Name: Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-03-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 734, Heifers 698, Bulls 343)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $466.40/cwt on 205 head, down $1.43 from the prior sale. That ranks 16 of 31 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $466.40.

Average price

$466.40

▼ 1.43 vs prior sale

205 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,608

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$457

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$87.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.65

vs VA average

−5.80 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	568	477.79	2,714	74
Medium and Large 2	556	469.57	2,610	62
Medium and Large 1	551	455.11	2,508	65
Medium and Large 3	579	390.00	2,257	4thin

One grade step is worth $87.79/cwt here — about $457 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

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 sale205 hd

466.40

—

VA average8 barns · 404 hd

460.75

+5.65

National average178 barns · 10,669 hd

472.20

−5.80

This barn, trailing median31 sales

466.40

+0.00

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

127 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	422	555.52/cwt	540.00–560.00	2,344	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	327	456.61/cwt	350.00–485.00	1,493	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	669	319.93/cwt	315.00–327.50	2,140	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	361	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,661	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	585	475.43/cwt	440.00–500.00	2,781	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	456	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,041	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	626	314.97/cwt	312.50–325.00	1,972	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	387	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,148	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,897	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	857	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,271	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	632	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,086	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	643	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,315	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	737	307.00/cwt	290.00–310.00	2,263	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	491.22/cwt	360.00–515.00	2,058	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	900–950	940	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,998	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	542	402.85/cwt	325.00–410.00	2,183	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	927	276.86/cwt	260.00–285.00	2,566	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	485	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,219	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	647	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,355	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	447.16/cwt	398.00–465.00	1,878	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	534	333.20/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,779	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	467.72/cwt	425.00–470.00	1,749	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	521.34/cwt	500.00–525.00	1,934	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	476.54/cwt	405.00–500.00	1,563	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	663	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,122	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,356	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	828	265.32/cwt	250.00–280.00	2,197	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	542	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,331	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	376.45/cwt	360.00–385.00	2,183	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	433.69/cwt	350.00–445.00	2,056	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,350	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	300–350	305	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,830	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	552	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,111	60
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	436	515.47/cwt	515.00–520.00	2,247	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	860	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,795	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	484	465.03/cwt	375.00–483.00	2,251	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	348	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,931	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	685	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,740	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	641	383.92/cwt	355.00–390.00	2,461	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	531.52/cwt	500.00–535.00	2,030	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	552	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,429	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	487	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,532	21
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	423	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,946	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	533	503.40/cwt	500.00–505.00	2,683	22
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	372	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,009	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	690	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,070	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	360	401.77/cwt	375.00–430.00	1,446	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	625	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,063	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	590	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,419	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	350.75/cwt	290.00–360.00	1,894	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	439	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	1,879	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,854	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	720	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,232	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,820	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,280	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,799	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	561	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,935	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	681	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,247	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	696	386.67/cwt	385.00–387.00	2,691	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	609	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,162	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	500–550	541	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,164	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	689	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,136	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	422.46/cwt	415.00–430.00	2,188	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	842	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,737	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,826	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	540.69/cwt	485.00–550.00	2,022	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	390.89/cwt	390.00–391.00	2,490	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	472.15/cwt	420.00–475.00	2,233	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	450.42/cwt	425.00–452.50	2,459	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	895	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	3,043	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,495	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	960	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,496	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	451.16/cwt	410.00–457.50	1,904	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	327.07/cwt	325.00–340.00	2,103	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	334.50/cwt	285.00–340.00	2,536	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	524.67/cwt	460.00–530.00	2,219	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,554	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,011	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,831	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,270	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,108	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,188	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	435.47/cwt	405.00–437.50	2,073	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	744	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,344	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	278	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,668	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	281	478.00/cwt	440.00–490.00	1,343	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	516.91/cwt	460.00–523.00	2,181	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,734	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	838	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,346	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	340.35/cwt	320.00–355.00	1,838	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	930	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,325	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	481.03/cwt	440.00–485.00	1,602	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,272	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	841	295.74/cwt	275.00–299.00	2,487	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,394	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,431	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,155	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	300–350	349	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,850	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	405	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	2,157	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	450–500	471	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,096	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	300–350	320	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,648	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	607	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,665	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	578	471.29/cwt	395.00–487.50	2,724	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	654	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,191	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	773	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,493	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	511	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,632	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	704	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,724	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	600	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,250	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	840	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	3,150	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	717	389.56/cwt	381.00–400.00	2,793	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	727	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,312	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	478	487.89/cwt	478.00–497.50	2,332	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	512.26/cwt	465.00–525.00	1,911	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	407.58/cwt	400.00–417.50	2,670	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	895	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	3,177	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	768	380.97/cwt	375.00–382.00	2,926	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	871	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,504	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	584	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,336	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,276	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	569	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,418	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	794	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,461	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	964	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,386	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	453.79/cwt	440.00–457.50	2,165	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	752	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,331	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	344.82/cwt	340.00–360.00	2,538	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	574	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,841	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	828	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,525	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,831	10

