Name: Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-03-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 570, Heifers 664, Bulls 255)

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 $306.32/cwt on 155 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −65.89 against this barn's trailing median of $372.20.

Average price

$306.32

155 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,683

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$155

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

$22.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.23

vs VA average

−15.06 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	555	318.93	1,771	59
Medium and Large 1	556	305.00	1,696	27
Medium and Large 3	530	296.06	1,569	18thin
Medium and Large 2	546	296.04	1,616	51

One grade step is worth $22.89/cwt here — about $155 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale155 hd

306.32

—

VA average7 barns · 487 hd

302.08

+4.23

National average178 barns · 12,751 hd

321.38

−15.06

This barn, trailing median31 sales

372.20

−65.89

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

112 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 2	400–450	429	403.48/cwt	365.00–410.00	1,731	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	874	245.85/cwt	242.50–247.50	2,149	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	663	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,088	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	531	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,845	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	350–400	353	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,324	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	656	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,830	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,656	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	400–450	435	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	1,866	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	377.51/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,808	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,300	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	296.95/cwt	275.00–302.50	2,177	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	310.84/cwt	310.00–315.00	2,114	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,320	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	729	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,194	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	542	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,043	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,129	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	973	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,457	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1000–1050	1,020	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,346	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	738	280.09/cwt	267.50–282.50	2,067	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,107	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	852	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,151	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	314.33/cwt	275.00–327.50	1,958	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	378.35/cwt	365.00–380.00	1,797	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	633	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,962	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	368	335.20/cwt	275.00–400.00	1,234	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	534	348.04/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,859	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,183	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	364.52/cwt	340.00–370.00	2,049	30
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	840	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,079	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	500–550	534	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,671	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	625	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,756	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,000	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	312.45/cwt	300.00–325.00	2,072	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,313	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	750–800	753	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,244	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	450–500	468	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,895	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,000	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	2,275	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	359.23/cwt	345.00–364.00	2,084	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	436	432.80/cwt	427.50–434.00	1,887	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	663	330.54/cwt	290.00–343.00	2,191	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	600–650	649	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,125	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	592	362.41/cwt	357.50–365.00	2,145	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	489	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,944	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,099	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	250–300	289	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,214	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	750–800	774	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,361	53
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	679	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,258	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	567	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,104	53
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	376	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,617	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	650–700	695	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,120	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,708	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,976	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,850	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	368.63/cwt	345.00–380.00	1,412	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	379.56/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,234	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	438	434.00/cwt	434.00–434.00	1,901	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,691	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,733	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	646	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,841	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	573	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,834	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	336	393.97/cwt	390.00–395.00	1,324	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	541	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,826	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,854	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,700	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	651	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,807	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,459	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	546	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,870	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	449	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,684	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	338.95/cwt	290.00–347.50	1,610	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	931	227.87/cwt	227.50–228.00	2,121	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	751	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,953	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	366.67/cwt	340.00–380.00	1,723	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	368	381.47/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,404	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	842	236.06/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,988	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	633	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,722	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	296.06/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,569	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,989	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	360.93/cwt	360.00–361.00	1,956	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	452	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,571	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	264.62/cwt	225.00–268.00	1,728	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	348.74/cwt	335.00–351.00	1,674	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	321	359.86/cwt	335.00–365.00	1,155	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	353.51/cwt	335.00–355.00	1,167	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,696	27
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	423	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,671	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,521	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	701	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,026	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	652	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,842	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	268.28/cwt	267.50–275.00	751	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,943	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	398.83/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,703	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	584	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,869	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	559	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,789	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	749	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,835	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	319.96/cwt	270.00–360.00	1,337	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	277.79/cwt	247.50–283.00	1,778	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	300–350	336	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,411	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	446	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	1,793	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	359.10/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,505	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	365.32/cwt	335.00–368.00	1,385	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,398	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	743	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,820	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	249.42/cwt	248.00–260.00	1,846	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	795	246.19/cwt	245.00–257.50	1,957	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	370.07/cwt	360.00–372.50	1,399	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,789	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	363	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,425	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	705	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,604	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,645	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,639	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	285.50/cwt	272.50–290.00	1,493	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	842	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,852	3

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 31, 2025

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

Receipts 1,489Last week 1,048Year ago 477

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 570, Heifers 664, Bulls 255)

