Farmers Livestock Exchange Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Monday, May 22, 2023

471 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $213.71/cwt +3.71 vs last sale · ≈ $1,182/hd at 553 lb · 39 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 bulls $224.21/cwt +31.71 vs last sale · ≈ $1,220/hd at 544 lb · 22 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 bulls $241.36/cwt +19.37 vs last sale · ≈ $1,166/hd at 483 lb · 19 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	471	547	471
Feeder cattle	471	547	471

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 108, Heifers 212, Bulls 151)

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	245.00	$245.00	$735	-12.50
380	380	7	240.00	$240.00	$912	+4.00
410–428	427	12	175.00–244.00	$238.47	$1,018	—
473	473	5	253.00	$253.00	$1,197	+13.00
541	541	16	239.00	$239.00	$1,293	+5.74
553	553	3	172.50	$172.50	$954	-14.41
631	631	8	229.00	$229.00	$1,445	+11.23

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	235.00	$235.00	$870	—
400	400	1	182.50	$182.50	$730	-70.00
478	478	12	255.00	$255.00	$1,219	+22.24
500–535	518	2	210.00–237.50	$223.29	$1,157	-29.21
550–590	553	15	170.00–252.00	$246.16	$1,361	—
642	642	12	240.00	$240.00	$1,541	+2.50
748	748	2	202.50	$202.50	$1,515	—
843	843	2	175.00	$175.00	$1,475	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
447	447	3	230.00	$230.00	$1,028	—
520	520	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,040	-10.00
618	618	3	202.50	$202.50	$1,251	—
795	795	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,272	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
740	740	1	177.50	$177.50	$1,314	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	3	200.00	$200.00	$640	+2.50
383–395	386	4	175.00–195.00	$189.88	$733	-21.05
422–425	422	14	195.00–213.00	$211.71	$893	+17.73
455–488	475	17	190.00–206.00	$204.37	$971	-4.51
533–535	534	4	200.00–208.00	$203.99	$1,089	+3.99
552–585	553	39	167.50–215.00	$213.71	$1,182	+3.71
629–640	630	16	187.50–192.00	$191.43	$1,206	+7.28
753	753	5	160.00	$160.00	$1,205	-5.00
880	880	1	147.50	$147.50	$1,298	—
952	952	3	155.00	$155.00	$1,476	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	4	210.00	$210.00	$704	-3.00
384–390	385	9	180.00–205.00	$202.18	$778	-6.37
424	424	10	211.00	$211.00	$895	+1.38
470–481	480	12	200.00–215.00	$213.78	$1,026	+3.42
546	546	13	212.00	$212.00	$1,158	-2.00
550–563	557	4	167.50–180.00	$173.68	$967	-5.32
632	632	9	186.00	$186.00	$1,176	+4.96
738	738	2	165.00	$165.00	$1,218	-3.74
878	878	2	137.50	$137.50	$1,207	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
363	363	14	175.00	$175.00	$635	-20.66
457–495	472	5	190.00–207.50	$197.34	$931	+1.27
547	547	14	196.00	$196.00	$1,072	+9.00
628	628	4	169.00	$169.00	$1,061	-15.00
690	690	1	167.50	$167.50	$1,156	—
710–728	722	3	163.00–165.00	$163.66	$1,182	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	3	245.00	$245.00	$833	+16.74
360–380	373	3	160.00–235.00	$210.89	$787	-39.11
428	428	13	235.00	$235.00	$1,006	+4.01
478–484	483	19	210.00–245.00	$241.36	$1,166	+19.37
515–545	544	22	140.00–228.00	$224.21	$1,220	+31.71
575	575	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,208	-12.00
637	637	17	215.00	$215.00	$1,370	+8.00
660	660	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,452	+13.34
712	712	5	202.00	$202.00	$1,438	+22.00
760	760	1	202.00	$202.00	$1,535	+32.00
815	815	4	170.00	$170.00	$1,386	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332	332	6	235.00	$235.00	$780	-22.00
379	379	7	240.00	$240.00	$910	-0.47
428–440	431	9	187.50–230.00	$217.31	$937	+24.81
491	491	5	249.00	$249.00	$1,223	+14.95
535	535	14	229.00	$229.00	$1,225	+12.76
623–628	626	5	185.00–202.00	$195.23	$1,222	+2.07
800	800	1	127.50	$127.50	$1,020	-5.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
371	371	5	220.00	$220.00	$816	—
460	460	1	175.00	$175.00	$805	—
533	533	4	207.50	$207.50	$1,106	+15.25
614	614	4	195.00	$195.00	$1,197	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	1	160.00	$160.00	$728	—

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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.