Name: Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-07-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 70, Heifers 145, Bulls 115)

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 $332.90/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 2 of 31 comparable sales and sits −39.30 against this barn's trailing median of $372.20.

Average price

$332.90

19 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,833

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$78

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

$30.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.68

vs VA average

−14.60 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	526	350.05	1,841	7thin
Medium and Large 2	572	324.34	1,855	8thin
Medium and Large 3	551	320.00	1,763	4thin

One grade step is worth $30.05/cwt here — about $78 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale19 hd

332.90

—

VA average5 barns · 177 hd

327.22

+5.68

National average149 barns · 6,369 hd

347.50

−14.60

This barn, trailing median31 sales

372.20

−39.30

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

66 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	650–700	674	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,359	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	536	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,951	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,840	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	348.41/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,864	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	459	381.28/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,750	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,610	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,763	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,684	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	324.34/cwt	285.00–330.00	1,855	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	410	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	1,677	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	610	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,800	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,799	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	636	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,972	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	753	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,251	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	859	249.35/cwt	240.00–252.50	2,142	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	563	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,985	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	710	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,201	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,785	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	439	364.47/cwt	340.00–367.50	1,600	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	363	353.21/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,282	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	453	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,801	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	628	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,217	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	363	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,497	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	355	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,376	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	551	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,763	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	750	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,875	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	625	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,781	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,421	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,214	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,709	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	765	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,578	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	399.86/cwt	390.00–435.00	1,683	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	371.90/cwt	367.50–400.00	1,979	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,715	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,378	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,842	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	985	286.75/cwt	280.00–290.00	2,824	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,920	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,596	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	408.09/cwt	365.00–415.00	1,689	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	417.15/cwt	415.00–417.50	1,568	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,304	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	384.97/cwt	382.50–390.00	1,752	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	374.23/cwt	355.00–395.00	1,946	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	283	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,302	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,016	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	384.43/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,818	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,127	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	839	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,412	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,228	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	350.05/cwt	325.00–360.00	1,841	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,785	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	424.08/cwt	390.00–430.00	1,391	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	613	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,096	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	685	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,124	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	948	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,536	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	283	366.55/cwt	330.00–400.00	1,037	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,628	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	840	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,184	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	744	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,366	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	875	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,363	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	657	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,365	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	698	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,185	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	407.09/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,518	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	338	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,411	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,800	12

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 28, 2025

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

Receipts 330Last week 448Year ago 614

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 70, Heifers 145, Bulls 115)

Value Added 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
2	350–400	383	425.00	425.00
5	400–450	430	410.00	410.00
2	450–500	460	400.00	400.00
4	500–550	536	364.00	364.00
7	650–700	674	350.00	350.00
5	700–750	744	318.00	318.00
1	800–850	840	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	363	412.50	412.50
1	400–450	430	415.00	415.00
2	550–600	563	352.50	352.50
3	600–650	628	353.00	353.00
1	700–750	710	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	750–800	765	337.00	337.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	283	460.00	460.00
1	350–400	380	420.00	420.00
4	400–450	426	432.50	432.50
1	450–500	480	400.00	400.00
2	500–550	520	355.00–395.00	374.23
1	650–700	660	337.50	337.50
1	750–800	755	315.00	315.00
1	850–900	890	305.00	305.00
3	950–1000	985	280.00–290.00	286.75
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	657	360.00	360.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	328	390.00–430.00	424.08
4	350–400	366	440.00	440.00
8	400–450	415	430.00	430.00
4	450–500	459	370.00–385.00	381.28
19	500–550	535	335.00–350.00	348.41
6	600–650	613	342.00	342.00
1	850–900	875	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	363	350.00–355.00	353.21
7	400–450	410	409.00	409.00
2	450–500	453	397.50	397.50
3	500–550	545	330.00	330.00
4	600–650	610	295.00	295.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	440.00	440.00
10	350–400	384	445.00	445.00
8	400–450	421	390.00–435.00	399.86
9	450–500	473	350.00–390.00	384.43
7	500–550	532	367.50–400.00	371.90
10	600–650	638	347.00	347.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	338	417.50	417.50
7	350–400	373	390.00–410.00	407.09
9	400–450	421	400.00	400.00
12	450–500	480	375.00	375.00
8	550–600	572	285.00–330.00	324.34
9	600–650	636	310.00	310.00
5	750–800	753	299.00	299.00
4	850–900	859	240.00–252.50	249.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	355	387.50	387.50
9	400–450	439	340.00–367.50	364.47
4	550–600	551	320.00	320.00
1	600–650	625	285.00	285.00
1	750–800	750	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	283	330.00–400.00	366.55
6	300–350	330	395.00	395.00
7	350–400	376	415.00–417.50	417.15
7	400–450	414	365.00–415.00	408.09
3	450–500	455	382.50–390.00	384.97
7	500–550	526	325.00–360.00	350.05
5	600–650	612	347.50	347.50
1	650–700	695	290.00	290.00
4	800–850	839	287.50	287.50
2	900–950	948	267.50	267.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	650–700	685	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	698	313.00	313.00

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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