Farmers Livestock Exchange Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Monday, March 1, 2021

356 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $125.00/cwt +9.50 vs last sale · ≈ $829/hd at 663 lb · 40 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 bulls $126.76/cwt +2.76 vs last sale · ≈ $804/hd at 634 lb · 24 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $125.86/cwt +1.36 vs last sale · ≈ $711/hd at 565 lb · 22 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	356	109	0
Feeder cattle	356	109	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 99, Heifers 141, Bulls 116)

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	163.00	$163.00	$709	—
495	495	1	151.00	$151.00	$747	-5.00
561	561	14	156.50	$156.50	$878	+3.50
649	649	21	145.50	$145.50	$944	—
740–741	741	18	125.00–133.00	$132.56	$982	+11.56
841	841	5	120.00	$120.00	$1,009	—
985	985	1	109.00	$109.00	$1,074	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	149.00	$149.00	$551	—
432	432	3	163.00	$163.00	$704	+13.00
482	482	8	158.00	$158.00	$762	+10.50
551	551	6	154.00	$154.00	$849	—
656	656	11	139.50	$139.50	$915	+48.50
728	728	2	120.00	$120.00	$874	—
800	800	1	117.00	$117.00	$936	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
580	580	1	110.00	$110.00	$638	—
610	610	1	114.00	$114.00	$695	—
728	728	3	119.00	$119.00	$866	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–380	377	3	127.00–129.00	$128.35	$484	+7.35
445	445	10	130.00	$130.00	$578	+1.50
565–570	565	22	123.00–126.00	$125.86	$711	+1.36
663	663	40	125.00	$125.00	$829	+9.50
740	740	2	108.00	$108.00	$799	—
761	761	8	108.00	$108.00	$822	+8.00
835	835	2	112.00	$112.00	$935	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	128.00	$128.00	$480	—
425–445	441	5	130.00–133.00	$130.58	$576	+2.07
525	525	1	113.00	$113.00	$593	-11.25
553	553	8	126.00	$126.00	$697	+1.00
637	637	20	118.00	$118.00	$752	—
753	753	3	108.00	$108.00	$813	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	3	128.00	$128.00	$480	—
430	430	1	102.00	$102.00	$439	—
523	523	5	122.00	$122.00	$638	+18.00
632	632	3	108.00	$108.00	$683	—
740	740	2	99.00	$99.00	$733	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535	535	1	107.00	$107.00	$572	—
745	745	1	84.00	$84.00	$626	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	162.00	$162.00	$543	+26.95
375	375	5	172.00	$172.00	$645	+21.00
418	418	5	161.00	$161.00	$673	+10.00
455–458	457	4	141.00–157.00	$153.02	$699	+3.02
556	556	7	135.00	$135.00	$751	-7.00
610–635	634	24	121.00–127.00	$126.76	$804	+2.76
735	735	1	120.00	$120.00	$882	+10.00
775–785	780	2	114.00–118.00	$116.01	$905	+16.01
823	823	2	107.00	$107.00	$881	+3.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
369	369	1	161.00	$161.00	$594	+41.00
435	435	4	159.00	$159.00	$692	—
470	470	3	149.00	$149.00	$700	-5.00
555	555	4	131.00	$131.00	$727	—
620–632	629	4	115.00–130.00	$118.70	$747	+0.70
651	651	11	121.00	$121.00	$788	+4.00
720	720	3	112.00	$112.00	$806	+10.26
1082	1082	8	73.00	$73.00	$790	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	150.00	$150.00	$525	+29.00
532	532	3	133.00	$133.00	$708	+23.00
684	684	6	109.00	$109.00	$746	—
916	916	17	93.00	$93.00	$852	—

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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.