Name: Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-05-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 122, Heifers 162, Bulls 70)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $370.18/cwt on 44 head, down $35.72 from the prior sale. That ranks 13 of 31 comparable sales and sits −2.02 against this barn's trailing median of $372.20.

Average price

$370.18

▼ 35.72 vs prior sale

44 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,017

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$32.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.48

vs VA average

−37.26 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	523	382.05	1,998	16thin
Medium and Large 1	548	373.46	2,046	16thin
Medium and Large 3	570	350.00	1,995	12thin

One grade step is worth $32.05/cwt here — about $3 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale44 hd

370.18

—

VA average4 barns · 171 hd

384.67

−14.48

National average128 barns · 4,974 hd

407.44

−37.26

This barn, trailing median31 sales

372.20

−2.02

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

80 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	450–500	468	472.60/cwt	440.00–510.00	2,212	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	382.05/cwt	367.50–385.00	1,998	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,043	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	525.88/cwt	500.00–532.50	2,246	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	860	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,838	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	606	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	2,703	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	733	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,419	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	464.11/cwt	455.00–465.00	1,972	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,998	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,132	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,106	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	450–500	495	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,054	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	508.22/cwt	495.00–520.00	2,145	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	529	458.71/cwt	420.00–465.00	2,427	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	930	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,837	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,256	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	360.14/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,866	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	376.07/cwt	330.00–385.00	2,396	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	454.05/cwt	435.00–462.50	2,416	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	828	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,339	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,120	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,717	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,122	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,884	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	375.36/cwt	375.00–377.50	2,072	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,372	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	746	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,443	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	552.50/cwt	552.50–552.50	2,359	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,960	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,065	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,663	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	595	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,469	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	436.43/cwt	410.00–440.00	2,086	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	457.47/cwt	445.00–465.00	1,999	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,360	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,659	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,500	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,677	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,412	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	372.49/cwt	365.00–375.00	2,648	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	377.08/cwt	337.50–390.00	2,338	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	668	357.53/cwt	355.00–360.00	2,388	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	423.76/cwt	420.00–425.00	2,606	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	357.66/cwt	350.00–365.00	2,049	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,304	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	634	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,140	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	334	553.17/cwt	470.00–595.00	1,848	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	848	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,544	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,265	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	563	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,013	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,129	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	298	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,341	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	795	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,663	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	332	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	1,942	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	283	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,245	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	620	298.55/cwt	255.00–345.00	1,851	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	705	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,327	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,825	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	497.69/cwt	495.00–505.00	1,593	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	378	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,928	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	635	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,159	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,247	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	532	414.39/cwt	405.00–417.50	2,205	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	450–500	468	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,083	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	726	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,287	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,205	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	367	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,853	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,995	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	457	396.50/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,812	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	690	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,036	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	355	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,651	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	780	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,340	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	615	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,060	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	2,013	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	521.40/cwt	460.00–585.00	1,486	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,314	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,756	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,450	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,541	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,551	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	541.26/cwt	475.00–575.00	2,057	3

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 25, 2026

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

Receipts 354Last week 755Year ago 722

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 122, Heifers 162, Bulls 70)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are 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	334	470.00–595.00	553.17
3	350–400	377	530.00	530.00
5	400–450	427	500.00–532.50	525.88
14	450–500	468	440.00–510.00	472.60
14	500–550	529	420.00–465.00	458.71
4	600–650	615	420.00–425.00	423.76
2	650–700	668	355.00–360.00	357.53
2	750–800	795	335.00	335.00
1	850–900	860	330.00	330.00
1	900–950	930	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	606	446.00	446.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	380	475.00–575.00	541.26
6	400–450	427	552.50	552.50
4	450–500	472	500.00	500.00
16	500–550	537	475.00	475.00
1	550–600	595	415.00	415.00
7	600–650	637	417.50	417.50
1	650–700	685	365.00	365.00
4	700–750	711	365.00–375.00	372.49
1	800–850	805	332.50	332.50
1	900–950	925	320.00	320.00
2	1050–1100	1,065	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	367	505.00	505.00
5	400–450	445	505.00	505.00
1	450–500	490	450.00	450.00
4	500–550	532	405.00–417.50	414.39
2	600–650	620	255.00–345.00	298.55
1	650–700	690	295.00	295.00
1	700–750	705	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	298	450.00	450.00
4	300–350	320	495.00–505.00	497.69
1	350–400	365	500.00	500.00
11	400–450	425	455.00–465.00	464.11
15	450–500	475	430.00	430.00
16	500–550	523	367.50–385.00	382.05
7	600–650	634	337.50	337.50
4	700–750	726	315.00	315.00
1	750–800	755	300.00	300.00
2	800–850	848	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	495	415.00	415.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	465.00	465.00
2	300–350	340	505.00	505.00
4	350–400	373	505.00	505.00
14	400–450	437	445.00–465.00	457.47
8	450–500	478	410.00–440.00	436.43
2	500–550	518	350.00–370.00	360.14
14	550–600	552	375.00–377.50	375.36
3	600–650	624	340.00	340.00
1	700–750	720	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	700–750	746	327.50	327.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	378	510.00	510.00
6	450–500	457	380.00–400.00	396.50
12	550–600	570	350.00	350.00
4	600–650	635	340.00	340.00
1	750–800	780	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	468	445.00	445.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	283	440.00	440.00
3	300–350	332	585.00	585.00
3	350–400	382	555.00	555.00
3	400–450	418	510.00	510.00
2	450–500	480	480.00	480.00
3	500–550	540	390.00	390.00
2	550–600	573	350.00–365.00	357.66
4	600–650	620	337.50–390.00	377.08
2	700–750	733	330.00	330.00
2	800–850	828	282.50	282.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	285	460.00–585.00	521.40
3	300–350	322	625.00	625.00
3	400–450	422	495.00–520.00	508.22
4	450–500	484	490.00	490.00
10	500–550	532	435.00–462.50	454.05
6	600–650	637	330.00–385.00	376.07
1	650–700	660	385.00	385.00
1	700–750	710	345.00	345.00
1	800–850	835	330.00	330.00
1	850–900	890	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	465.00	465.00
3	400–450	430	495.00	495.00
6	550–600	563	357.50	357.50
1	600–650	615	335.00	335.00

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