Name: Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-04-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 209, Heifers 232, Bulls 165)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $388.49/cwt on 43 head, down $0.04 from the prior sale. That ranks 22 of 31 comparable sales and sits +16.29 against this barn's trailing median of $372.20.

Average price

$388.49

▼ 0.04 vs prior sale

43 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,117

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$2

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

$16.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.34

vs VA average

−39.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	531	399.06	2,119	15thin
Medium and Large 3	542	385.00	2,087	5thin
Medium and Large 2	555	382.36	2,121	23

One grade step is worth $16.70/cwt here — about −$2 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 sale43 hd

388.49

—

VA average8 barns · 329 hd

396.83

−8.34

National average175 barns · 10,626 hd

428.36

−39.87

This barn, trailing median31 sales

372.20

+16.29

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

88 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 2	650–700	663	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,735	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	805	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,892	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,282	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	276	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,518	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	458.00/cwt	458.00–458.00	2,409	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,542	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	331	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,771	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	437	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	2,600	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	738	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,491	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	658	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,303	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	441	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,205	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	358	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,023	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	2,168	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	1,997	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,894	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	588.49/cwt	580.00–590.00	1,942	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	527	460.97/cwt	445.00–495.00	2,429	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	715	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,717	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	278	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,668	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	452.83/cwt	435.00–457.00	2,196	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	562	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,192	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	402.73/cwt	330.00–480.00	1,329	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	655	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,325	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	630	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,331	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,070	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	463.84/cwt	415.00–480.00	2,194	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	357	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,714	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	468	485.01/cwt	475.00–490.00	2,270	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	703	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,250	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	434	442.27/cwt	425.00–445.00	1,919	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	340	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,006	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,006	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,564	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	610	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,166	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,037	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	355	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,402	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	669	399.91/cwt	370.00–410.00	2,675	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	542	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,087	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	398.45/cwt	375.00–402.50	2,494	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,938	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	432.50/cwt	425.00–440.00	2,487	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,255	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,333	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,573	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	523.83/cwt	455.00–535.00	1,985	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	602.50/cwt	602.50–602.50	2,332	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	2,042	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	338.86/cwt	320.00–342.50	2,796	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	391.53/cwt	370.00–400.00	2,803	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	3,111	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	2,330	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	486.67/cwt	465.00–494.00	2,083	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,744	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	2,687	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	370.69/cwt	335.00–375.00	2,369	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	455.14/cwt	440.00–457.50	2,139	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	800–850	834	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,982	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	283	549.00/cwt	549.00–549.00	1,554	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	592.42/cwt	582.50–598.00	2,530	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,819	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	454.22/cwt	445.00–465.00	2,412	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	567.90/cwt	545.00–580.00	2,107	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	579	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,707	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	274	570.34/cwt	495.00–580.00	1,563	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	399.06/cwt	399.00–400.00	2,119	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,405	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	530.95/cwt	455.00–550.00	2,262	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	798	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,713	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	531	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,005	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	532.49/cwt	465.00–540.00	2,236	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,168	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	845	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,303	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	698	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,932	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	844	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,996	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	487.41/cwt	485.00–500.00	2,632	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	746	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,835	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	604	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,748	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	701	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,839	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,362	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	390	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	2,018	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	482.90/cwt	400.00–500.00	2,014	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	566	384.37/cwt	384.00–385.00	2,176	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,470	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	742	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,597	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	506.34/cwt	495.00–510.00	2,385	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,354	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	634	367.08/cwt	350.00–380.00	2,327	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	532.08/cwt	520.00–534.00	1,995	7

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 Apr 6, 2026

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

Receipts 606Last week 1,059Year ago 694

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 209, Heifers 232, Bulls 165)

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$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	330	605.00	605.00
2	350–400	390	585.00	585.00
5	400–450	437	595.00	595.00
4	450–500	471	495.00–510.00	506.34
14	500–550	540	485.00–500.00	487.41
1	600–650	645	365.00	365.00
10	650–700	663	412.50	412.50
12	700–750	746	380.00	380.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	590.00	590.00
1	350–400	355	395.00	395.00
1	400–450	420	485.00	485.00
9	450–500	468	475.00–490.00	485.01
3	500–550	527	445.00–495.00	460.97
4	650–700	669	370.00–410.00	399.91
1	700–750	715	380.00	380.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	332	615.00	615.00
8	350–400	387	602.50	602.50
28	400–450	427	582.50–598.00	592.42
19	500–550	540	497.50	497.50
1	550–600	590	465.00	465.00
6	600–650	648	435.00	435.00
6	700–750	716	370.00–400.00	391.53
6	800–850	825	320.00–342.50	338.86
1	900–950	915	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
8	800–850	834	357.50	357.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	579	467.50	467.50
10	800–850	844	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
10	650–700	698	420.00	420.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	604	455.00	455.00
18	700–750	701	405.00	405.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	278	600.00	600.00
13	300–350	330	580.00–590.00	588.49
9	350–400	377	575.00	575.00
15	400–450	420	465.00–540.00	532.49
8	450–500	473	415.00–480.00	463.84
11	500–550	526	458.00	458.00
1	550–600	555	445.00	445.00
4	600–650	620	410.00	410.00
1	700–750	705	335.00	335.00
1	800–850	805	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	330.00–480.00	402.73
8	350–400	358	565.00	565.00
8	400–450	441	500.00	500.00
1	450–500	455	455.00	455.00
1	500–550	535	375.00	375.00
3	550–600	562	390.00	390.00
1	600–650	610	355.00	355.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	274	495.00–580.00	570.34
3	300–350	323	600.00	600.00
11	350–400	371	545.00–580.00	567.90
16	400–450	426	455.00–550.00	530.95
10	450–500	478	487.50	487.50
11	500–550	531	445.00–465.00	454.22
2	550–600	575	425.00–440.00	432.50
7	600–650	626	375.00–402.50	398.45
1	700–750	735	350.00	350.00
1	750–800	765	305.00	305.00
1	800–850	835	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	276	550.00	550.00
17	300–350	331	535.00	535.00
7	350–400	375	520.00–534.00	532.08
22	400–450	417	400.00–500.00	482.90
5	450–500	485	435.00–457.00	452.83
2	500–550	505	375.00	375.00
17	550–600	566	384.00–385.00	384.37
10	600–650	634	350.00–380.00	367.08
2	650–700	658	350.00	350.00
4	700–750	738	337.50	337.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	357	480.00	480.00
7	400–450	434	425.00–445.00	442.27
1	450–500	460	340.00	340.00
5	500–550	542	385.00	385.00
1	600–650	630	370.00	370.00
1	650–700	655	355.00	355.00
2	700–750	703	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	283	549.00	549.00
7	350–400	379	455.00–535.00	523.83
32	400–450	428	465.00–494.00	486.67
15	450–500	470	440.00–457.50	455.14
15	500–550	531	399.00–400.00	399.06
9	600–650	639	335.00–375.00	370.69
4	700–750	740	325.00	325.00
1	800–850	845	272.50	272.50
1	850–900	850	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	750–800	798	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	390	517.50	517.50
4	500–550	531	377.50	377.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	742	350.00	350.00

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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