Name: Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-01-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 254, Heifers 408, Bulls 194)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $272.12/cwt on 122 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −100.08 against this barn's trailing median of $372.20.

Average price

$272.12

122 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,518

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$94

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1-2

$26.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.02

vs VA average

−32.52 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	551	274.38	1,510	52
Medium and Large 1	564	273.96	1,546	60
Medium and Large 3	527	252.50	1,331	3thin
Medium and Large 1-2	571	248.00	1,416	7thin

One grade step is worth $26.38/cwt here — about $94 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $427.83, low $316.23, median $372.20 across 31 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale122 hd

272.12

—

VA average4 barns · 393 hd

267.10

+5.02

National average182 barns · 24,858 hd

304.64

−32.52

This barn, trailing median31 sales

372.20

−100.08

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

87 lots · USDA AMS · Farmers Livestock Exchange Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Winchester, VA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,371	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,907	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,665	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	644	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,739	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,687	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	429	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,287	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	571	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,416	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	300–350	325	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,064	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	930	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,790	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,350	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	324.96/cwt	323.50–326.00	1,830	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	546	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,338	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	367	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,119	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	468	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,357	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	984	200.63/cwt	200.00–202.50	1,974	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	368.58/cwt	357.50–370.00	1,581	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	854	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,050	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	928	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,763	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	225.61/cwt	192.50–233.00	1,654	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	751	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,630	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	353	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,085	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	931	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,983	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,369	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	603	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,815	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	422	306.37/cwt	272.50–330.00	1,293	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,846	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	546	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,747	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,973	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	722	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,957	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	688	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,806	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	808	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,000	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	262.51/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,651	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	778	248.83/cwt	230.00–252.00	1,936	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,570	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	850	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,891	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	338	394.07/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,332	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1050–1100	1,078	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,156	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,409	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	344.87/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,293	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	547	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,690	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	471	267.51/cwt	237.50–275.00	1,260	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	339	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,339	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	652	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,773	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	975	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,682	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	334.27/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,444	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	328.00/cwt	322.50–332.50	1,601	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	215.70/cwt	212.50–219.00	1,659	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,487	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,748	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	655	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,507	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,877	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	235.66/cwt	225.00–238.00	1,737	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,339	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,914	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	579	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,448	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	797	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	689	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,632	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,479	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	860	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,634	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	728	217.46/cwt	205.00–220.00	1,583	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	249.16/cwt	210.00–251.50	1,600	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	309.59/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,152	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,313	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,676	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1050–1100	1,067	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	2,198	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	724	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,738	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	228.75/cwt	210.00–247.50	1,254	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	290.21/cwt	280.00–293.00	1,387	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	275.52/cwt	250.00–286.00	1,557	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	336	301.21/cwt	300.00–302.50	1,012	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	551	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,529	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	642	243.69/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,564	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,397	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	213.97/cwt	200.00–216.00	1,761	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,594	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	311.20/cwt	300.00–314.00	1,323	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	715	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,430	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	527	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,331	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,598	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	267.53/cwt	240.00–273.00	1,720	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	385	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,251	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	803	201.26/cwt	197.50–205.00	1,616	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	339	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,102	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	312	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	967	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	246.01/cwt	230.00–262.50	1,636	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	311.14/cwt	275.00–345.00	1,192	2

How this sale compares

Virginia weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Virginia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Farmers Livestock Exchange Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Winchester, VA

Mon Jan 27, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Richmond, VA (LS-RH)

Receipts 856Last week 747Year ago 630

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 254, Heifers 408, Bulls 194)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	339	325.00	325.00
9	350–400	367	305.00	305.00
19	400–450	425	300.00–314.00	311.20
22	450–500	468	293.00	293.00
5	500–550	546	245.00	245.00
47	550–600	551	277.50	277.50
30	600–650	642	235.00–245.00	243.69
4	750–800	750	212.50	212.50
2	800–850	803	197.50–205.00	201.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	336	300.00–302.50	301.21
2	350–400	353	307.50	307.50
5	400–450	429	300.00	300.00
7	450–500	468	290.00	290.00
3	500–550	527	252.50	252.50
2	700–750	715	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	571	248.00	248.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	325	327.50	327.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	295.00	295.00
3	300–350	312	310.00	310.00
9	350–400	372	295.00–315.00	309.59
14	400–450	427	307.50	307.50
20	450–500	478	280.00–293.00	290.21
2	500–550	548	210.00–247.50	228.75
58	550–600	565	250.00–286.00	275.52
53	600–650	642	210.00–251.50	249.16
4	650–700	665	210.00	210.00
10	700–750	733	192.50–233.00	225.61
16	750–800	751	217.00	217.00
8	800–850	823	200.00–216.00	213.97
3	900–950	928	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	700–750	724	240.00	240.00
5	900–950	931	213.00	213.00
5	1050–1100	1,067	206.00	206.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	360	375.00	375.00
9	400–450	429	357.50–370.00	368.58
11	450–500	470	359.00	359.00
24	550–600	563	323.50–326.00	324.96
4	600–650	629	255.00–265.00	262.51
27	650–700	650	284.00	284.00
33	700–750	739	267.00	267.00
1	800–850	820	232.50	232.50
10	850–900	854	240.00	240.00
1	900–950	930	192.50	192.50
4	950–1000	984	200.00–202.50	200.63
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	338	390.00–400.00	394.07
2	350–400	375	365.00	365.00
15	400–450	430	365.00	365.00
7	450–500	469	355.00	355.00
27	500–550	546	320.00	320.00
17	600–650	644	270.00	270.00
13	650–700	688	262.50	262.50
7	750–800	778	230.00–252.00	248.83
2	800–850	808	247.50	247.50
3	850–900	850	222.50	222.50
2	1050–1100	1,078	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	603	301.00	301.00
5	700–750	722	271.00	271.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	422	272.50–330.00	306.37
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	325.00	325.00
5	450–500	471	237.50–275.00	267.51
1	550–600	575	245.00	245.00
1	650–700	655	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	339	395.00	395.00
4	350–400	375	340.00–350.00	344.87
9	400–450	432	315.00–340.00	334.27
25	450–500	488	322.50–332.50	328.00
14	500–550	547	309.00	309.00
13	550–600	579	250.00	250.00
2	600–650	643	230.00	230.00
6	650–700	652	272.00	272.00
6	700–750	728	205.00–220.00	217.46
1	850–900	860	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	255.00	255.00
2	350–400	383	275.00–345.00	311.14
5	400–450	419	355.00	355.00
11	450–500	480	340.00	340.00
1	500–550	525	255.00	255.00
29	550–600	555	302.00	302.00
26	600–650	643	240.00–273.00	267.53
2	650–700	665	230.00–262.50	246.01
11	700–750	737	225.00–238.00	235.66
4	750–800	769	212.50–219.00	215.70
1	800–850	825	227.50	227.50
1	850–900	890	215.00	215.00
1	900–950	920	190.00	190.00
2	950–1000	975	172.50	172.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	477	335.00	335.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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