Name: Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-05-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 287, Heifers 281, Bulls 210)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $369.94/cwt on 85 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −96.46 against this barn's trailing median of $466.40.

Average price

$369.94

85 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,000

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$153

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

$20.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.81

vs VA average

−8.85 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	551	375.00	2,066	13thin
Medium and Large 1	539	369.85	1,992	68
Medium and Large 3	539	355.00	1,913	4thin

One grade step is worth $20.00/cwt here — about $153 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $493.16, low $388.95, median $466.40 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 sale85 hd

369.94

—

VA average8 barns · 474 hd

369.12

+0.81

National average168 barns · 13,508 hd

378.79

−8.85

This barn, trailing median31 sales

466.40

−96.46

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

82 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	400–450	423	391.53/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,656	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	1,769	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	868	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,474	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,032	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,892	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	950	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,853	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	860	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,129	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	542	326.42/cwt	320.00–327.50	1,769	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	337	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,331	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	393	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,611	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	820	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,255	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	956	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,103	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	554	321.86/cwt	265.00–335.00	1,783	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,850	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	338	374.29/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,265	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	776	265.11/cwt	260.00–272.50	2,057	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	642	286.81/cwt	275.00–289.00	1,841	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	643	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,672	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,365	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	350	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,225	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	630	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,890	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,477	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,315	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	453	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,676	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	539	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,913	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	600	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,695	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	547	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,778	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,886	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	418	369.84/cwt	365.00–380.00	1,546	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	345	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,302	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,725	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	730	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,964	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	383	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,475	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	365.09/cwt	362.50–366.00	1,679	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	675	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,721	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	450.01/cwt	402.50–465.00	1,409	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,102	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	395.46/cwt	325.00–410.00	1,503	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,183	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,032	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,733	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	288.14/cwt	282.50–289.50	2,389	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	371.67/cwt	367.50–372.00	2,026	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	330.91/cwt	325.00–332.50	1,774	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,492	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	980	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,303	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	340.70/cwt	315.00–345.00	2,177	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,879	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	398.25/cwt	392.50–399.00	1,677	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,786	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	1,903	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,500	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,259	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,975	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	853	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,111	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,647	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	443.04/cwt	360.00–460.00	1,480	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	408.35/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,764	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,754	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,973	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	500–550	522	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,989	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,791	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	306.06/cwt	285.00–327.50	1,729	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	895	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,551	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,279	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	370.38/cwt	335.00–380.00	1,737	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	842	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,958	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	744	247.10/cwt	235.50–250.00	1,838	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	837	243.89/cwt	240.00–245.00	2,041	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,219	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	379.53/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,799	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	756	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,389	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	412	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,669	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	400–450	425	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,870	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	487	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,016	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	419.31/cwt	405.00–422.50	1,816	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	413.03/cwt	375.00–417.50	1,528	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	551	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,066	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	327	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,521	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	732	236.49/cwt	215.00–240.00	1,731	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	634	302.89/cwt	255.00–322.50	1,920	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	718	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,283	14

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 778Last week 1,233Year ago 605

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 287, Heifers 281, Bulls 210)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are 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	337	395.00	395.00
6	350–400	374	395.00	395.00
13	400–450	423	380.00–395.00	391.53
10	450–500	473	374.00	374.00
21	500–550	542	320.00–327.50	326.42
19	600–650	642	275.00–289.00	286.81
20	750–800	776	260.00–272.50	265.11
1	850–900	860	247.50	247.50
1	950–1000	950	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	345	377.50	377.50
2	350–400	383	385.00	385.00
19	450–500	460	362.50–366.00	365.09
15	500–550	547	325.00	325.00
1	550–600	575	300.00	300.00
1	600–650	600	282.50	282.50
1	650–700	675	255.00	255.00
2	700–750	730	269.00	269.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	330	387.50	387.50
16	350–400	375	400.00	400.00
17	400–450	421	392.50–399.00	398.25
19	450–500	474	370.00	370.00
44	500–550	536	325.00–332.50	330.91
2	550–600	565	285.00–327.50	306.06
18	600–650	639	294.00	294.00
2	700–750	728	246.00	246.00
3	750–800	767	257.50	257.50
2	850–900	853	247.50	247.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	327	465.00	465.00
3	350–400	393	410.00	410.00
3	400–450	412	405.00	405.00
8	450–500	479	395.00	395.00
13	550–600	551	375.00	375.00
12	600–650	630	322.50	322.50
14	700–750	718	318.00	318.00
3	750–800	756	316.00	316.00
1	800–850	820	275.00	275.00
3	850–900	868	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	350	350.00	350.00
5	450–500	453	370.00	370.00
4	500–550	539	355.00	355.00
1	600–650	630	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	334	360.00–460.00	443.04
8	350–400	383	430.00	430.00
11	400–450	413	432.50	432.50
16	450–500	477	399.00	399.00
44	500–550	545	367.50–372.00	371.67
3	550–600	563	265.00	265.00
14	600–650	639	315.00–345.00	340.70
8	700–750	731	309.00	309.00
5	800–850	829	282.50–289.50	288.14
2	950–1000	980	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	425	440.00	440.00
21	500–550	522	381.00	381.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
29	450–500	487	414.00	414.00
16	850–900	895	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	700–750	718	309.00	309.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	315	417.50	417.50
9	350–400	370	375.00–417.50	413.03
11	400–450	433	405.00–422.50	419.31
8	450–500	469	335.00–380.00	370.38
15	550–600	554	265.00–335.00	321.86
7	600–650	634	255.00–322.50	302.89
7	700–750	732	215.00–240.00	236.49
3	800–850	842	232.50	232.50
4	950–1000	956	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	338	370.00–385.00	374.29
3	400–450	418	365.00–380.00	369.84
9	450–500	460	410.00	410.00
1	500–550	515	265.00	265.00
10	550–600	565	327.50	327.50
2	600–650	643	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	280	422.50	422.50
8	300–350	313	402.50–465.00	450.01
6	350–400	380	325.00–410.00	395.46
15	400–450	432	400.00–430.00	408.35
11	450–500	474	375.00–380.00	379.53
33	500–550	548	360.00	360.00
1	550–600	550	315.00	315.00
2	600–650	630	322.50	322.50
6	650–700	662	317.50	317.50
10	700–750	744	235.50–250.00	247.10
9	800–850	837	240.00–245.00	243.89

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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