Farmers Livestock Exchange Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Monday, September 13, 2021

481 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $161.00/cwt +3.35 vs last sale · ≈ $898/hd at 558 lb · 29 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $130.00/cwt -4.44 vs last sale · ≈ $682/hd at 525 lb · 24 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $151.00/cwt +4.11 vs last sale · ≈ $708/hd at 469 lb · 23 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	481	552	824
Feeder cattle	481	552	824

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 155, Heifers 208, Bulls 118) 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
325	325	3	190.00	$190.00	$618	+1.00
395	395	1	189.00	$189.00	$747	+8.00
415	415	6	172.00	$172.00	$714	+2.64
480–483	483	14	159.00–166.00	$165.50	$799	-1.99
558	558	29	161.00	$161.00	$898	+3.35
630–648	646	20	137.00–159.00	$156.86	$1,013	+0.60
745	745	11	145.00	$145.00	$1,080	+4.86
873	873	3	127.00	$127.00	$1,109	+3.00
940–943	942	4	133.00–137.00	$136.00	$1,281	—
979	979	16	135.00	$135.00	$1,322	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
333	333	2	110.00	$110.00	$366	—
380	380	1	168.00	$168.00	$638	-8.00
431	431	5	152.00	$152.00	$655	±0.00
475–483	480	3	145.00–151.00	$146.98	$706	-15.02
525	525	2	133.00	$133.00	$698	+22.88
640	640	7	139.00	$139.00	$890	+2.00
716	716	5	126.00	$126.00	$902	-1.00
800	800	2	124.00	$124.00	$992	—
850	850	1	106.00	$106.00	$901	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	115.00	$115.00	$402	—
455	455	1	120.00	$120.00	$546	+14.00
520	520	3	112.00	$112.00	$582	—
629	629	4	135.00	$135.00	$849	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1031	1031	8	107.00	$107.00	$1,103	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
620	620	1	128.00	$128.00	$794	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
331	331	4	140.00	$140.00	$463	-9.68
369	369	9	140.00	$140.00	$517	-14.92
420	420	17	152.00	$152.00	$638	—
469	469	23	151.00	$151.00	$708	+4.11
525	525	24	130.00	$130.00	$682	-4.44
658	658	13	129.00	$129.00	$849	—
716	716	8	120.00	$120.00	$859	-9.91
770	770	1	115.00	$115.00	$886	—
833–840	835	4	105.00–113.00	$110.99	$927	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	4	140.00	$140.00	$462	-16.30
379	379	4	151.00	$151.00	$572	+21.00
430	430	4	151.00	$151.00	$649	+15.00
483	483	5	148.00	$148.00	$715	+8.53
515–538	537	17	119.00–126.00	$119.40	$641	—
674	674	9	121.00	$121.00	$816	—
761	761	7	115.00	$115.00	$875	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	133.00	$133.00	$492	+22.00
469	469	7	111.00	$111.00	$521	-4.00
543	543	16	114.00	$114.00	$619	—
620	620	6	113.00	$113.00	$701	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
529 value added	529	12	136.00	$136.00	$719	—
907	907	9	113.00	$113.00	$1,025	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
333	333	6	187.00	$187.00	$623	-2.00
376	376	8	191.00	$191.00	$718	+5.00
421–437	425	12	146.00–160.00	$156.40	$665	-3.60
474	474	15	160.00	$160.00	$758	-1.10
554	554	12	146.00	$146.00	$809	±0.00
678	678	11	125.00	$125.00	$848	-4.00
700–731	728	10	120.00–125.00	$124.52	$907	+3.52

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348	348	3	181.00	$181.00	$630	—
384	384	4	179.00	$179.00	$687	—
427	427	5	137.00	$137.00	$585	-35.00
476	476	6	155.00	$155.00	$738	+10.00
541	541	7	141.00	$141.00	$763	—
605	605	1	92.00	$92.00	$557	-42.13
658–679	672	6	120.00–127.00	$125.04	$840	—
770	770	3	106.00	$106.00	$816	—
840	840	1	94.00	$94.00	$790	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	114.00	$114.00	$433	-26.00
435	435	2	121.00	$121.00	$526	—
545	545	1	113.00	$113.00	$616	-16.00
650	650	1	98.00	$98.00	$637	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760	760	1	90.00	$90.00	$684	—

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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.