Name: Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-07-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 100, Heifers 245, Bulls 103)

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 $346.32/cwt on 78 head. That ranks 3 of 31 comparable sales and sits −25.88 against this barn's trailing median of $372.20.

Average price

$346.32

78 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,926

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$285

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

$25.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.51

vs VA average

+6.14 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2-3	591	360.00	2,128	13thin
Medium and Large 1-2	533	360.00	1,919	6thin
Medium and Large 3	542	348.77	1,889	13thin
Medium and Large 1	558	347.72	1,941	18thin
Medium and Large 2	550	335.00	1,843	28

One grade step is worth $25.00/cwt here — about $285 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

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 sale78 hd

346.32

—

VA average8 barns · 435 hd

337.81

+8.51

National average146 barns · 6,788 hd

340.18

+6.14

This barn, trailing median31 sales

372.20

−25.88

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

71 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	658	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,122	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	390.78/cwt	390.00–391.00	2,122	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	389	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,614	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,499	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	407.94/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,746	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	338	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,403	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	635	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,715	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,364	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	591	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,128	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	473	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,845	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,965	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,843	28
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	608	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,991	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	363.54/cwt	340.00–368.00	1,749	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	356	339.22/cwt	335.00–360.00	1,208	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	485	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,785	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	394.94/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,501	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	333	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,399	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	560	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,736	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	585	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,667	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	623	307.74/cwt	295.00–311.00	1,917	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	391	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,525	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,418	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	712	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,278	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	730	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,172	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	462	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,663	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	400	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,400	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,901	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	405	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,580	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	398.19/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,891	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,312	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,756	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	437.67/cwt	390.00–445.00	1,668	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	1,375	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	414.87/cwt	355.00–445.00	1,323	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,976	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,088	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,395	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,131	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	431.25/cwt	390.00–445.00	1,639	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,050	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	406.32/cwt	345.00–415.00	1,548	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,188	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,849	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	746	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,275	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,782	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,365	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	403.68/cwt	395.00–405.00	1,699	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,180	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	326.69/cwt	300.00–347.50	2,016	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,850	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,751	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,314	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	962	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	2,333	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,961	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,785	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	916	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,721	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	533	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,919	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,010	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,328	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,859	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,598	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,817	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,065	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	421.76/cwt	390.00–435.00	1,586	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	659	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,109	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	865	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,249	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	409.94/cwt	390.00–412.50	1,722	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	769	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,326	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	390.23/cwt	350.00–396.00	1,885	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	651	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,337	6

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 Jul 21, 2025

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

Receipts 448Last week 477Year ago 643

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 100, Heifers 245, Bulls 103)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	333	450.00	450.00
5	350–400	376	390.00–435.00	421.76
15	400–450	425	420.00	420.00
6	450–500	469	387.50	387.50
10	500–550	537	366.00	366.00
2	650–700	658	322.50	322.50
1	700–750	700	295.00	295.00
2	850–900	865	260.00	260.00
3	950–1000	962	242.50	242.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	333	420.00	420.00
3	350–400	380	385.00–400.00	394.94
1	400–450	405	390.00	390.00
1	550–600	585	285.00	285.00
1	600–650	635	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	285	482.50	482.50
3	300–350	319	355.00–445.00	414.87
7	350–400	381	390.00–445.00	437.67
9	400–450	431	407.50	407.50
11	450–500	475	385.00–400.00	398.19
3	500–550	540	342.50	342.50
1	550–600	555	335.00	335.00
3	600–650	617	300.00–347.50	326.69
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	440.00	440.00
2	350–400	385	415.00	415.00
10	400–450	428	400.00–420.00	407.94
8	450–500	483	350.00–396.00	390.23
9	500–550	543	390.00–391.00	390.78
6	650–700	651	359.00	359.00
2	700–750	745	312.50	312.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	391	390.00	390.00
3	450–500	462	360.00	360.00
1	500–550	535	265.00	265.00
3	600–650	608	327.50	327.50
3	700–750	712	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	465.00	465.00
4	350–400	380	390.00–445.00	431.25
2	400–450	425	435.00	435.00
2	450–500	488	405.00	405.00
1	500–550	500	410.00	410.00
18	550–600	554	395.00	395.00
5	600–650	641	361.00	361.00
1	700–750	720	290.00	290.00
2	750–800	763	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	900–950	916	297.00	297.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	300–350	338	415.00	415.00
4	350–400	389	415.00	415.00
9	400–450	420	390.00–412.50	409.94
6	450–500	481	340.00–368.00	363.54
28	550–600	550	335.00	335.00
7	650–700	659	320.00	320.00
4	750–800	769	302.50	302.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	473	390.00	390.00
13	550–600	591	360.00	360.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	356	335.00–360.00	339.22
1	400–450	400	350.00	350.00
5	450–500	485	368.00	368.00
12	500–550	540	352.00	352.00
1	550–600	560	310.00	310.00
10	600–650	623	295.00–311.00	307.74
3	700–750	730	297.50	297.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	390.00	390.00
3	300–350	328	400.00	400.00
19	350–400	381	345.00–415.00	406.32
15	400–450	421	395.00–405.00	403.68
13	450–500	472	371.00	371.00
2	500–550	528	337.50	337.50
16	550–600	562	349.00	349.00
13	600–650	632	345.00	345.00
1	650–700	670	300.00	300.00
8	700–750	746	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	533	360.00	360.00

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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