Name: Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-09-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 386, Heifers 480, Bulls 365)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $342.23/cwt on 146 head. That ranks 2 of 31 comparable sales and sits −29.97 against this barn's trailing median of $372.20.

Average price

$342.23

146 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,873

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$44

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

$22.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.50

vs VA average

−17.43 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	347.61	1,896	77
Medium and Large 2	545	338.59	1,845	57
Medium and Large 3	570	325.00	1,853	12thin

One grade step is worth $22.61/cwt here — about $44 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 sale146 hd

342.23

—

VA average8 barns · 600 hd

345.73

−3.50

National average170 barns · 10,929 hd

359.66

−17.43

This barn, trailing median31 sales

372.20

−29.97

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

75 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	800–850	823	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,625	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	405	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,519	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	560	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,680	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	359	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,580	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	452.61/cwt	385.00–470.00	1,439	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	381	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,610	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	420.17/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,815	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	641	338.77/cwt	320.00–340.00	2,172	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	439.45/cwt	427.50–442.50	2,096	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,734	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,613	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	542	399.80/cwt	350.00–405.00	2,167	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	712	330.04/cwt	280.00–342.50	2,350	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	920	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,070	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	739	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,162	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,152	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	634	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,791	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,444	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,820	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,402	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	649	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,200	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,070	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	366	366.82/cwt	285.00–395.00	1,343	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	795	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,630	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	553	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,880	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	437	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,879	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	704	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,295	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	450.55/cwt	425.00–455.00	1,937	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,853	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	620	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,860	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	600	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,950	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	419.77/cwt	390.00–422.50	1,612	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	325.11/cwt	285.00–331.00	1,817	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	286	434.00/cwt	434.00–434.00	1,241	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	856	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,611	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	978	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,738	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	425.18/cwt	375.00–430.00	1,833	44
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	392.62/cwt	392.50–395.00	2,120	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	742	357.19/cwt	355.00–357.50	2,650	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	347.48/cwt	300.00–350.00	2,224	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,516	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,265	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	312.65/cwt	285.00–320.00	2,292	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	447.55/cwt	420.00–450.00	2,144	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	793	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,756	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	465.70/cwt	405.00–469.00	2,217	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	1,446	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,329	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	394.51/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,862	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	845	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,865	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	291	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,280	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	477.15/cwt	410.00–490.00	1,813	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	350.22/cwt	332.50–351.00	1,905	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,607	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	416.74/cwt	390.00–418.00	2,267	128
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	467.59/cwt	385.00–475.00	1,767	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	324	469.16/cwt	430.00–475.00	1,520	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	649	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,207	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	903	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,912	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,005	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,663	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,321	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	383.89/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,812	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	920	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,576	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	338.59/cwt	300.00–344.00	1,845	57
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,260	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	472.93/cwt	415.00–477.50	2,034	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	1,677	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	737	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,395	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	340.99/cwt	325.00–347.50	2,141	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,055	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,001	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	359.31/cwt	357.00–360.00	2,292	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,930	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	369.80/cwt	360.00–370.00	2,008	48
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	419.88/cwt	380.00–425.00	1,986	31

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 Sep 15, 2025

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

Receipts 1,231Last week 1,635Year ago 714

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 386, Heifers 480, Bulls 365)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	328	427.50	427.50
27	350–400	381	422.50	422.50
20	400–450	432	400.00–425.00	420.17
41	450–500	472	370.00–385.00	383.89
57	500–550	545	300.00–344.00	338.59
10	600–650	649	339.00	339.00
19	700–750	737	325.00	325.00
9	800–850	823	319.00	319.00
2	900–950	920	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	366	285.00–395.00	366.82
1	400–450	405	375.00	375.00
12	550–600	570	325.00	325.00
1	600–650	600	325.00	325.00
1	750–800	795	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	700–750	704	326.00	326.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	286	434.00	434.00
5	300–350	337	429.00	429.00
19	350–400	384	390.00–422.50	419.77
44	400–450	431	375.00–430.00	425.18
40	450–500	472	385.00–395.00	394.51
69	500–550	544	332.50–351.00	350.22
8	550–600	559	285.00–331.00	325.11
35	600–650	640	300.00–350.00	347.48
5	700–750	733	285.00–320.00	312.65
1	750–800	755	300.00	300.00
1	800–850	805	312.50	312.50
5	850–900	856	305.00	305.00
4	950–1000	978	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	359	440.00	440.00
3	400–450	437	430.00	430.00
5	550–600	560	300.00	300.00
7	600–650	634	282.50	282.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	324	430.00–475.00	469.16
19	350–400	378	385.00–475.00	467.59
25	400–450	430	425.00–455.00	450.55
31	450–500	473	380.00–425.00	419.88
48	500–550	543	360.00–370.00	369.80
1	550–600	575	360.00	360.00
24	600–650	641	320.00–340.00	338.77
8	700–750	739	292.50	292.50
1	750–800	750	215.00	215.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	291	440.00	440.00
8	300–350	324	517.50	517.50
9	350–400	380	410.00–490.00	477.15
24	400–450	435	460.00	460.00
22	450–500	479	420.00–450.00	447.55
62	500–550	540	392.50–395.00	392.62
30	600–650	649	340.00	340.00
8	700–750	741	305.00	305.00
4	800–850	829	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	318	385.00–470.00	452.61
6	350–400	373	465.00	465.00
25	400–450	435	472.50	472.50
10	450–500	477	427.50–442.50	439.45
22	500–550	542	350.00–405.00	399.80
11	600–650	628	325.00–347.50	340.99
5	700–750	712	280.00–342.50	330.04
1	750–800	755	285.00	285.00
1	900–950	920	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	385.00	385.00
2	450–500	455	400.00	400.00
2	550–600	553	340.00	340.00
1	600–650	620	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	490.00	490.00
11	350–400	386	500.00	500.00
32	400–450	430	415.00–477.50	472.93
31	450–500	476	405.00–469.00	465.70
128	500–550	544	390.00–418.00	416.74
1	550–600	575	405.00	405.00
57	600–650	638	357.00–360.00	359.31
16	700–750	742	355.00–357.50	357.19
2	750–800	793	347.50	347.50
7	800–850	845	339.00	339.00
2	900–950	903	322.50	322.50
1	1000–1050	1,005	265.00	265.00

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