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 Mar 9, 2026

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

Receipts 1,775Last week 1,319Year ago 1,750

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 734, Heifers 698, Bulls 343)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	305	600.00	600.00
7	350–400	387	555.00	555.00
26	400–450	422	540.00–560.00	555.52
21	450–500	487	520.00	520.00
22	500–550	533	500.00–505.00	503.40
22	550–600	585	440.00–500.00	475.43
20	600–650	607	439.00	439.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	348	555.00	555.00
11	350–400	371	500.00–525.00	521.34
10	400–450	436	515.00–520.00	515.47
12	450–500	484	375.00–483.00	465.03
15	500–550	542	430.00	430.00
3	550–600	580	360.00–385.00	376.45
17	600–650	641	355.00–390.00	383.92
3	700–750	725	325.00	325.00
1	850–900	860	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	511	515.00	515.00
63	550–600	578	395.00–487.50	471.29
7	600–650	600	375.00	375.00
26	650–700	685	400.00	400.00
26	700–750	717	381.00–400.00	389.56
17	800–850	840	375.00	375.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	400.00	400.00
3	350–400	372	540.00	540.00
3	400–450	423	460.00	460.00
1	450–500	455	400.00	400.00
1	500–550	545	330.00	330.00
3	550–600	590	410.00	410.00
1	650–700	690	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	574	495.00	495.00
12	650–700	696	385.00–387.00	386.67
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	250–300	278	600.00	600.00
4	300–350	329	555.00	555.00
13	350–400	374	485.00–550.00	540.69
25	400–450	423	460.00–530.00	524.67
20	450–500	473	420.00–475.00	472.15
52	500–550	546	425.00–452.50	450.42
5	550–600	567	440.00	440.00
28	600–650	637	390.00–391.00	390.89
4	700–750	736	340.00–360.00	344.82
20	750–800	758	285.00–340.00	334.50
14	800–850	842	325.00	325.00
10	850–900	895	340.00	340.00
8	1000–1050	1,011	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	700–750	704	387.00	387.00
77	750–800	768	375.00–382.00	380.97
23	850–900	895	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	650–700	655	400.00–417.50	407.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	327	350.00–485.00	456.61
20	350–400	374	425.00–470.00	467.72
28	400–450	420	398.00–465.00	447.16
28	450–500	474	350.00–445.00	433.69
3	500–550	534	325.00–350.00	333.20
60	550–600	552	382.50	382.50
4	600–650	632	330.00	330.00
26	650–700	663	320.00	320.00
13	700–750	737	290.00–310.00	307.00
4	800–850	828	250.00–280.00	265.32
3	900–950	927	260.00–285.00	276.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	349	530.00	530.00
19	400–450	405	532.50	532.50
13	550–600	552	440.00	440.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	360	375.00–430.00	401.77
23	400–450	439	428.00	428.00
1	500–550	515	360.00	360.00
10	550–600	561	345.00	345.00
5	600–650	625	330.00	330.00
1	700–750	720	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	541	400.00	400.00
12	650–700	681	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	584	400.00	400.00
9	600–650	609	355.00	355.00
21	650–700	689	310.00	310.00
5	750–800	794	310.00	310.00
7	800–850	828	305.00	305.00
14	850–900	871	287.50	287.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	281	440.00–490.00	478.00
15	300–350	333	440.00–485.00	481.03
19	350–400	377	460.00	460.00
35	400–450	422	410.00–457.50	451.16
32	450–500	476	405.00–437.50	435.47
7	500–550	540	320.00–355.00	340.35
46	550–600	554	395.00	395.00
41	600–650	643	325.00–340.00	327.07
14	700–750	744	315.00	315.00
5	750–800	774	330.00	330.00
7	800–850	841	275.00–299.00	295.74
1	850–900	890	255.00	255.00
1	950–1000	960	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	471	445.00	445.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	320	515.00	515.00
19	450–500	478	478.00–497.50	487.89
8	550–600	569	425.00	425.00
9	650–700	654	335.00	335.00
35	700–750	727	318.00	318.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	328	405.00–500.00	476.54
21	350–400	382	500.00–535.00	531.52
19	400–450	419	360.00–515.00	491.22
13	450–500	471	457.50	457.50
23	500–550	542	325.00–410.00	402.85
2	550–600	558	340.00	340.00
16	600–650	647	364.00	364.00
5	650–700	669	315.00–327.50	319.93
14	700–750	740	317.50	317.50
3	850–900	857	265.00	265.00
2	900–950	940	212.50	212.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	361	460.00	460.00
7	450–500	456	447.50	447.50
7	500–550	540	290.00–360.00	350.75
5	600–650	626	312.50–325.00	314.97
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	485	457.50	457.50
11	600–650	643	360.00	360.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	540.00	540.00
10	300–350	327	560.00	560.00
18	350–400	373	465.00–525.00	512.26
28	400–450	422	460.00–523.00	516.91
14	450–500	477	440.00–457.50	453.79
2	500–550	518	415.00–430.00	422.46
36	550–600	555	410.00	410.00
1	600–650	620	340.00	340.00
25	650–700	656	365.00	365.00
1	700–750	710	320.00	320.00
13	750–800	752	310.00	310.00
2	800–850	838	280.00	280.00
1	900–950	930	250.00	250.00
4	950–1000	964	247.50	247.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	750–800	773	322.50	322.50

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