Name: Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-03-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 517, Heifers 847, Bulls 386)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $303.49/cwt on 217 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −68.71 against this barn's trailing median of $372.20.

Average price

$303.49

217 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,655

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$315

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$47.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.43

vs VA average

−11.47 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	548	317.37	1,739	60
Medium and Large 1	545	307.35	1,676	94
Medium and Large 2	545	286.87	1,563	54
Medium and Large 3	527	270.37	1,425	9thin

One grade step is worth $47.00/cwt here — about $315 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale217 hd

303.49

—

VA average8 barns · 679 hd

284.06

+19.43

National average179 barns · 17,787 hd

314.96

−11.47

This barn, trailing median31 sales

372.20

−68.71

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

131 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,758	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	326	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,337	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	836	249.75/cwt	247.50–250.00	2,088	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,320	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,019	228.37/cwt	220.00–232.50	2,327	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	356.69/cwt	330.00–385.00	1,355	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	236.48/cwt	225.00–247.50	2,064	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	547	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,805	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	283	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,146	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	344	358.00/cwt	345.00–385.00	1,232	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,059	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,071	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	399	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	1,764	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	399.90/cwt	350.00–407.50	1,684	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	850–900	894	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,213	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	835	265.20/cwt	265.00–266.00	2,214	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	272.66/cwt	270.00–275.00	2,099	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,842	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	463	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,759	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	254.99/cwt	250.00–275.00	1,316	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	844	212.78/cwt	212.50–213.00	1,796	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	710	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,740	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	744	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,748	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	638	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,035	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	870	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,949	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	596	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,026	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	594	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,830	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	540	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,728	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	658	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,810	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	250–300	258	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	955	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	600	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,854	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	437	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,748	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,760	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,935	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	354.38/cwt	335.00–357.50	1,701	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,748	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	495	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,658	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,123	210.50/cwt	210.50–210.50	2,364	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	343	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,115	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,845	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	965	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,930	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	738	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,830	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	580	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,392	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	629	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,950	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	504	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,701	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	250–300	296	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,273	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,320	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	603	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,628	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	471	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,990	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	384	394.71/cwt	335.00–405.00	1,516	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	574	349.34/cwt	347.00–352.00	2,005	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	593	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,031	44
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	574	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,003	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	824	267.37/cwt	263.00–268.50	2,203	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	637	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,077	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	523	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,909	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	688	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,167	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	443	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,772	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	743	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,066	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	233.28/cwt	232.00–242.50	1,932	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	893	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,054	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,668	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	250.75/cwt	247.50–257.50	1,956	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	271.92/cwt	250.00–315.00	1,531	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	985	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,069	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	644	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,713	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	330.20/cwt	327.50–335.00	1,790	50
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,328	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,856	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,703	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,686	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	336	392.66/cwt	335.00–402.50	1,319	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	394.67/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,713	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	1,565	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,915	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	364	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	1,522	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	329.96/cwt	275.00–340.00	1,584	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	366	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,208	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	296.96/cwt	265.00–300.00	1,901	36
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	633	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,614	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	668	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,470	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	458	337.97/cwt	250.00–345.00	1,548	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	680	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,156	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	500–550	540	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,715	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	830	230.70/cwt	185.00–238.00	1,915	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	640	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,184	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	568	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,590	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,246	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,639	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,617	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	724	212.94/cwt	190.00–235.00	1,542	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	283.50/cwt	283.50–283.50	1,823	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,358	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	278.94/cwt	237.50–319.00	1,568	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	327.02/cwt	300.00–331.00	1,560	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,812	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	551	312.66/cwt	255.00–318.00	1,723	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	941	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,694	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	608	301.54/cwt	270.00–308.00	1,833	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	778	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,828	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	537	319.92/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,718	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	597	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,866	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	357.66/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,509	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	958	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,437	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	410	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	923	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	250–300	295	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,033	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	250–300	290	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,146	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	661	219.50/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,451	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	527	270.37/cwt	245.00–277.50	1,425	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	300–350	338	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,420	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	339.90/cwt	307.50–343.00	1,621	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	348	381.55/cwt	305.00–385.00	1,328	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,558	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	355	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,278	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,871	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	765	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,549	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	732	217.72/cwt	217.50–220.00	1,594	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	286.87/cwt	265.00–290.00	1,563	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	835	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,670	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	326	364.72/cwt	340.00–375.00	1,189	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,192	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,539	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,537	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	764	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,811	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	369.19/cwt	350.00–372.50	1,384	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	223.50/cwt	223.00–225.00	1,647	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	272	337.89/cwt	325.00–345.00	919	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	639	260.71/cwt	245.00–270.00	1,666	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	214.17/cwt	213.00–225.00	1,784	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,090	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,581	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	245.58/cwt	185.00–256.00	1,672	21

