Name: Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-12-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 136, Heifers 134, Bulls 237)

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 $327.88/cwt on 75 head. That ranks 2 of 31 comparable sales and sits −44.33 against this barn's trailing median of $372.20.

Average price

$327.88

75 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,808

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$251

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

$39.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.97

vs VA average

−50.08 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	341.79	1,891	33
Medium and Large 2	554	324.88	1,800	27
Medium and Large 3	542	302.66	1,640	15thin

One grade step is worth $39.13/cwt here — about $251 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale75 hd

327.88

—

VA average8 barns · 284 hd

314.90

+12.97

National average184 barns · 19,282 hd

377.96

−50.08

This barn, trailing median31 sales

372.20

−44.33

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

78 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	600–650	641	287.89/cwt	235.00–295.00	1,845	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,938	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,165	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,695	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	350.10/cwt	260.00–375.00	1,306	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	833	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,708	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	322	338.68/cwt	305.00–345.00	1,091	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	839	305.03/cwt	295.00–307.50	2,559	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	754	311.78/cwt	270.00–322.50	2,351	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	738	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,044	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	651	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,116	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,063	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	406.63/cwt	390.00–409.00	1,936	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	746	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,052	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,742	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	695	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,981	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	585	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,638	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,620	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,209	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	960	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,680	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	554	324.88/cwt	295.00–330.00	1,800	27
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	615	337.44/cwt	335.00–340.00	2,075	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	765	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,958	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	580	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,885	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	542	302.66/cwt	302.50–305.00	1,640	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	250–300	291	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	720	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	300–350	309	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	773	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	264.64/cwt	235.00–280.00	1,164	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	660	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,485	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	343	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,029	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	610	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,617	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	300–350	320	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	880	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	350–400	368	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	920	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	432.70/cwt	345.00–445.00	1,649	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,096	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	350.06/cwt	335.00–355.00	1,152	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,074	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	638	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,297	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	641	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,051	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,679	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,215	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	848	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,417	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,140	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,024	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,432	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,380	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,497	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,906	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	402.42/cwt	385.00–415.00	1,932	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,075	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	2,204	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,596	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,695	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,892	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,898	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	308.68/cwt	305.00–309.00	1,985	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,635	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,691	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	744	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,046	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,909	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,121	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,058	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,010	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,034	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,675	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	884	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	423.07/cwt	375.00–445.00	1,777	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,145	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	867	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,951	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	930	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,814	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,126	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,151	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	653	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,286	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	837	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,093	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	322	348.01/cwt	285.00–380.00	1,121	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	960	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,680	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,812	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	425.52/cwt	340.00–440.00	1,574	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	441.49/cwt	430.00–445.00	1,651	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	383.29/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,648	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	332.13/cwt	295.00–370.00	1,694	2

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 Dec 8, 2025

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

Receipts 507Last week 503Year ago 961

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 136, Heifers 134, Bulls 237)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	322	305.00–345.00	338.68
10	350–400	373	260.00–375.00	350.10
10	400–450	429	395.00	395.00
10	450–500	474	367.50	367.50
27	550–600	554	295.00–330.00	324.88
14	600–650	641	235.00–295.00	287.89
10	700–750	746	275.00	275.00
6	800–850	833	205.00	205.00
1	950–1000	960	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	343	300.00	300.00
7	400–450	440	235.00–280.00	264.64
15	500–550	542	302.50–305.00	302.66
1	600–650	610	265.00	265.00
4	650–700	660	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	291	247.50	247.50
4	300–350	309	250.00	250.00
3	350–400	368	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	641	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	310.00	310.00
5	300–350	325	345.00	345.00
7	350–400	379	395.00	395.00
8	400–450	428	395.00	395.00
11	450–500	467	350.00	350.00
1	500–550	500	335.00	335.00
32	550–600	555	342.00	342.00
12	600–650	643	305.00–309.00	308.68
7	700–750	744	275.00	275.00
2	800–850	830	245.00	245.00
2	1050–1100	1,058	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	374	430.00–445.00	441.49
3	400–450	430	370.00–395.00	383.29
5	450–500	467	415.00	415.00
2	500–550	510	295.00–370.00	332.13
13	550–600	555	390.00	390.00
9	650–700	653	350.00	350.00
5	750–800	754	270.00–322.50	311.78
5	800–850	839	295.00–307.50	305.03
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	580	325.00	325.00
2	600–650	615	335.00–340.00	337.44
1	750–800	765	256.00	256.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	320	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	600–650	638	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	425.00	425.00
6	400–450	419	455.00	455.00
4	450–500	480	385.00–415.00	402.42
19	500–550	535	400.00	400.00
1	550–600	565	300.00	300.00
8	600–650	642	345.00	345.00
7	700–750	739	322.00	322.00
2	800–850	848	285.00	285.00
1	850–900	880	295.00	295.00
7	1000–1050	1,024	237.50	237.50
2	1050–1100	1,075	205.00	205.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	322	285.00–380.00	348.01
7	350–400	370	340.00–440.00	425.52
6	400–450	420	375.00–445.00	423.07
8	450–500	476	390.00–409.00	406.63
8	500–550	543	380.00	380.00
10	650–700	651	325.00	325.00
13	700–750	738	277.00	277.00
1	750–800	755	240.00	240.00
5	800–850	837	250.00	250.00
1	950–1000	960	175.00	175.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	260.00	260.00
1	500–550	540	300.00	300.00
1	550–600	585	280.00	280.00
1	650–700	695	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	390.00	390.00
4	300–350	329	335.00–355.00	350.06
8	350–400	381	345.00–445.00	432.70
12	400–450	429	445.00	445.00
14	450–500	473	400.00	400.00
12	550–600	550	390.00	390.00
5	600–650	635	330.00	330.00
1	650–700	675	315.00	315.00
2	700–750	715	290.00	290.00
3	850–900	867	225.00	225.00
2	900–950	930	195.00	195.00

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