Name: Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-12-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 61, Heifers 98, Bulls 58)

Natural cattle are Weaned

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $316.23/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −55.98 against this barn's trailing median of $372.20.

Average price

$316.23

20 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,703

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$100

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$19.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs VA average

−78.47 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	325.00	1,758	7thin
Medium and Large 3	534	314.96	1,682	8thin
Medium and Large 2	542	305.97	1,658	5thin

One grade step is worth $19.03/cwt here — about $100 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 sale20 hd

316.23

—

VA average1 barns · 20 hd

316.23

+0.00

National average24 barns · 3,641 hd

394.70

−78.47

This barn, trailing median31 sales

372.20

−55.98

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

59 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 1	600–650	645	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,129	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,257	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	426.35/cwt	415.00–430.00	1,752	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	435.26/cwt	405.00–445.00	1,610	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	352.23/cwt	335.00–355.00	1,469	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,147	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	534	314.96/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,682	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	469	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,876	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	635	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,096	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	510	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,403	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	410	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,230	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	495	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,559	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	385	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,155	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	795	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,266	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	615	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,538	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	647	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,909	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	436	314.46/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,371	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	840	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,058	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,478	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,087	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,777	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	930	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,093	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	450	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,598	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	542	305.97/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,658	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,269	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	677	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,166	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,659	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,577	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,138	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,365	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,089	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	938	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	754	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,187	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,462	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	706	367.75/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,596	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,138	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,240	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,467	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,302	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,758	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	437.00/cwt	435.00–445.00	2,115	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,931	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,000	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,525	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,243	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	600–650	620	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,015	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	583	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,303	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	355.99/cwt	335.00–380.00	1,687	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,448	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,093	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	409	346.43/cwt	335.00–390.00	1,417	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,056	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	855	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,394	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,394	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,479	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	409.56/cwt	370.00–440.00	1,933	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	995	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,239	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	866	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,685	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,843	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	394.50/cwt	380.00–410.00	2,083	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 29, 2025

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

Receipts 217Last week 391Year ago 437

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 61, Heifers 98, Bulls 58)

Natural cattle are Weaned

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	335.00	335.00
2	300–350	325	335.00	335.00
2	350–400	373	305.00	305.00
7	400–450	417	335.00–355.00	352.23
5	450–500	474	335.00–380.00	355.99
7	500–550	541	325.00	325.00
4	600–650	645	330.00	330.00
7	750–800	754	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	436	310.00–315.00	314.46
1	450–500	495	315.00	315.00
8	500–550	534	310.00–320.00	314.96
1	600–650	615	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	325	325.00	325.00
7	350–400	376	337.50	337.50
5	400–450	409	335.00–390.00	346.43
5	500–550	542	305.00–310.00	305.97
5	600–650	647	295.00	295.00
3	750–800	750	285.00	285.00
1	850–900	855	280.00	280.00
1	900–950	930	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
12	600–650	620	325.00	325.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	280	465.00	465.00
4	300–350	319	460.00	460.00
4	350–400	370	405.00–445.00	435.26
4	400–450	411	415.00–430.00	426.35
2	450–500	488	440.00	440.00
4	550–600	558	375.00	375.00
2	750–800	765	295.00	295.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	300.00	300.00
1	450–500	450	355.00	355.00
2	500–550	515	345.00	345.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	328	425.00	425.00
1	350–400	395	420.00	420.00
9	400–450	434	445.00	445.00
8	450–500	472	370.00–440.00	409.56
5	500–550	535	390.00	390.00
4	650–700	650	345.00	345.00
1	800–850	840	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	300.00	300.00
4	450–500	469	400.00	400.00
1	500–550	510	275.00	275.00
2	600–650	635	330.00	330.00
1	750–800	795	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	455.00	455.00
1	350–400	380	415.00	415.00
1	400–450	405	365.00	365.00
2	450–500	485	380.00	380.00
2	500–550	528	380.00–410.00	394.50
3	650–700	677	320.00	320.00
1	700–750	720	340.00	340.00
4	850–900	866	310.00	310.00
1	950–1000	995	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	430	340.00	340.00
5	450–500	484	435.00–445.00	437.00
5	550–600	567	395.00	395.00
2	600–650	648	365.00	365.00
9	700–750	706	350.00–370.00	367.75
1	1000–1050	1,000	252.50	252.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	583	395.00	395.00

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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