	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	426	312.59/cwt	262.50–334.00	1,332	10
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	437	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,460	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	454	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,271	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,431	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,440	9
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	518	268.54/cwt	220.00–285.00	1,391	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	539	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,477	17
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	546	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,452	17
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 3	620	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,411	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	247.41/cwt	244.00–248.00	1,544	12
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	665	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,636	14
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	725	231.19/cwt	222.50–240.00	1,676	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	766	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,769	7
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 2	800	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,544	2
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	841	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,842	5
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1	927	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,548	3

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.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Farmers Livestock Exchange Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Winchester, VA

Mon Dec 16, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Richmond, VA (LS-RH)

Receipts 576Last week 961Year ago 456

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 147, Heifers 278, Bulls 151)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	328	300.00	300.00
14	350–400	368	297.50	297.50
16	400–450	423	280.00	280.00
11	450–500	484	269.00	269.00
33	500–550	541	254.00–255.00	254.03
12	600–650	620	232.00	232.00
6	750–800	753	225.00	225.00
5	850–900	851	212.00	212.00
2	900–950	908	223.00	223.00
2	950–1000	990	213.00	213.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	370	240.00–293.00	277.11
7	400–450	436	237.00–269.00	264.55
2	450–500	468	245.00	245.00
1	500–550	500	245.00	245.00
3	550–600	572	252.00	252.00
1	600–650	615	217.50	217.50
2	700–750	720	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	455	282.00	282.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	283	257.50–305.00	280.62
5	350–400	367	295.00	295.00
12	400–450	424	255.00–288.00	283.19
9	450–500	474	235.00–265.00	258.18
46	500–550	544	237.50–256.75	254.72
30	600–650	633	237.00–248.00	239.14
3	650–700	674	220.00	220.00
1	700–750	700	225.00	225.00
2	800–850	830	220.00	220.00
3	950–1000	955	218.00	218.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	443	283.00	283.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	394	320.00–350.00	339.97
11	400–450	413	340.00	340.00
4	450–500	485	311.00	311.00
1	500–550	525	303.00	303.00
17	550–600	551	321.00	321.00
25	600–650	638	295.00	295.00
6	750–800	765	255.00	255.00
2	900–950	915	236.00	236.00
3	1500–1550	1,545	181.00	181.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	365.00	365.00
3	350–400	382	335.00	335.00
4	400–450	428	345.00	345.00
13	450–500	466	287.50–319.00	311.72
14	500–550	547	323.00	323.00
8	550–600	561	314.00	314.00
16	600–650	648	295.50	295.50
1	650–700	665	288.00	288.00
2	800–850	848	240.00	240.00
1	900–950	915	222.50	222.50
3	950–1000	955	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	335	380.00	380.00
2	450–500	458	312.50	312.50
1	650–700	695	257.50	257.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	326	282.50–390.00	362.75
7	350–400	371	250.00–345.00	318.07
10	400–450	426	262.50–334.00	312.59
9	450–500	480	300.00	300.00
17	500–550	546	266.00	266.00
14	650–700	665	246.00	246.00
2	700–750	725	222.50–240.00	231.19
2	800–850	800	193.00	193.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	381	310.00	310.00
4	450–500	454	280.00	280.00
4	500–550	518	220.00–285.00	268.54
3	600–650	620	227.50	227.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	280	405.00	405.00
4	300–350	301	400.00	400.00
3	350–400	367	355.00	355.00
5	400–450	437	334.00	334.00
6	450–500	463	309.00	309.00
17	500–550	539	274.00	274.00
12	600–650	624	244.00–248.00	247.41
7	750–800	766	231.00	231.00
5	800–850	841	219.00	219.00
3	900–950	927	167.00	167.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.