Name: Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-04-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 686, Heifers 689, Bulls 395)

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 $361.31/cwt on 129 head, down $27.19 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 31 comparable sales and sits −10.90 against this barn's trailing median of $372.20.

Average price

$361.31

▼ 27.19 vs prior sale

129 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,957

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$114

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

$24.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−43.79

vs VA average

−66.08 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	540	379.00	2,047	11thin
Medium and Large 2	545	365.61	1,993	33
Medium and Large 1	540	357.77	1,932	72
Medium and Large 3	545	354.99	1,933	13thin

One grade step is worth $24.01/cwt here — about $114 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 sale129 hd

361.31

—

VA average10 barns · 737 hd

405.10

−43.79

National average182 barns · 12,591 hd

427.39

−66.08

This barn, trailing median31 sales

372.20

−10.90

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

119 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 3	500–550	522	430.06/cwt	425.00–435.00	2,245	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	832	272.02/cwt	240.00–280.00	2,263	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	546.62/cwt	545.00–565.00	2,033	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	737	312.72/cwt	300.00–316.00	2,305	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,302	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,480	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	940	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,923	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	410.76/cwt	390.00–425.00	2,313	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,001	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	637	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,102	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	283	552.50/cwt	552.50–552.50	1,564	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	326	491.37/cwt	400.00–510.00	1,602	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,678	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	482.81/cwt	475.00–497.50	2,086	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,438	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,610	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	810	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,471	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	669	309.91/cwt	290.00–320.00	2,073	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	544	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	2,598	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	958	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,682	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	631	408.07/cwt	390.00–425.00	2,575	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	314	670.00/cwt	670.00–670.00	2,104	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	563.95/cwt	530.00–570.00	2,408	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	529.74/cwt	500.00–534.00	1,976	32
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,759	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	544	366.25/cwt	352.50–370.00	1,992	32
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	855	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,822	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	551.74/cwt	530.00–562.50	2,328	39
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	524.68/cwt	520.00–525.00	2,471	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	583.92/cwt	575.00–585.00	2,172	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	443.73/cwt	425.00–447.50	2,103	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	635	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,969	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	625	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,281	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	326	652.59/cwt	630.00–685.00	2,127	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	434	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,279	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	2,564	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	433	394.57/cwt	320.00–470.00	1,708	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,935	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	885	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,434	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	654	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,126	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	715	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,395	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	593	318.30/cwt	290.00–335.00	1,888	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	345	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,691	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	457	459.55/cwt	455.00–460.00	2,100	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	357	535.36/cwt	535.00–540.00	1,911	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	363	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,833	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	450	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,048	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	533	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,319	2
Steers	Small 1	800–850	813	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,602	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	442.00/cwt	440.00–450.00	2,453	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	641	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,564	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	388	522.88/cwt	470.00–550.00	2,029	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,940	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	567.50/cwt	567.50–567.50	2,191	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	456.38/cwt	440.00–475.00	2,369	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	663	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,254	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	797	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,710	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	968	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	3,122	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	711	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,353	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	940	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,961	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	375.28/cwt	365.00–392.50	2,788	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1150–1200	1,182	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	3,180	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	401.59/cwt	380.00–410.00	2,707	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	966	318.99/cwt	315.00–320.00	3,081	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	526.45/cwt	495.00–535.00	2,464	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	836	321.96/cwt	317.50–330.00	2,692	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	526.42/cwt	495.00–529.00	1,753	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	685.00/cwt	685.00–685.00	2,219	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	553.05/cwt	545.00–554.00	2,356	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	342.50/cwt	330.00–355.00	2,637	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	420.31/cwt	414.00–440.00	2,665	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	357.05/cwt	325.00–360.00	1,917	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,709	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	607.28/cwt	600.00–622.50	2,314	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	863	346.20/cwt	342.50–350.00	2,988	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,105	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	3,094	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	485.27/cwt	477.50–505.00	2,645	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	332.43/cwt	325.00–340.00	2,217	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	291	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,571	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	514.07/cwt	470.00–525.00	2,853	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	364.47/cwt	325.00–371.00	2,070	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	928	305.68/cwt	300.00–307.50	2,837	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	434.48/cwt	340.00–439.60	2,081	49
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	678.81/cwt	610.00–695.00	2,220	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	544.72/cwt	510.00–550.00	2,299	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	842	344.49/cwt	320.00–348.00	2,901	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	980	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,818	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	483.69/cwt	483.00–492.50	2,080	41
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	379.71/cwt	375.00–380.00	2,426	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	635	343.88/cwt	335.00–350.00	2,184	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	737	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,782	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	731	360.74/cwt	350.00–362.50	2,637	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	797	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,813	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	292	708.79/cwt	630.00–725.00	2,070	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	975	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	3,169	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,047	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	438.00/cwt	438.00–438.00	2,685	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Guaranteed Open	850–900	867	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,623	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1000–1050	1,009	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	3,153	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	738	323.31/cwt	280.00–335.00	2,386	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	559	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,711	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	665	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	2,746	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	531	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,628	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	1000–1050	1,025	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	3,178	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	746	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,387	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,007	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,794	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	749	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,494	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	281	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	1,897	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	837	357.78/cwt	355.00–360.00	2,995	49
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,408	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,226	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	626	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,723	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	924	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	3,049	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	497.16/cwt	467.50–502.50	2,386	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	843	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,571	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	611	349.42/cwt	349.00–350.00	2,135	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	525.19/cwt	505.00–529.00	1,985	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,672	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	725	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,973	29

