Name: Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-05-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 160, Heifers 283, Bulls 181)

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 $380.56/cwt on 80 head, up $8.87 from the prior sale. That ranks 19 of 31 comparable sales and sits +8.36 against this barn's trailing median of $372.20.

Average price

$380.56

▲ 8.87 vs prior sale

80 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,091

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$177

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

$43.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.86

vs VA average

−36.55 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	395.00	2,153	29
Medium and Large 2	538	387.05	2,083	27
Medium and Large 1-2	587	367.50	2,157	6thin
Medium and Large 3	561	351.92	1,976	18thin

One grade step is worth $43.08/cwt here — about $177 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 sale80 hd

380.56

—

VA average8 barns · 416 hd

377.70

+2.86

National average171 barns · 11,385 hd

417.11

−36.55

This barn, trailing median31 sales

372.20

+8.36

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

78 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	750–800	750	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,625	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,308	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,238	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	850	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,890	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	491.13/cwt	490.00–500.00	2,303	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	544	466.17/cwt	400.00–470.00	2,536	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	492.25/cwt	430.00–502.50	2,087	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	900–950	910	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,321	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	742	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,449	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	850	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,508	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	472.90/cwt	360.00–505.00	2,279	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	649	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,596	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,140	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,964	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	863	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,481	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,754	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	587	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,157	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	473.87/cwt	430.00–480.00	2,047	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	356.90/cwt	325.00–360.00	2,263	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,153	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,525	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	527.50/cwt	527.50–527.50	1,962	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	343.33/cwt	330.00–370.00	2,575	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,075	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	3,225	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	934	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	3,222	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,268	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,446	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	464.46/cwt	460.00–465.00	2,977	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,141	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,911	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,294	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,015	314.98/cwt	310.00–320.00	3,197	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,884	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,742	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	272	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	1,768	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,117	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	2,089	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	922	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	3,153	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,279	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,606	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	613	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,115	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	650	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,243	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	521	330.63/cwt	325.00–348.00	1,723	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	458	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,969	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,753	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	408	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,591	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	588	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,323	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	372	473.71/cwt	450.00–485.00	1,762	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,089	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	573	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,051	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	427	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,007	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	514	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,262	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	653	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,286	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,166	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	269	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,480	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	673	336.68/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,266	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,782	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	478	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,936	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	415.65/cwt	350.00–446.00	1,966	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	513.11/cwt	430.00–530.00	1,919	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	536	391.75/cwt	355.00–395.00	2,100	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	384	554.99/cwt	525.00–560.00	2,131	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	486.63/cwt	445.00–491.00	2,063	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	346	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,041	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	366.52/cwt	330.00–405.00	2,467	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,738	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	644	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,254	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	551	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,984	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	854	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,626	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	754	307.51/cwt	290.00–312.50	2,319	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	293	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,758	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	2,111	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	547.50/cwt	547.50–547.50	2,261	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	800	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,880	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	965	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,557	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,297	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	624	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,605	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,702	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,457	14

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 May 11, 2026

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

Receipts 624Last week 876Year ago 684

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 160, Heifers 283, Bulls 181)

Value Added 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
4	250–300	293	600.00	600.00
4	300–350	335	630.00	630.00
10	350–400	373	600.00	600.00
7	400–450	413	547.50	547.50
8	450–500	471	490.00	490.00
2	500–550	528	435.00	435.00
14	550–600	563	480.00	480.00
7	600–650	624	417.50	417.50
2	650–700	673	330.00–405.00	366.52
1	750–800	750	350.00	350.00
1	850–900	850	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	421	545.00	545.00
7	450–500	475	515.00	515.00
23	500–550	543	505.00	505.00
1	550–600	560	405.00	405.00
9	600–650	641	460.00–465.00	464.46
4	700–750	721	400.00	400.00
2	800–850	820	355.00	355.00
21	900–950	934	345.00	345.00
2	1000–1050	1,015	310.00–320.00	314.98
1	1050–1100	1,075	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	900–950	922	342.00	342.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	427	470.00	470.00
4	500–550	514	440.00	440.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	346	590.00	590.00
7	350–400	384	525.00–560.00	554.99
7	400–450	424	430.00–502.50	492.25
17	450–500	469	490.00–500.00	491.13
17	500–550	544	400.00–470.00	466.17
4	650–700	653	350.00	350.00
3	700–750	742	330.00	330.00
4	850–900	850	295.00	295.00
3	900–950	910	255.00	255.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	272	650.00	650.00
10	300–350	329	635.00	635.00
9	350–400	365	580.00	580.00
19	400–450	430	530.00	530.00
13	450–500	482	360.00–505.00	472.90
25	500–550	543	480.00	480.00
17	600–650	649	400.00	400.00
3	750–800	750	330.00–370.00	343.33
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	372	450.00–485.00	473.71
1	400–450	440	405.00	405.00
2	450–500	478	405.00	405.00
2	550–600	588	395.00	395.00
3	650–700	673	330.00–340.00	336.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	535.00	535.00
8	300–350	331	530.00	530.00
13	350–400	372	527.50	527.50
19	400–450	432	430.00–480.00	473.87
11	450–500	468	457.50	457.50
29	500–550	545	395.00	395.00
19	600–650	634	325.00–360.00	356.90
14	750–800	780	315.00	315.00
2	850–900	863	287.50	287.50
1	1100–1150	1,140	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	587	367.50	367.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	335.00	335.00
2	350–400	373	470.00	470.00
2	400–450	408	390.00	390.00
9	450–500	458	430.00	430.00
4	500–550	521	325.00–348.00	330.63
14	550–600	573	358.00	358.00
2	600–650	613	345.00	345.00
2	650–700	650	345.00	345.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	269	550.00	550.00
7	300–350	328	530.00	530.00
19	350–400	374	430.00–530.00	513.11
27	400–450	424	445.00–491.00	486.63
12	450–500	473	350.00–446.00	415.65
23	500–550	536	355.00–395.00	391.75
4	550–600	551	360.00	360.00
10	600–650	644	350.00	350.00
1	700–750	710	305.00	305.00
5	750–800	754	290.00–312.50	307.51
1	800–850	800	235.00	235.00
4	850–900	854	307.50	307.50
1	950–1000	965	265.00	265.00

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