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 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	400.00	400.00
5	350–400	371	410.00	410.00
7	400–450	429	365.00–410.00	403.48
12	450–500	475	365.00–380.00	378.35
3	500–550	534	340.00–365.00	348.04
30	550–600	562	340.00–370.00	364.52
4	600–650	623	275.00–327.50	314.33
12	650–700	680	310.00–315.00	310.84
6	700–750	738	267.50–282.50	280.09
1	800–850	840	247.50	247.50
3	850–900	874	242.50–247.50	245.85
1	1000–1050	1,020	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	368	275.00–400.00	335.20
6	400–450	423	395.00	395.00
9	500–550	531	347.50	347.50
6	550–600	584	320.00	320.00
2	600–650	633	310.00	310.00
4	650–700	663	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	270	410.00	410.00
3	300–350	317	410.00	410.00
3	350–400	385	430.00	430.00
12	400–450	427	385.00–400.00	398.83
31	450–500	479	375.00–380.00	377.51
23	500–550	548	365.00	365.00
19	550–600	580	345.00–364.00	359.23
13	600–650	645	330.00	330.00
2	650–700	663	300.00–325.00	312.45
10	700–750	733	275.00–302.50	296.95
2	800–850	815	257.50	257.50
3	850–900	852	252.50	252.50
1	900–950	925	250.00	250.00
2	950–1000	973	252.50	252.50
1	1000–1050	1,000	227.50	227.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	435	429.00	429.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	500–550	542	377.00	377.00
53	550–600	567	371.00	371.00
26	650–700	663	290.00–343.00	330.54
23	700–750	729	301.00	301.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	735	297.00	297.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	468	405.00	405.00
10	750–800	753	298.00	298.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	376	430.00	430.00
31	400–450	436	427.50–434.00	432.80
6	450–500	489	397.50	397.50
17	650–700	679	332.50	332.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
17	550–600	592	357.50–365.00	362.41
20	600–650	649	327.50	327.50
53	750–800	774	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	289	420.00	420.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	695	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	353	375.00	375.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
50	550–600	559	320.00	320.00
27	650–700	656	279.00	279.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	534	313.00	313.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	625	281.00	281.00
74	700–750	701	289.00	289.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	280	267.50–275.00	268.28
14	300–350	330	335.00–355.00	353.51
24	350–400	379	335.00–368.00	365.32
22	400–450	419	340.00–360.00	359.10
24	450–500	475	290.00–347.50	338.95
27	550–600	556	305.00	305.00
1	600–650	615	267.50	267.50
26	650–700	653	225.00–268.00	264.62
8	700–750	740	248.00–260.00	249.42
10	750–800	795	245.00–257.50	246.19
2	800–850	818	237.50	237.50
15	900–950	931	227.50–228.00	227.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	363	392.50	392.50
1	400–450	430	325.00	325.00
20	450–500	452	347.50	347.50
18	500–550	530	295.00–305.00	296.06
12	600–650	633	272.00	272.00
1	700–750	705	227.50	227.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	321	335.00–365.00	359.86
10	350–400	378	360.00–372.50	370.07
25	400–450	418	270.00–360.00	319.96
21	450–500	480	335.00–351.00	348.74
8	500–550	523	272.50–290.00	285.50
43	550–600	550	298.00	298.00
33	600–650	640	247.50–283.00	277.79
14	700–750	743	245.00	245.00
3	800–850	842	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	336	420.00	420.00
29	400–450	446	402.00	402.00
9	650–700	652	282.50	282.50
6	700–750	749	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	630	284.00	284.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	325	365.00–385.00	379.56
9	350–400	383	345.00–380.00	368.63
27	400–450	427	400.00	400.00
14	450–500	479	355.00	355.00
45	500–550	542	360.00–361.00	360.93
1	550–600	585	340.00	340.00
17	600–650	637	291.00	291.00
5	700–750	740	250.00	250.00
2	800–850	815	242.50	242.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	438	434.00	434.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	336	390.00–395.00	393.97
6	350–400	374	390.00	390.00
12	400–450	420	402.50	402.50
9	450–500	470	340.00–380.00	366.67
17	500–550	541	337.50	337.50
1	600–650	630	275.00	275.00
8	650–700	651	277.50	277.50
10	750–800	751	260.00	260.00
5	800–850	842	220.00–240.00	236.06
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	368	365.00–385.00	381.47
12	400–450	449	375.00	375.00
11	500–550	546	342.50	342.50
2	550–600	573	320.00	320.00
5	600–650	646	285.00	285.00

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