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 13, 2026

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

Receipts 1,770Last week 606Year ago 1,196

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 686, Heifers 689, Bulls 395)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	357	535.00–540.00	535.36
8	400–450	434	525.00	525.00
4	500–550	522	425.00–435.00	430.06
3	600–650	625	365.00	365.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	250–300	292	630.00–725.00	708.79
25	300–350	326	630.00–685.00	652.59
25	350–400	372	545.00–565.00	546.62
39	400–450	422	530.00–562.50	551.74
10	450–500	465	495.00	495.00
28	500–550	537	477.50	477.50
5	550–600	563	390.00–425.00	410.76
15	600–650	640	387.50	387.50
13	700–750	738	280.00–335.00	323.31
5	800–850	832	240.00–280.00	272.02
1	850–900	885	275.00	275.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	281	675.00	675.00
24	300–350	327	610.00–695.00	678.81
22	350–400	386	567.50	567.50
17	400–450	422	510.00–550.00	544.72
25	450–500	480	467.50–502.50	497.16
10	500–550	519	440.00–475.00	456.38
43	550–600	551	485.00	485.00
17	600–650	639	375.00–380.00	379.71
8	700–750	741	325.00	325.00
3	800–850	843	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	283	552.50	552.50
20	300–350	326	400.00–510.00	491.37
32	350–400	373	500.00–534.00	529.74
48	400–450	432	475.00–497.50	482.81
30	450–500	474	425.00–447.50	443.73
32	500–550	544	352.50–370.00	366.25
1	550–600	580	345.00	345.00
24	600–650	637	330.00	330.00
7	650–700	669	290.00–320.00	309.91
14	700–750	737	300.00–316.00	312.72
1	750–800	750	325.00	325.00
1	800–850	810	305.00	305.00
2	950–1000	958	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	490.00	490.00
8	350–400	363	505.00	505.00
2	400–450	433	320.00–470.00	394.57
23	450–500	457	455.00–460.00	459.55
10	500–550	530	366.00	366.00
3	550–600	593	290.00–335.00	318.30
1	600–650	635	310.00	310.00
3	650–700	654	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	600–650	611	349.00–350.00	349.42
17	650–700	663	340.00	340.00
15	750–800	797	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
10	700–750	711	331.00	331.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	250–300	291	540.00	540.00
26	300–350	333	495.00–529.00	526.42
25	350–400	378	505.00–529.00	525.19
41	400–450	430	483.00–492.50	483.69
49	450–500	479	340.00–439.60	434.48
65	500–550	537	325.00–360.00	357.05
7	550–600	568	325.00–371.00	364.47
16	600–650	636	350.00	350.00
4	650–700	667	325.00–340.00	332.43
9	700–750	746	320.00	320.00
17	800–850	836	317.50–330.00	321.96
1	850–900	860	315.00	315.00
4	900–950	928	300.00–307.50	305.68
1	950–1000	980	287.50	287.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	600–650	635	335.00–350.00	343.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	540	379.00	379.00
12	700–750	749	333.00	333.00
6	1000–1050	1,007	277.50	277.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
9	850–900	867	302.50	302.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	1000–1050	1,025	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	314	670.00	670.00
9	350–400	372	575.00–585.00	583.92
18	400–450	427	530.00–570.00	563.95
15	450–500	471	520.00–525.00	524.68
33	500–550	544	477.50	477.50
1	550–600	580	450.00	450.00
6	600–650	631	390.00–425.00	408.07
14	650–700	660	418.00	418.00
7	700–750	731	350.00–362.50	360.74
1	750–800	765	350.00	350.00
3	850–900	855	330.00	330.00
1	900–950	940	311.00	311.00
2	950–1000	975	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	388	470.00–550.00	522.88
1	400–450	430	450.00	450.00
3	450–500	450	455.00	455.00
2	500–550	533	435.00	435.00
5	550–600	555	440.00–450.00	442.00
4	600–650	641	400.00	400.00
1	700–750	715	335.00	335.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	800–850	813	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
29	700–750	725	410.00	410.00
49	800–850	837	355.00–360.00	357.78
14	950–1000	968	322.50	322.50
8	1000–1050	1,009	312.50	312.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	324	685.00	685.00
19	350–400	381	600.00–622.50	607.28
26	400–450	426	545.00–554.00	553.05
64	450–500	468	495.00–535.00	526.45
97	500–550	545	477.50–505.00	485.27
49	550–600	555	470.00–525.00	514.07
43	600–650	634	414.00–440.00	420.31
6	650–700	674	380.00–410.00	401.59
16	700–750	743	365.00–392.50	375.28
2	750–800	770	330.00–355.00	342.50
8	800–850	842	320.00–348.00	344.49
4	850–900	863	342.50–350.00	346.20
1	900–950	940	315.00	315.00
5	950–1000	966	315.00–320.00	318.99
1	1100–1150	1,105	280.00	280.00
11	1150–1200	1,182	269.00	269.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	559	485.00	485.00
6	700–750	737	377.50	377.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	531	495.00	495.00
7	600–650	626	435.00	435.00
20	650–700	665	413.00	413.00
7	750–800	797	353.00	353.00
15	900–950	924	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	600–650	613	438.00	438.00

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