Farmers Livestock Exchange Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Monday, November 14, 2022

791 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $141.39/cwt +33.39 vs last sale · ≈ $782/hd at 553 lb · 71 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $140.11/cwt +8.11 vs last sale · ≈ $887/hd at 633 lb · 68 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $162.88/cwt -1.62 vs last sale · ≈ $1,052/hd at 646 lb · 40 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	791	1,054	903
Feeder cattle	791	1,054	903

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 211, Dairy Steers 29, Heifers 306, Bulls 245)

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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	182.00	$182.00	$715	—
434	434	4	196.00	$196.00	$851	+12.00
484	484	8	180.00	$180.00	$871	+4.12
540	540	37	188.50	$188.50	$1,018	—
610–649	646	40	147.50–164.00	$162.88	$1,052	-1.62
705	705	2	142.50	$142.50	$1,005	—
759–760	759	20	146.00–156.00	$155.50	$1,180	—
817	817	10	144.00	$144.00	$1,176	-2.66
1040	1040	1	126.00	$126.00	$1,310	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	158.00	$158.00	$600	-17.00
441	441	4	188.00	$188.00	$829	+8.00
470	470	14	176.00	$176.00	$827	+4.00
540	540	23	164.00	$164.00	$886	±0.00
610	610	1	132.50	$132.50	$808	—
661	661	7	148.00	$148.00	$978	+3.00
738	738	11	149.00	$149.00	$1,100	+1.00
846	846	4	130.00	$130.00	$1,100	-10.00
970	970	2	132.00	$132.00	$1,280	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
383	383	2	154.00	$154.00	$590	—
420–440	430	2	40.00–120.00	$80.93	$348	—
453–490	458	8	155.00–157.50	$157.17	$720	+22.17
533	533	3	150.00	$150.00	$800	—
675	675	2	136.00	$136.00	$918	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
321	321	5	145.00	$145.00	$465	+23.00
375–378	377	4	137.50–142.50	$140.01	$528	-4.99
425–435	427	12	110.00–140.00	$135.81	$580	-8.72
478–493	479	31	140.00–145.50	$144.95	$694	+6.72
500–525	519	4	129.00–132.50	$129.84	$674	-3.97
550–553	553	71	139.00–141.50	$141.39	$782	+33.39
603–641	633	68	133.00–142.00	$140.11	$887	+8.11
650	650	2	132.50	$132.50	$861	-2.50
733	733	5	136.00	$136.00	$997	+11.00
770	770	1	114.00	$114.00	$878	-2.00
925	925	1	88.00	$88.00	$814	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
333	333	4	142.50	$142.50	$475	+32.50
383	383	7	125.00–137.00	$133.57	$512	-6.78
430–445	432	12	107.50–143.00	$137.22	$593	-7.25
467	467	16	142.00	$142.00	$663	+4.00
542	542	16	140.00	$140.00	$759	+9.41
595	595	1	110.00	$110.00	$654	—
634–648	643	14	123.00–132.00	$128.83	$828	+10.83
695	695	2	110.00	$110.00	$764	—
700–720	710	2	110.00–124.00	$116.90	$830	+16.90
910	910	2	110.00	$110.00	$1,001	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
379	379	4	100.00	$100.00	$379	+10.00
443	443	6	132.50	$132.50	$587	—
523	523	7	127.50	$127.50	$667	+27.50
670	670	2	131.00	$131.00	$878	+56.00
755	755	2	107.00	$107.00	$808	+11.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318	318	6	190.00	$190.00	$604	+12.00
381	381	7	189.00	$189.00	$720	+13.00
410–419	418	16	177.00–197.00	$195.78	$818	+21.22
455–475	471	13	162.50–179.00	$176.83	$833	+6.11
530–540	533	7	152.50–176.00	$167.29	$892	+37.29
558–570	558	37	167.50–174.00	$173.82	$970	+23.37
653	653	31	149.00	$149.00	$973	+11.00
730	730	27	142.00–146.00	$144.37	$1,054	+8.60
860	860	2	134.00	$134.00	$1,152	+19.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
317	317	3	170.00	$170.00	$539	+1.00
382	382	10	189.00	$189.00	$722	+17.00
433	433	10	189.00	$189.00	$818	+17.00
460–477	474	11	161.00–167.00	$165.00	$782	+10.53
520–545	533	2	135.00–140.00	$137.56	$733	—
559	559	21	164.00	$164.00	$917	+18.57
615–645	641	8	136.00–137.50	$136.18	$873	+3.18
746	746	4	145.00	$145.00	$1,082	+19.00
860	860	3	115.50	$115.50	$993	—
930	930	1	83.00	$83.00	$772	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
373	373	2	100.00	$100.00	$373	—
468–470	469	6	100.00–143.00	$128.71	$604	+18.71
558	558	3	100.00	$100.00	$558	+22.50
630–640	635	2	85.00–126.00	$105.66	$671	+18.16
658	658	6	122.50	$122.50	$806	—
738	738	2	112.50	$112.50	$830	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
364	364	8	119.00	$119.00	$433	—
427	427	3	119.00	$119.00	$508	+5.00
505	505	4	116.00	$116.00	$586	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	14	112.00	$112.00	$291	—

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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.