Name: Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-02-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 37, Heifers 68, Bulls 34)

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 $356.37/cwt on 19 head, down $0.58 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 31 comparable sales and sits −15.84 against this barn's trailing median of $372.20.

Average price

$356.37

▼ 0.58 vs prior sale

19 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,939

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$92

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

$12.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs VA average

−75.17 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	540	357.79	1,931	12thin
Medium and Large 1	559	357.50	1,998	5thin
Medium and Large 3	533	345.00	1,839	2thin

One grade step is worth $12.79/cwt here — about $92 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale19 hd

356.37

—

VA average1 barns · 19 hd

356.37

+0.00

National average145 barns · 12,920 hd

431.54

−75.17

This barn, trailing median31 sales

372.20

−15.84

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

50 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	635	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,064	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,109	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	359.18/cwt	335.00–367.50	1,911	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,499	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,543	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	308	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,401	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,691	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	340	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,326	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	658	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,139	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	365.21/cwt	335.00–370.00	1,716	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	292.50/cwt	270.00–315.00	2,135	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	533	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,839	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	474	345.69/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,639	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	590	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,213	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	345	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,397	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,033	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	369	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,531	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	462	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,033	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,258	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	293.36/cwt	265.00–325.00	2,089	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,205	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	383.03/cwt	360.00–395.00	2,164	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,790	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,920	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,092	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,405	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,009	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,151	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	553	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,489	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,188	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,117	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,744	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,998	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,296	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,208	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,501	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,288	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,275	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,604	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	840	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,100	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,427	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,403	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,380	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,356	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,970	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	773	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,203	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	435.48/cwt	420.00–450.00	2,025	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,083	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	411.86/cwt	375.00–445.00	1,742	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,148	3

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 Feb 2, 2026

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

Receipts 139Last week 588Year ago 887

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 37, Heifers 68, Bulls 34)

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
3	250–300	270	425.00	425.00
2	300–350	320	405.00	405.00
5	350–400	369	415.00	415.00
2	400–450	428	395.00	395.00
7	450–500	470	335.00–370.00	365.21
8	500–550	532	335.00–367.50	359.18
4	550–600	555	355.00	355.00
1	600–650	635	325.00	325.00
2	700–750	730	270.00–315.00	292.50
1	800–850	840	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	390.00	390.00
1	350–400	370	340.00	340.00
6	450–500	474	325.00–350.00	345.69
2	500–550	533	345.00	345.00
2	650–700	658	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	628	342.50	342.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	400.00	400.00
1	450–500	465	375.00	375.00
5	550–600	559	357.50	357.50
2	650–700	663	330.00	330.00
1	700–750	730	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	570	370.00	370.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	308	455.00	455.00
2	350–400	373	430.00	430.00
2	400–450	423	375.00–445.00	411.86
3	450–500	462	440.00	440.00
7	500–550	526	432.50	432.50
1	550–600	595	350.00	350.00
1	600–650	605	365.00	365.00
2	750–800	773	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	480.00	480.00
1	450–500	470	445.00	445.00
3	550–600	565	360.00–395.00	383.03
3	600–650	630	350.00	350.00
3	700–750	712	265.00–325.00	293.36
1	800–850	800	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	435.00	435.00
2	350–400	363	425.00	425.00
2	450–500	465	420.00–450.00	435.48
5	500–550	548	430.00	430.00
1	700–750	735	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	405.00	405.00
3	450–500	462	440.00	440.00
1	550–600	590	375.00	375.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	460.00	460.00
1	450–500	490	410.00	410.00
1	500–550	540	445.00	445.00
2	650–700	668	360.00	360.00
1	700–750	725	345.00	345.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	550–600	553	450.00	450.00

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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