Name: Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-04-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 469, Heifers 497, Bulls 267)

Value Added and some Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $321.59/cwt on 155 head. That ranks 2 of 31 comparable sales and sits −50.62 against this barn's trailing median of $372.20.

Average price

$321.59

155 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,760

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$293

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

$35.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.65

vs VA average

−7.75 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	573	331.00	1,897	12thin
Medium and Large 2	536	325.44	1,744	38
Medium and Large 1	550	324.23	1,784	86
Medium and Large 3	542	295.94	1,604	19thin

One grade step is worth $35.06/cwt here — about $293 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 900–1000 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

321.59

—

VA average8 barns · 544 hd

320.94

+0.65

National average176 barns · 11,721 hd

329.34

−7.75

This barn, trailing median31 sales

372.20

−50.62

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

94 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	950–1000	965	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,930	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	436	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,657	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	725	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,414	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	379	398.82/cwt	335.00–410.00	1,512	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	758	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,781	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,721	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,735	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	749	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,985	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	536	325.44/cwt	325.00–334.00	1,744	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,575	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	642	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,798	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	327	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,537	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	405.54/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,553	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	384.33/cwt	350.00–387.50	1,626	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	637	291.09/cwt	288.00–292.00	1,854	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	387.45/cwt	355.00–392.50	1,457	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,211	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	436	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,548	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,441	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	826	271.90/cwt	267.50–277.50	2,246	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	748	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,132	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	629	336.99/cwt	335.00–340.00	2,120	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1000–1050	1,038	243.67/cwt	210.00–255.00	2,529	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	346.83/cwt	320.00–349.00	1,814	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	543	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,738	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	642	267.49/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,717	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	509	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,820	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	642	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,974	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,713	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,511	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	457	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,600	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	367	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,376	15
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	453	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,699	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	376	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,485	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	563	310.72/cwt	292.50–320.00	1,749	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	675	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,721	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	456	292.11/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,332	5
Heifers	Small 1	650–700	680	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,700	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	640	264.89/cwt	205.00–280.00	1,695	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	705	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,745	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	542	295.94/cwt	292.50–330.00	1,604	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,532	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,344	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,869	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	445.16/cwt	425.00–450.00	1,491	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	307.89/cwt	280.00–335.00	1,610	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,708	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,010	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,651	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,220	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,009	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,063	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,188	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	277.11/cwt	250.00–285.00	2,042	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	360.50/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,687	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,646	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	382.13/cwt	382.00–385.00	1,846	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,592	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,663	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,476	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	323.03/cwt	323.00–325.00	1,754	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,997	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,946	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,502	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	921	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,487	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	363.78/cwt	315.00–370.00	1,728	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,821	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,076	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,052	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,304	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	368.35/cwt	330.00–380.00	1,216	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	500–550	547	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,122	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	573	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,897	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,989	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	388.71/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,885	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,934	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	345.02/cwt	320.00–365.00	1,628	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	640	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,882	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	860	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,460	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Value Added	300–350	300	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	900	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,911	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,085	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	600–650	643	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,347	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	945	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,339	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	278	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,001	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	653	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,292	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	860	267.89/cwt	260.00–270.00	2,304	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	400–450	446	434.00/cwt	434.00–434.00	1,936	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	400–450	416	408.94/cwt	407.50–410.00	1,701	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	337.00/cwt	330.00–337.50	1,874	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,815	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	980	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,587	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	764	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,063	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	590	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,953	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,697	19

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

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

Receipts 1,233Last week 490Year ago 885

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 469, Heifers 497, Bulls 267)

Value Added and some Natural 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
9	300–350	323	375.00	375.00
22	350–400	376	355.00–392.50	387.45
21	400–450	423	350.00–387.50	384.33
18	450–500	478	360.00	360.00
38	500–550	536	325.00–334.00	325.44
21	600–650	637	288.00–292.00	291.09
1	650–700	670	235.00	235.00
5	700–750	749	265.00	265.00
1	950–1000	965	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	436	355.00	355.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	367	375.00	375.00
20	450–500	457	350.00	350.00
19	500–550	542	292.50–330.00	295.94
5	600–650	640	205.00–280.00	264.89
1	700–750	705	247.50	247.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	680	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	278	360.00	360.00
7	300–350	330	330.00–380.00	368.35
16	350–400	381	387.50	387.50
31	400–450	436	377.50	377.50
39	450–500	468	360.00–370.00	360.50
73	500–550	543	323.00–325.00	323.03
20	600–650	639	285.00	285.00
1	650–700	660	275.00	275.00
15	700–750	738	278.00	278.00
10	800–850	832	240.00	240.00
1	900–950	905	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	573	331.00	331.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	590	331.00	331.00
36	600–650	640	294.00	294.00
7	750–800	764	270.00	270.00
5	900–950	945	247.50	247.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	379	335.00–410.00	398.82
7	400–450	436	380.00	380.00
5	450–500	456	290.00–300.00	292.11
2	500–550	543	320.00	320.00
9	550–600	563	292.50–320.00	310.72
4	600–650	642	265.00–270.00	267.49
2	650–700	675	255.00	255.00
1	700–750	725	195.00	195.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	335	430.00	430.00
6	350–400	373	405.00	405.00
10	400–450	423	405.00	405.00
9	450–500	472	320.00–365.00	345.02
27	500–550	523	320.00–349.00	346.83
13	600–650	642	280.00	280.00
1	650–700	695	275.00	275.00
7	750–800	758	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	280	480.00	480.00
5	300–350	335	425.00–450.00	445.16
14	350–400	376	407.50	407.50
19	400–450	427	397.50	397.50
25	450–500	475	315.00–370.00	363.78
2	500–550	523	280.00–335.00	307.89
31	550–600	556	330.00–337.50	337.00
1	600–650	610	280.00	280.00
17	650–700	659	315.00	315.00
6	750–800	763	245.00	245.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	300	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	327	470.00	470.00
9	350–400	383	405.00–410.00	405.54
16	400–450	431	402.50	402.50
15	450–500	485	380.00–390.00	388.71
13	500–550	545	365.00	365.00
1	550–600	595	325.00	325.00
12	600–650	629	335.00–340.00	336.99
1	650–700	695	300.00	300.00
9	700–750	748	285.00	285.00
7	800–850	826	267.50–277.50	271.90
4	1000–1050	1,038	210.00–255.00	243.67
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	376	395.00	395.00
10	450–500	453	375.00	375.00
5	500–550	509	357.50	357.50
3	600–650	642	307.50	307.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	323	465.00	465.00
9	350–400	379	420.00	420.00
17	400–450	432	385.00	385.00
22	450–500	483	382.00–385.00	382.13
43	550–600	558	360.00	360.00
1	600–650	630	327.50	327.50
26	650–700	653	335.00	335.00
9	700–750	737	250.00–285.00	277.11
7	750–800	763	302.00	302.00
1	800–850	800	277.50	277.50
7	900–950	921	270.00	270.00
2	1000–1050	1,010	262.50	262.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
45	500–550	547	388.00	388.00
35	600–650	643	365.00	365.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	850–900	860	286.00	286.00
26	950–1000	980	264.00	264.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	650–700	653	351.00	351.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	850–900	860	260.00–270.00	267.89
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	446	434.00	434.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
24	400–450	416	407.50–410.00	408.94

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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