Name: Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-02-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 56, Heifers 25, Bulls 24)

Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $429.91/cwt on 4 head, down $11.52 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 31 comparable sales and sits −36.49 against this barn's trailing median of $466.40.

Average price

$429.91

▼ 11.52 vs prior sale

4 head · 525 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,257

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−25.28

vs VA average

−48.48 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	525	429.91	2,257	4thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $493.16, low $388.95, median $466.40 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 sale4 hd

429.91

—

VA average3 barns · 51 hd

455.19

−25.28

National average184 barns · 16,706 hd

478.39

−48.48

This barn, trailing median31 sales

466.40

−36.49

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

32 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 1	550–600	590	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,301	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,290	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,414	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	478.87/cwt	430.00–530.00	1,595	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,246	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,490	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	585	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,843	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	450	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,823	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	493	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,849	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,159	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	485	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,916	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	645	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,129	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	429.91/cwt	415.00–435.00	2,257	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,733	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	614	382.02/cwt	370.00–385.00	2,346	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	406.31/cwt	360.00–425.00	2,255	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	493	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,726	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	620	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,922	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,304	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	395.69/cwt	375.00–400.00	1,686	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	950–1000	958	343.50/cwt	343.50–343.50	3,291	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,074	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,743	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	617	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,375	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	314.00/cwt	265.00–340.00	2,098	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,857	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,482	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,781	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	519	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,972	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,041	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,205	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	683	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,715	8

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 9, 2026

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

Receipts 105Last week 139Year ago 580

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 56, Heifers 25, Bulls 24)

Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	333	430.00–530.00	478.87
1	550–600	590	390.00	390.00
1	600–650	645	355.00	355.00
1	650–700	680	355.00	355.00
2	700–750	713	315.00	315.00
2	800–850	830	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	405.00	405.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	470.00	470.00
2	450–500	485	475.00	475.00
6	550–600	555	360.00–425.00	406.31
5	600–650	614	370.00–385.00	382.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	493	350.00	350.00
1	500–550	525	330.00	330.00
1	550–600	585	315.00	315.00
1	600–650	620	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	426	375.00–400.00	395.69
2	450–500	493	375.00	375.00
5	500–550	519	380.00	380.00
3	600–650	635	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	668	265.00–340.00	314.00
1	700–750	715	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	395.00	395.00
1	600–650	645	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	530.00	530.00
1	400–450	415	420.00	420.00
4	500–550	525	415.00–435.00	429.91
3	600–650	617	385.00	385.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	683	397.50	397.50
26	950–1000	958	343.50	343.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	630	350.00	350.00
1	650–700	680	365.00	365.00
9	750–800	762	365.00	365.00

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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