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 Mar 10, 2025

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

Receipts 1,750Last week 1,280Year ago 905

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 517, Heifers 847, Bulls 386)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	283	405.00	405.00
3	300–350	344	345.00–385.00	358.00
3	350–400	380	330.00–385.00	356.69
15	400–450	421	350.00–407.50	399.90
19	450–500	475	370.00	370.00
5	500–550	516	250.00–275.00	254.99
24	550–600	554	332.50	332.50
1	600–650	600	220.00	220.00
14	650–700	668	310.00	310.00
13	700–750	738	279.00	279.00
15	750–800	770	270.00–275.00	272.66
10	800–850	836	247.50–250.00	249.75
2	850–900	873	225.00–247.50	236.48
3	1000–1050	1,019	220.00–232.50	228.37
3	1100–1150	1,123	210.50	210.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	326	410.00	410.00
7	350–400	384	335.00–405.00	394.71
5	400–450	419	420.00	420.00
7	450–500	480	335.00–357.50	354.38
20	500–550	547	330.00	330.00
1	550–600	595	310.00	310.00
10	600–650	629	310.00	310.00
2	650–700	673	287.50	287.50
6	700–750	738	248.00	248.00
1	750–800	760	230.00	230.00
1	950–1000	965	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	399	442.00	442.00
18	450–500	471	422.50	422.50
12	500–550	523	365.00	365.00
44	550–600	593	342.50	342.50
23	650–700	688	315.00	315.00
8	700–750	743	278.00	278.00
29	800–850	835	265.00–266.00	265.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
26	550–600	596	340.00	340.00
8	850–900	894	247.50	247.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	296	430.00	430.00
9	400–450	443	400.00	400.00
23	550–600	574	349.00	349.00
12	600–650	638	319.00	319.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	343	325.00	325.00
5	400–450	440	300.00	300.00
1	450–500	495	335.00	335.00
1	550–600	580	240.00	240.00
2	600–650	603	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	504	337.50	337.50
15	550–600	574	347.00–352.00	349.34
11	600–650	637	326.00	326.00
25	800–850	824	263.00–268.50	267.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	258	370.00	370.00
18	400–450	437	400.00	400.00
8	450–500	463	380.00	380.00
31	500–550	540	320.00	320.00
9	550–600	594	308.00	308.00
19	700–750	710	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
43	500–550	537	310.00–325.00	319.92
7	550–600	597	312.50	312.50
12	600–650	608	270.00–308.00	301.54
18	650–700	658	275.00	275.00
22	700–750	744	235.00	235.00
17	750–800	778	235.00	235.00
36	800–850	844	212.50–213.00	212.78
14	850–900	870	224.00	224.00
5	950–1000	958	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	290	395.00	395.00
8	300–350	338	420.00	420.00
12	600–650	600	309.00	309.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
20	500–550	540	317.50	317.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	272	325.00–345.00	337.89
11	300–350	331	360.00	360.00
21	350–400	373	364.00	364.00
28	400–450	433	355.00	355.00
30	450–500	477	300.00–331.00	327.02
32	500–550	539	300.00	300.00
12	550–600	562	237.50–319.00	278.94
32	600–650	643	283.50	283.50
21	650–700	681	185.00–256.00	245.58
12	700–750	737	223.00–225.00	223.50
20	800–850	833	213.00–225.00	214.17
2	850–900	860	217.50	217.50
4	900–950	941	180.00	180.00
4	1050–1100	1,090	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	650–700	671	270.00	270.00
9	750–800	764	237.00	237.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	326	340.00–375.00	364.72
13	350–400	375	350.00–372.50	369.19
34	400–450	422	340.00–360.00	357.66
44	450–500	477	307.50–343.00	339.90
54	500–550	545	265.00–290.00	286.87
33	600–650	639	245.00–270.00	260.71
11	700–750	732	217.50–220.00	217.72
2	750–800	760	202.50	202.50
4	800–850	835	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
22	300–350	348	305.00–385.00	381.55
1	350–400	355	360.00	360.00
1	400–450	410	225.00	225.00
12	450–500	455	342.50	342.50
9	500–550	527	245.00–277.50	270.37
10	650–700	661	215.00–220.00	219.50
2	750–800	765	202.50	202.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	250–300	295	350.00	350.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	326	407.50	407.50
28	350–400	379	413.00	413.00
31	400–450	434	385.00–395.00	394.67
26	450–500	475	355.00	355.00
50	500–550	542	327.50–335.00	330.20
3	550–600	563	250.00–315.00	271.92
36	600–650	640	265.00–300.00	296.96
15	650–700	666	287.50	287.50
5	700–750	725	230.00	230.00
3	750–800	780	247.50–257.50	250.75
8	800–850	828	232.00–242.50	233.28
5	850–900	893	230.00	230.00
1	950–1000	985	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	336	335.00–402.50	392.66
10	350–400	364	418.00	418.00
8	400–450	415	395.00	395.00
14	450–500	480	275.00–340.00	329.96
1	500–550	545	312.50	312.50
36	550–600	551	255.00–318.00	312.66
17	600–650	644	266.00	266.00
2	650–700	668	220.00	220.00
4	700–750	724	190.00–235.00	212.94
5	750–800	750	247.50	247.50
7	800–850	830	185.00–238.00	230.70
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	366	330.00	330.00
1	400–450	445	280.00	280.00
14	450–500	458	250.00–345.00	337.97
12	550–600	568	280.00	280.00
2	600–650	640	185.00	185.00
2	650–700	680	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	633	255.00	255.00

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