Farmers Livestock Exchange Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Monday, August 12, 2024

448 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 2 bulls $243.00/cwt -7.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,339/hd at 551 lb · 20 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 bulls $322.50/cwt +16.25 vs last sale · ≈ $1,187/hd at 368 lb · 18 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $282.09/cwt ≈ $1,557/hd at 552 lb · 18 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	448	438	458
Feeder cattle	448	438	458

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 100, Heifers 191, Bulls 157) 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
390	390	2	315.00	$315.00	$1,228	+36.13
410–432	429	7	285.00–299.00	$297.09	$1,275	-7.91
478	478	2	282.50	$282.50	$1,350	+0.83
551–563	552	18	275.00–283.00	$282.09	$1,557	—
642	642	13	258.00	$258.00	$1,656	-1.00
675	675	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,485	-57.50
704	704	7	239.00	$239.00	$1,683	-19.33
1090	1090	2	202.50	$202.50	$2,207	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	240.00	$240.00	$780	-37.50
358–390	369	3	255.00–280.00	$271.18	$1,001	+18.68
420	420	2	297.50	$297.50	$1,250	+17.56
488	488	2	265.00	$265.00	$1,293	-7.47
531	531	8	270.00	$270.00	$1,434	-10.00
620–638	634	5	220.00–250.00	$244.14	$1,548	-34.86
655	655	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,376	—
745	745	4	229.00	$229.00	$1,706	—
805	805	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,771	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
694	694	16	257.00	$257.00	$1,784	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	2	177.50	$177.50	$923	-60.00
600	600	1	197.50	$197.50	$1,185	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	3	257.50	$257.50	$850	+5.86
355–385	376	8	207.50–290.00	$263.50	$991	+11.00
400–426	422	13	185.00–272.50	$258.01	$1,089	+10.86
476	476	13	273.00	$273.00	$1,299	+53.00
535	535	1	197.50	$197.50	$1,057	-49.50
562	562	17	258.00	$258.00	$1,450	+25.50
641	641	12	244.00	$244.00	$1,564	+9.60
730–745	735	6	185.00–228.00	$213.47	$1,569	—
855	855	4	215.00	$215.00	$1,838	+55.00
891 value added	891	4	195.00	$195.00	$1,737	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
292	292	3	270.00	$270.00	$788	-5.21
305–335	320	2	252.50–265.00	$258.46	$827	-9.04
371	371	7	285.00	$285.00	$1,057	+25.37
423	423	16	268.00	$268.00	$1,134	+13.00
477	477	13	272.00	$272.00	$1,297	+29.00
510–543	527	4	232.50–240.00	$236.37	$1,246	-6.51
551	551	12	250.00	$250.00	$1,378	—
649	649	14	243.00	$243.00	$1,577	+14.00
665–690	678	2	200.00–215.00	$207.64	$1,408	—
740	740	1	229.00	$229.00	$1,695	+34.00
756	756	4	228.00	$228.00	$1,724	—
895	895	1	189.00	$189.00	$1,692	—
980	980	1	166.00	$166.00	$1,627	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
542	542	15	256.00	$256.00	$1,388	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	200.00	$200.00	$700	—
448	448	2	200.00	$200.00	$896	-37.50
534	534	7	235.00	$235.00	$1,255	+1.30
663	663	2	185.00	$185.00	$1,227	—
790	790	1	197.50	$197.50	$1,560	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	300.00	$300.00	$885	—
325	325	6	322.50	$322.50	$1,048	+22.50
368	368	18	322.50	$322.50	$1,187	+16.25
436	436	13	298.00	$298.00	$1,299	+5.25
477	477	12	282.00	$282.00	$1,345	+2.42
525–535	532	3	235.00–240.00	$236.65	$1,259	-38.35
555	555	10	249.00	$249.00	$1,382	—
643	643	13	220.00	$220.00	$1,415	—
735	735	4	195.00	$195.00	$1,433	-50.00
835	835	1	167.50	$167.50	$1,399	-10.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
321–325	322	7	260.00–290.00	$281.35	$906	+0.14
369	369	4	275.00	$275.00	$1,015	+5.46
426	426	13	270.00	$270.00	$1,150	-17.68
469–480	470	11	257.50–265.00	$264.30	$1,242	+11.80
500	500	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,100	-22.50
551	551	20	243.00	$243.00	$1,339	-7.00
618	618	2	210.00	$210.00	$1,298	-22.50
717	717	3	186.00	$186.00	$1,334	—
825	825	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,238	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	2	225.00	$225.00	$776	—
445	445	2	225.00	$225.00	$1,001	—
558–580	562	8	210.00–218.00	$215.96	$1,214	—

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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.