Name: Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-12-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 126, Heifers 174, Bulls 91)

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 $343.78/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 2 of 31 comparable sales and sits −28.42 against this barn's trailing median of $372.20.

Average price

$343.78

48 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,874

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$213

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

$34.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.54

vs VA average

−46.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	542	349.28	1,892	25
Medium and Large 1	551	341.23	1,881	20
Medium and Large 3	533	315.00	1,679	3thin

One grade step is worth $34.28/cwt here — about $213 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 sale48 hd

343.78

—

VA average8 barns · 332 hd

339.24

+4.54

National average175 barns · 15,310 hd

389.91

−46.13

This barn, trailing median31 sales

372.20

−28.42

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	815	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,956	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,638	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	367.14/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,722	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	534	348.48/cwt	340.00–352.00	1,861	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,909	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,442	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	626	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,272	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	468.00/cwt	468.00–468.00	1,975	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	403.90/cwt	390.00–420.00	1,547	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,848	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	533	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,679	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	333	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,249	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	359	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,355	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,017	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,752	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,093	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,900	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	305	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,266	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	505	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,111	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	1050–1100	1,085	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,899	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,995	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	430.57/cwt	325.00–465.00	1,576	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	740	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,924	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	623	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,087	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	345	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,466	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	750–800	770	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,925	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	655	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,063	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	748	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,581	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	552	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,015	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	428	368.86/cwt	355.00–380.00	1,579	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,957	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	418.15/cwt	380.00–437.50	1,986	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	341.29/cwt	295.00–347.00	1,891	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,863	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,701	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	320.72/cwt	320.00–322.50	2,056	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	315.07/cwt	305.00–325.00	2,332	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	364.11/cwt	347.50–400.00	1,919	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,333	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	447.92/cwt	447.50–450.00	2,141	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	476.00/cwt	476.00–476.00	2,042	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,465	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,139	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	386.51/cwt	375.00–395.00	1,446	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,309	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,639	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,892	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,716	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	385.90/cwt	350.00–397.50	1,601	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	983	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,312	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,981	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	593	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,046	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,283	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,700	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,012	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	362.51/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,929	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,063	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,050	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,100	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,470	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	403.74/cwt	300.00–455.00	1,728	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	327.95/cwt	325.00–330.00	2,050	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,016	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	445.00/cwt	435.00–455.00	1,513	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	276.63/cwt	265.00–282.50	2,089	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	330.48/cwt	320.00–334.00	2,115	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	747	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,174	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	370.94/cwt	335.00–392.50	1,217	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	566	339.13/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,919	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	454.58/cwt	430.00–457.50	2,137	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,129	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,838	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,274	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	544	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,181	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	950	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,758	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 →

Farmers Livestock Exchange Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Winchester, VA

Mon Dec 15, 2025

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

Receipts 391Last week 507Year ago 576

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 126, Heifers 174, Bulls 91)

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
3	300–350	310	465.00	465.00
12	350–400	366	325.00–465.00	430.57
3	400–450	415	460.00	460.00
5	450–500	477	432.50	432.50
8	500–550	532	355.00–365.00	362.51
2	600–650	615	328.00	328.00
4	650–700	650	327.50	327.50
1	700–750	725	277.50	277.50
1	800–850	815	240.00	240.00
1	950–1000	950	185.00	185.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	415.00	415.00
1	450–500	455	417.50	417.50
1	650–700	655	315.00	315.00
1	750–800	770	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	490.00	490.00
4	350–400	380	447.50	447.50
3	400–450	428	300.00–455.00	403.74
3	450–500	475	380.00–437.50	418.15
1	500–550	525	350.00	350.00
14	550–600	558	355.00	355.00
8	600–650	640	320.00–334.00	330.48
6	700–750	747	291.00	291.00
3	750–800	755	265.00–282.50	276.63
1	800–850	810	230.00	230.00
1	850–900	880	215.00	215.00
1	1050–1100	1,050	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	328	335.00–392.50	370.94
24	350–400	383	390.00–420.00	403.90
12	400–450	420	390.00	390.00
22	450–500	469	350.00–370.00	367.14
20	500–550	534	340.00–352.00	348.48
5	550–600	572	352.50	352.50
5	600–650	625	325.00–330.00	327.95
1	650–700	660	280.00	280.00
1	700–750	700	285.00	285.00
1	1050–1100	1,085	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	333	375.00	375.00
5	350–400	359	377.50	377.50
7	400–450	428	355.00–380.00	368.86
3	500–550	533	315.00	315.00
1	700–750	740	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	357.50	357.50
4	350–400	374	375.00–395.00	386.51
4	400–450	415	350.00–397.50	385.90
4	450–500	478	359.00	359.00
1	500–550	500	340.00	340.00
19	550–600	554	295.00–347.00	341.29
14	600–650	641	320.00–322.50	320.72
4	700–750	740	305.00–325.00	315.07
1	800–850	830	275.00	275.00
2	850–900	865	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	435.00–455.00	445.00
4	350–400	385	455.00	455.00
7	400–450	422	468.00	468.00
9	450–500	470	430.00–457.50	454.58
16	500–550	544	401.00	401.00
6	550–600	566	335.00–340.00	339.13
11	600–650	626	363.00	363.00
2	700–750	748	345.00	345.00
1	750–800	775	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	425.00	425.00
1	400–450	430	455.00	455.00
1	500–550	505	220.00	220.00
3	550–600	552	365.00	365.00
2	600–650	623	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	363	405.00	405.00
4	400–450	429	476.00	476.00
6	450–500	478	447.50–450.00	447.92
3	500–550	527	347.50–400.00	364.11
20	550–600	563	380.00	380.00
14	600–650	648	360.00	360.00
2	650–700	675	342.50	342.50
1	750–800	765	345.00	345.00
1	800–850	810	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	593	345.00	345.00

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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