Name: Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-02-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 179, Heifers 217, Bulls 147)

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 $407.89/cwt on 61 head, up $51.52 from the prior sale (only 19 head in that comparison). That ranks 31 of 32 comparable sales and sits +35.94 against this barn's trailing median of $371.95.

Average price

$407.89

▲ 51.52 vs prior sale

61 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,231

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$332

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

$59.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.09

vs VA average

−21.28 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	429.25	2,371	24
Medium and Large 2	547	399.07	2,182	27
Medium and Large 1-2	508	396.00	2,012	4thin
Medium and Large 3	551	370.00	2,039	6thin

One grade step is worth $59.25/cwt here — about $332 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $427.83, low $321.01, median $371.95 across 32 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 sale61 hd

407.89

—

VA average7 barns · 305 hd

389.80

+18.09

National average184 barns · 15,729 hd

429.17

−21.28

This barn, trailing median32 sales

371.95

+35.94

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

86 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	476	492.07/cwt	445.00–500.00	2,342	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,390	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	411	536.09/cwt	485.00–550.00	2,203	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	673	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,894	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	785	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,842	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	464.75/cwt	405.00–495.00	2,231	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,723	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	484.33/cwt	465.00–490.00	2,087	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	644	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,318	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	556	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,141	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	855	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,971	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	523.41/cwt	400.00–560.00	1,973	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,458	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	784	356.24/cwt	345.00–360.00	2,793	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,100	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	619	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,507	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	336	538.54/cwt	445.00–575.00	1,809	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,503	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	642	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,616	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,691	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	367	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,927	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	474.55/cwt	400.00–480.00	2,586	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	855	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,565	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	541	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,407	16
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,472	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	400	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,620	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	770	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,657	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,199	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,757	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	448	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,915	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	605	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,148	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,696	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,976	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,601	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,361	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	369	377.96/cwt	340.00–390.00	1,395	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	725	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,631	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	615	342.60/cwt	330.00–355.00	2,107	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	551	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,039	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	492	369.27/cwt	365.00–400.00	1,817	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	343	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,698	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	360	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,494	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	420.18/cwt	415.00–425.00	1,765	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	458.50/cwt	420.00–470.00	1,453	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,880	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	492.66/cwt	490.00–495.00	2,350	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,051	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	344	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,995	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	332.93/cwt	300.00–350.00	2,730	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	274	551.43/cwt	455.00–600.00	1,511	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,539	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,020	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,601	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,356	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	366.47/cwt	352.50–375.00	2,404	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,226	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	487.51/cwt	465.00–495.00	2,052	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,175	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	2,371	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,668	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	460.77/cwt	435.00–470.00	2,497	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	913	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,807	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,438	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,386	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,093	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,842	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,436	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	485.26/cwt	435.00–495.00	1,844	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	430.45/cwt	405.00–440.00	2,058	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	558.65/cwt	530.00–575.00	2,067	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	751	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,704	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,361	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	544	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,747	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	746	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,555	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	842	324.47/cwt	320.00–325.00	2,732	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	550	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	2,371	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,530	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,001	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	476	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,570	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,475	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	337.17/cwt	325.00–355.00	2,775	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,516	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	508	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	2,012	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	732	318.66/cwt	307.50–325.00	2,333	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	475	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,185	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	373	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	2,275	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	609	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,862	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,163	5

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 Feb 16, 2026

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

Receipts 543Last week 105Year ago 412

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 179, Heifers 217, Bulls 147)

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
1	300–350	330	485.00	485.00
3	350–400	367	525.00	525.00
5	400–450	420	515.00	515.00
7	450–500	476	445.00–500.00	492.07
16	500–550	541	445.00	445.00
3	550–600	565	435.00	435.00
8	600–650	642	407.50	407.50
1	650–700	665	355.00	355.00
1	700–750	735	230.00	230.00
4	750–800	784	345.00–360.00	356.24
4	850–900	855	347.50	347.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	476	540.00	540.00
15	650–700	673	430.00	430.00
22	750–800	785	362.00	362.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	460.00	460.00
1	400–450	400	405.00	405.00
2	600–650	615	330.00–355.00	342.60
1	750–800	770	345.00	345.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	580.00	580.00
3	350–400	370	530.00–575.00	558.65
2	400–450	435	560.00	560.00
6	450–500	477	495.00	495.00
5	500–550	538	460.00	460.00
9	550–600	556	455.00	455.00
6	600–650	639	417.50	417.50
4	750–800	751	360.00	360.00
5	800–850	823	325.00–355.00	337.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	373	610.00	610.00
14	500–550	544	505.00	505.00
7	600–650	609	470.00	470.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	680	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	460.00	460.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	336	445.00–575.00	538.54
5	350–400	377	400.00–560.00	523.41
5	400–450	411	485.00–550.00	536.09
12	450–500	480	405.00–495.00	464.75
14	500–550	545	400.00–480.00	474.55
1	550–600	590	405.00	405.00
7	600–650	619	405.00	405.00
1	850–900	855	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	320	530.00	530.00
3	350–400	360	415.00	415.00
3	400–450	420	415.00–425.00	420.18
5	450–500	465	425.00	425.00
1	600–650	605	355.00	355.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	274	455.00–600.00	551.43
4	300–350	344	580.00	580.00
9	350–400	363	565.00	565.00
20	400–450	420	530.00	530.00
13	450–500	477	490.00–495.00	492.66
15	500–550	542	435.00–470.00	460.77
5	650–700	662	435.00	435.00
1	700–750	725	325.00	325.00
2	750–800	758	335.00	335.00
3	800–850	820	300.00–350.00	332.93
1	1000–1050	1,020	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	325	530.00	530.00
1	350–400	355	495.00	495.00
9	400–450	431	465.00–490.00	484.33
13	450–500	472	445.00	445.00
19	500–550	543	405.00	405.00
10	600–650	644	360.00	360.00
1	750–800	770	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	556	385.00	385.00
14	700–750	732	307.50–325.00	318.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	343	495.00	495.00
4	350–400	369	340.00–390.00	377.96
3	400–450	448	427.50	427.50
8	450–500	492	365.00–400.00	369.27
6	550–600	551	370.00	370.00
1	700–750	725	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	280	495.00	495.00
6	300–350	317	420.00–470.00	458.50
6	350–400	380	435.00–495.00	485.26
12	400–450	421	465.00–495.00	487.51
11	450–500	478	405.00–440.00	430.45
14	550–600	554	428.00	428.00
8	650–700	656	352.50–375.00	366.47
9	700–750	746	342.50	342.50
1	750–800	750	325.00	325.00
9	800–850	842	320.00–325.00	324.47
1	850–900	870	250.00	250.00
6	900–950	913	307.50	307.50
2	1050–1100	1,093	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	550	431.00	431.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	508	396.00	396.00

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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