Farmers Livestock Exchange Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

Winchester, Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock (Special Graded)

Sale of Monday, February 22, 2021

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $128.50/cwt +9.50 vs last sale · ≈ $576/hd at 448 lb · 13 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	109	220	0
Feeder cattle	109	220	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 20, Heifers 56, Bulls 33) Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
393	393	2	162.50	$162.50	$639	—
485	485	1	156.00	$156.00	$757	—
510–520	518	4	142.00	$142.00	$736	—
550	550	2	153.00	$153.00	$842	—
671 value added	671	4	133.00	$133.00	$892	—
738	738	2	121.00	$121.00	$893	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	150.00	$150.00	$668	-2.00
480	480	1	147.50	$147.50	$708	-10.50
535	535	1	145.00	$145.00	$776	+3.00
650	650	1	91.00	$91.00	$592	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	130.00	$130.00	$396	+14.00
376	376	5	121.00	$121.00	$455	—
448	448	13	128.50	$128.50	$576	+9.50
465	465	1	126.00	$126.00	$586	+7.00
540	540	2	117.00	$117.00	$632	-5.80
563	563	4	124.50	$124.50	$701	+3.50
650	650	7	115.50	$115.50	$751	+1.49
795	795	1	100.00	$100.00	$795	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	110.00	$110.00	$374	—
415–435	425	2	128.00–129.00	$128.51	$546	+6.96
545	545	7	124.25	$124.25	$677	—
553	553	3	125.00	$125.00	$691	—
672	672	3	105.00	$105.00	$706	—
748	748	2	92.00	$92.00	$688	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	110.00	$110.00	$346	—
455	455	1	118.00	$118.00	$537	+9.00
540	540	1	104.00	$104.00	$562	-13.00
665	665	1	100.00	$100.00	$665	-8.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–335	325	2	121.00–150.00	$135.05	$439	-7.95
393	393	2	151.00	$151.00	$593	+10.00
437	437	3	151.00	$151.00	$660	—
485	485	2	150.00	$150.00	$728	—
530	530	1	142.00	$142.00	$753	—
585	585	1	142.00	$142.00	$831	+12.00
615	615	1	124.00	$124.00	$763	-5.00
700	700	2	110.00	$110.00	$770	—
780	780	1	100.00	$100.00	$780	-12.00
830	830	1	104.00	$104.00	$863	+11.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–390	383	2	120.00	$120.00	$460	+1.13
465	465	1	154.00	$154.00	$716	+29.00
545	545	1	125.00	$125.00	$681	—
630	630	1	118.00	$118.00	$743	-6.00
652	652	3	117.00	$117.00	$763	—
712–715	713	4	92.00–105.00	$101.74	$725	-14.26

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	121.00	$121.00	$442	—
453–455	454	3	94.00–129.00	$105.70	$480	—
520	520	1	110.00	$110.00	$572	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.