Farmers Livestock Exchange Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Monday, September 12, 2022

592 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 bulls $185.33/cwt +16.58 vs last sale · ≈ $980/hd at 529 lb · 33 head

light 3-weight M&L 2-3 heifers $179.00/cwt ≈ $591/hd at 330 lb · 28 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 2-3 steers $221.00/cwt ≈ $809/hd at 366 lb · 26 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	592	808	481
Feeder cattle	592	808	481

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 211, Holstein Steers 6, Heifers 233, Bulls 142) 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
345	345	1	161.00	$161.00	$555	—
369	369	7	203.00	$203.00	$749	+15.00
420–433	430	4	169.00–192.50	$186.76	$803	-4.74
487	487	13	200.00	$200.00	$974	+15.00
539	539	25	199.00	$199.00	$1,073	+20.40
639	639	9	194.00	$194.00	$1,240	+15.93
728	728	21	185.00	$185.00	$1,347	+30.00
990	990	2	141.00	$141.00	$1,396	-10.00
1083	1083	6	135.00	$135.00	$1,462	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	7	209.00	$209.00	$773	+46.00
438	438	12	202.50	$202.50	$887	+31.00
462	462	8	186.00	$186.00	$859	+15.00
543	543	5	175.00	$175.00	$950	-2.00
623	623	10	189.00	$189.00	$1,177	—
680	680	1	168.00	$168.00	$1,142	-5.75
722	722	5	151.00	$151.00	$1,090	-8.00
849	849	9	147.00	$147.00	$1,248	—
960	960	2	129.00	$129.00	$1,238	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
297 value added	297	16	183.00	$183.00	$544	—
366 value added	366	26	221.00	$221.00	$809	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	175.00	$175.00	$718	—
456	456	5	154.00	$154.00	$702	+1.00
520–523	522	5	139.00–150.00	$147.81	$772	—
618–630	620	5	132.00–151.00	$147.14	$912	-15.34
710	710	1	120.00	$120.00	$852	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338	338	6	162.50	$162.50	$549	+3.00
370–384	378	10	160.50–168.00	$165.07	$624	+5.57
424–426	425	21	160.00–175.00	$170.70	$725	-0.30
463–473	469	10	153.00–166.00	$161.41	$757	-4.12
548	548	21	163.00	$163.00	$893	+25.00
557	557	3	130.00	$130.00	$724	-26.00
642	642	14	151.00	$151.00	$969	-1.59
705–717	714	4	123.00–143.00	$138.06	$986	-8.94
1008	1008	3	114.00	$114.00	$1,149	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	332	6	143.00–151.00	$147.99	$491	-8.01
372	372	7	176.00	$176.00	$655	+20.00
408 value added	408	8	181.00	$181.00	$738	—
427	427	13	177.00	$177.00	$756	+11.02
460–476	473	11	146.00–166.00	$162.46	$768	+18.46
543	543	20	152.00	$152.00	$825	+14.01
590	590	1	131.00	$131.00	$773	—
615–646	640	14	120.00–137.00	$134.31	$860	-4.69
746	746	4	138.00	$138.00	$1,029	—
830	830	1	110.00	$110.00	$913	-28.00
918	918	2	103.00	$103.00	$946	+12.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330 value added	330	28	179.00	$179.00	$591	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	147.50	$147.50	$531	—
443	443	6	136.00	$136.00	$602	+0.43
450	450	2	114.00	$114.00	$513	-16.00
505	505	1	117.00	$117.00	$591	-11.00
557	557	3	130.00	$130.00	$724	—
638	638	6	107.00	$107.00	$683	-19.00
680	680	1	108.00	$108.00	$734	—
715	715	1	118.00	$118.00	$844	—
805	805	1	112.00	$112.00	$902	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–335	333	3	165.00–179.00	$169.62	$565	-4.09
370–380	376	5	151.00–197.00	$178.89	$673	+0.38
424–427	425	17	172.00–183.00	$179.75	$764	+2.05
477–498	483	11	171.00–175.00	$173.87	$840	-1.33
523–540	529	33	179.00–186.00	$185.33	$980	+16.58
609–638	627	19	156.00–177.00	$169.49	$1,063	+25.00
740	740	1	120.00	$120.00	$888	-8.03

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	180.00	$180.00	$612	+5.00
366–385	373	7	167.00–196.00	$183.85	$686	+16.85
405–422	412	7	160.00–168.00	$164.49	$678	-6.45
475–493	483	8	149.00–175.00	$166.65	$805	-8.35
524	524	5	162.00	$162.00	$849	+4.43
634	634	9	150.00	$150.00	$951	-4.00
725–740	736	7	124.00–143.00	$130.12	$958	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
532	532	3	155.00	$155.00	$825	+6.00
660	660	1	125.00	$125.00	$825	—
790	790	2	119.00	$119.00	$940	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
957	957	3	97.00	$97.00	$928	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
473	473	3	111.00	$111.00	$525	—

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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.