Farmers Livestock Exchange Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Monday, May 29, 2023

576 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $214.00/cwt +40.32 vs last sale · ≈ $1,186/hd at 554 lb · 30 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $231.84/cwt -8.16 vs last sale · ≈ $1,475/hd at 636 lb · 29 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $211.00/cwt +7.01 vs last sale · ≈ $1,146/hd at 543 lb · 26 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	576	471	399
Feeder cattle	576	471	399

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 226, Heifers 230, Bulls 120)

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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	245.00	$245.00	$963	+10.00
458	458	3	265.00	$265.00	$1,214	+10.00
533–535	535	22	225.00–250.00	$247.73	$1,325	+24.44
559–579	565	24	257.00–263.00	$260.61	$1,472	+14.45
620–647	636	29	200.00–234.00	$231.84	$1,475	-8.16
687–698	690	24	185.00–238.00	$234.11	$1,615	—
732	732	9	202.00	$202.00	$1,479	-0.50
841	841	4	201.00	$201.00	$1,690	+26.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	200.00	$200.00	$670	-45.00
390	390	1	225.00	$225.00	$878	-15.00
436	436	8	235.00	$235.00	$1,025	-3.47
473	473	5	240.00	$240.00	$1,135	-13.00
540	540	1	229.00	$229.00	$1,237	-10.00
554–555	554	11	165.00–238.00	$224.71	$1,245	+52.21
617–643	632	22	170.00–236.00	$229.10	$1,448	+0.10
667	667	20	251.50	$251.50	$1,678	—
754	754	4	211.00	$211.00	$1,591	—
819	819	8	199.00	$199.00	$1,630	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555	555	14	244.00	$244.00	$1,354	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	150.00	$150.00	$645	-80.00
473	473	4	195.00	$195.00	$922	—
535	535	1	185.00	$185.00	$990	-15.00
585–590	588	2	182.50–187.50	$184.99	$1,088	—
605	605	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,059	-27.50
673–690	679	3	140.00–182.50	$168.10	$1,141	—
705–715	710	2	173.00–182.50	$177.72	$1,262	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–375	367	5	217.50–229.00	$225.48	$828	+35.60
426–440	430	6	175.00–226.00	$215.09	$925	+3.38
473–483	477	19	202.50–217.50	$214.33	$1,022	+9.96
543	543	26	211.00	$211.00	$1,146	+7.01
558–585	565	7	177.50–212.00	$199.55	$1,127	-14.16
648	648	4	195.00	$195.00	$1,264	+3.57
650	650	24	198.00	$198.00	$1,287	—
747	747	5	183.00	$183.00	$1,367	—
800	800	1	179.00	$179.00	$1,432	—
925	925	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,434	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	9	226.00	$226.00	$870	+23.82
436	436	6	227.50	$227.50	$992	+16.50
473–490	475	11	177.50–223.00	$218.73	$1,039	+4.95
530	530	2	192.50	$192.50	$1,020	-19.50
554	554	30	214.00	$214.00	$1,186	+40.32
649	649	10	196.00	$196.00	$1,272	+10.00
675	675	1	147.50	$147.50	$996	—
728–743	733	13	167.00–186.00	$180.07	$1,320	+15.07
837–845	839	4	165.00–176.00	$173.23	$1,453	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	175.00	$175.00	$569	—
360	360	2	187.50	$187.50	$675	+12.50
405	405	1	150.00	$150.00	$608	—
455	455	16	207.50–212.50	$208.44	$948	+11.10
550	550	7	197.50	$197.50	$1,086	—
610–631	624	6	180.00–186.00	$184.04	$1,148	+15.04
873	873	2	163.00	$163.00	$1,423	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
655	655	11	203.00	$203.00	$1,330	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	3	247.50	$247.50	$817	+2.50
379	379	10	235.00	$235.00	$891	+24.11
423	423	6	250.00	$250.00	$1,058	+15.00
482	482	7	237.50	$237.50	$1,145	-3.86
543	543	24	234.00	$234.00	$1,271	+9.79
555	555	2	241.00	$241.00	$1,338	+31.00
625	625	3	225.00	$225.00	$1,406	+10.00
658	658	12	216.00	$216.00	$1,421	-4.00
756	756	5	196.00	$196.00	$1,482	-6.00
853	853	3	175.00	$175.00	$1,493	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
333	333	3	225.00	$225.00	$749	-10.00
388–390	389	4	200.00–212.50	$209.36	$814	-30.64
405–418	416	6	167.50–240.00	$228.23	$949	+10.92
465–482	479	6	195.00–225.00	$220.15	$1,055	-28.85
554–580	557	10	187.50–232.00	$227.36	$1,266	—
639	639	9	200.00	$200.00	$1,278	+4.77
720	720	2	178.00	$178.00	$1,282	—
805	805	1	173.00	$173.00	$1,393	+45.50
930	930	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,302	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
543	543	3	197.50	$197.50	$1,072	-10.00

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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.