Name: Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-10-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 344, Heifers 435, Bulls 270)

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 $323.18/cwt on 144 head. That ranks 2 of 31 comparable sales and sits −49.03 against this barn's trailing median of $372.20.

Average price

$323.18

144 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,763

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$88

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

$15.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.35

vs VA average

−61.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	327.88	1,799	94
Medium and Large 2	537	314.85	1,691	40
Medium and Large 3	548	312.25	1,711	10thin

One grade step is worth $15.63/cwt here — about $88 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 sale144 hd

323.18

—

VA average8 barns · 567 hd

318.83

+4.35

National average182 barns · 15,418 hd

384.39

−61.21

This barn, trailing median31 sales

372.20

−49.03

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

85 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	450–500	472	391.43/cwt	305.00–397.50	1,848	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	828	314.91/cwt	285.00–325.00	2,607	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	308	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,294	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	314.85/cwt	240.00–326.00	1,691	40
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	668	325.13/cwt	260.00–356.00	2,172	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,602	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	358	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,557	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	353.85/cwt	330.00–357.50	1,681	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,459	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	800–850	818	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,372	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	849	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,250	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	778	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,945	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	648	328.53/cwt	315.00–329.00	2,129	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	384.28/cwt	367.50–390.00	1,260	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	687	299.88/cwt	250.00–325.00	2,060	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	547	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,422	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	748	292.63/cwt	290.00–293.00	2,189	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	968	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	900	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,115	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	641	276.33/cwt	245.00–280.00	1,771	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	748	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,720	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	560	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,778	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	554	308.74/cwt	205.00–335.00	1,710	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,277	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	337	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,146	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	463	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,482	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	663	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,691	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	647	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,070	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,026	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	643	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,897	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	650	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,074	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	735	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,691	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	725	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,631	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	550	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,650	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	543	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,683	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	444	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,476	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,596	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,847	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	376.92/cwt	335.00–380.00	1,779	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	380.66/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,675	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,530	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	278	377.81/cwt	265.00–405.00	1,050	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,884	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	447.35/cwt	445.00–455.00	1,669	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	408.38/cwt	295.00–415.00	2,275	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	318.77/cwt	280.00–375.00	1,689	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	303	401.07/cwt	375.00–407.50	1,215	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	355.04/cwt	350.00–360.00	2,166	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	325.94/cwt	310.00–330.00	2,392	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	404.50/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,938	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,047	252.86/cwt	225.00–257.50	2,647	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	297.60/cwt	290.00–300.00	2,321	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,964	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	357.62/cwt	280.00–363.00	2,328	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	848	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,714	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	328.05/cwt	317.50–329.00	1,798	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	305.47/cwt	285.00–315.00	1,931	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,708	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,727	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	272.41/cwt	260.00–285.00	1,798	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	289	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,084	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,848	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	281.13/cwt	275.00–300.00	2,151	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	380.56/cwt	335.00–390.00	1,385	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	856	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,868	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,783	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	269.66/cwt	245.00–295.00	1,969	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,671	40
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	340.17/cwt	305.00–346.00	1,915	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	324.86/cwt	275.00–345.00	1,829	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	900–950	913	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,506	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	307.84/cwt	290.00–325.00	1,570	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	830	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,453	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,628	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	343.95/cwt	290.00–347.50	1,840	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,272	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	723	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,223	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	659	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,142	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	373.32/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,407	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	357.77/cwt	315.00–361.00	1,925	41
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1000–1050	1,003	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,548	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	319	412.09/cwt	355.00–430.00	1,315	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	423.53/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,800	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	325.95/cwt	300.00–335.00	1,558	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	865	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,076	1

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 →

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

Receipts 1,049Last week 1,277Year ago 873

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 344, Heifers 435, Bulls 270)

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	300–350	308	420.00	420.00
6	350–400	358	435.00	435.00
16	400–450	425	400.00–425.00	423.53
15	450–500	472	305.00–397.50	391.43
41	500–550	538	315.00–361.00	357.77
19	650–700	668	260.00–356.00	325.13
6	700–750	723	307.50	307.50
5	800–850	828	285.00–325.00	314.91
2	1000–1050	1,003	254.00	254.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	550	300.00	300.00
3	600–650	647	320.00	320.00
3	700–750	725	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	373	445.00–455.00	447.35
15	400–450	433	435.00	435.00
10	450–500	479	400.00–405.00	404.50
8	500–550	530	280.00–375.00	318.77
73	550–600	557	295.00–415.00	408.38
2	600–650	610	350.00–360.00	355.04
48	650–700	651	280.00–363.00	357.62
15	700–750	734	310.00–330.00	325.94
4	750–800	780	290.00–300.00	297.60
5	800–850	848	320.00	320.00
7	1000–1050	1,047	225.00–257.50	252.86
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	850–900	856	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	584	389.00	389.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	300–350	328	367.50–390.00	384.28
12	350–400	377	355.00–375.00	373.32
25	400–450	423	345.00	345.00
30	450–500	475	330.00–357.50	353.85
40	500–550	537	240.00–326.00	314.85
29	600–650	648	315.00–329.00	328.53
9	650–700	687	250.00–325.00	299.88
8	700–750	748	290.00–293.00	292.63
4	800–850	849	265.00	265.00
1	850–900	865	240.00	240.00
1	900–950	900	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	800–850	818	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	345.00	345.00
4	400–450	444	332.50	332.50
7	500–550	543	310.00	310.00
3	550–600	560	317.50	317.50
2	600–650	643	295.00	295.00
8	650–700	650	319.00	319.00
5	700–750	735	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	289	375.00	375.00
5	300–350	303	375.00–407.50	401.07
6	350–400	364	335.00–390.00	380.56
40	400–450	434	385.00	385.00
26	450–500	477	358.00	358.00
89	500–550	548	317.50–329.00	328.05
5	550–600	563	275.00–345.00	324.86
27	600–650	632	285.00–315.00	305.47
2	700–750	730	245.00–295.00	269.66
4	750–800	765	275.00–300.00	281.13
1	800–850	840	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	659	325.00	325.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	319	355.00–430.00	412.09
9	350–400	383	425.00	425.00
9	400–450	416	385.00	385.00
11	450–500	478	300.00–335.00	325.95
33	500–550	535	290.00–347.50	343.95
5	550–600	554	205.00–335.00	308.74
21	600–650	641	245.00–280.00	276.33
12	700–750	748	230.00	230.00
2	750–800	778	250.00	250.00
1	800–850	830	175.00	175.00
2	900–950	913	165.00	165.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	337	340.00	340.00
3	350–400	380	270.00	270.00
1	400–450	440	220.00	220.00
4	450–500	463	320.00	320.00
9	500–550	547	260.00	260.00
4	650–700	663	255.00	255.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	278	265.00–405.00	377.81
13	300–350	329	465.00	465.00
20	350–400	369	432.50	432.50
15	400–450	440	380.00–385.00	380.66
15	450–500	472	335.00–380.00	376.92
2	500–550	510	290.00–325.00	307.84
35	550–600	563	305.00–346.00	340.17
16	600–650	648	285.00	285.00
2	650–700	660	260.00–285.00	272.41
4	700–750	735	235.00	235.00
1	750–800	775	230.00	230.00
1	800–850	810	242.50	242.50

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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