Name: Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-07-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 178, Heifers 150, Bulls 90)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $440.45/cwt on 62 head, up $7.08 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 31 comparable sales and sits −25.95 against this barn's trailing median of $466.40.

Average price

$440.45

▲ 7.08 vs prior sale

62 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,396

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$133

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

$26.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.72

vs VA average

+21.40 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	451.24	2,458	8thin
Medium and Large 2	544	440.26	2,394	49
Medium and Large 3	547	425.00	2,325	5thin

One grade step is worth $26.24/cwt here — about $133 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

Steers 500–600 lb: high $493.16, low $388.95, median $466.40 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 sale62 hd

440.45

—

VA average9 barns · 315 hd

431.72

+8.72

National average142 barns · 5,313 hd

419.04

+21.40

This barn, trailing median31 sales

466.40

−25.95

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

82 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,974	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	394.90/cwt	350.00–417.50	1,485	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,243	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	827	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	3,052	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	376.43/cwt	350.00–390.00	2,146	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,914	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,272	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,829	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	1,851	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,856	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,242	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	366.72/cwt	360.00–370.00	2,292	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	556	456.93/cwt	448.00–465.00	2,541	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	685	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,089	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	473	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,081	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	751	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,553	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	552	359.36/cwt	335.00–365.00	1,984	16
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	600–650	624	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,371	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	600–650	603	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,367	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	673	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,625	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	725	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,429	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	484	424.81/cwt	335.00–447.50	2,056	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	443	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,838	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	725	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,248	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,295	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	567	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,942	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	523	336.72/cwt	332.50–345.00	1,761	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,573	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	541	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,894	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	630	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,922	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	464	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	2,285	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	547	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,325	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	653	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,302	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	405	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,782	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	600	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,100	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,344	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,199	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,610	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,175	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,591	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	900–950	908	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,860	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,579	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	417.70/cwt	360.00–426.00	1,992	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,834	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,449	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	456.04/cwt	390.00–472.50	2,148	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	3,118	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,268	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	428.35/cwt	375.00–447.50	2,030	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	276	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,546	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,645	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,774	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,478	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	608	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,675	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	593	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,206	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	455.63/cwt	450.00–457.50	1,982	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	428.30/cwt	425.00–430.00	2,416	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	336.97/cwt	327.50–340.00	1,927	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	858	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,681	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750–800	777	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	3,023	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	706	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,400	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	378.20/cwt	365.00–385.00	2,485	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,133	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	472.33/cwt	370.00–497.50	1,776	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	442.53/cwt	360.00–452.50	2,460	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	632	425.80/cwt	425.00–430.00	2,691	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	634	410.00/cwt	375.00–431.00	2,599	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,053	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,568	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	387.33/cwt	350.00–420.00	2,061	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	528	443.60/cwt	415.00–450.00	2,342	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	449.54/cwt	445.00–451.00	1,870	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	324	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	1,677	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	283	414.38/cwt	370.00–455.00	1,173	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	1,986	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	272	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,469	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	536	409.01/cwt	365.00–465.00	2,192	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	743	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,838	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,152	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,225	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	316	497.99/cwt	495.00–500.00	1,574	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	337	391.78/cwt	375.00–405.00	1,320	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 Jul 20, 2026

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

Receipts 418Last week 656Year ago 448

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 178, Heifers 150, Bulls 90)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	337	375.00–405.00	391.78
6	350–400	376	350.00–417.50	394.90
6	400–450	443	415.00	415.00
8	450–500	470	420.00	420.00
1	500–550	530	345.00	345.00
16	550–600	552	335.00–365.00	359.36
5	600–650	635	353.00	353.00
2	650–700	650	345.00	345.00
1	700–750	745	305.00	305.00
7	750–800	751	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	350.00	350.00
2	400–450	440	357.50	357.50
3	500–550	523	332.50–345.00	336.72
3	550–600	567	342.50	342.50
1	600–650	630	305.00	305.00
2	650–700	653	352.50	352.50
1	700–750	725	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
3	900–950	908	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	283	370.00–455.00	414.38
2	300–350	325	390.00	390.00
9	350–400	376	420.00	420.00
9	400–450	425	417.50	417.50
8	450–500	477	360.00–426.00	417.70
18	500–550	546	376.00	376.00
4	550–600	572	327.50–340.00	336.97
9	600–650	632	337.50	337.50
1	750–800	790	325.00	325.00
3	850–900	858	312.50	312.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	593	372.00	372.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	272	540.00	540.00
4	300–350	324	517.50	517.50
1	350–400	375	495.00	495.00
4	400–450	416	445.00–451.00	449.54
2	450–500	473	455.00	455.00
7	500–550	536	365.00–465.00	409.01
3	550–600	570	350.00–390.00	376.43
6	600–650	632	425.00–430.00	425.80
6	700–750	743	382.00	382.00
3	800–850	827	369.00	369.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	500–550	528	415.00–450.00	443.60
21	550–600	556	448.00–465.00	456.93
19	600–650	634	375.00–431.00	410.00
8	750–800	777	389.00	389.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	624	380.00	380.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	603	392.50	392.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	440.00	440.00
7	450–500	464	492.50	492.50
5	500–550	547	425.00	425.00
1	600–650	600	350.00	350.00
3	650–700	673	390.00	390.00
1	700–750	725	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	420.00	420.00
4	400–450	435	450.00–457.50	455.63
5	450–500	471	390.00–472.50	456.04
5	500–550	533	465.00	465.00
3	550–600	564	425.00–430.00	428.30
1	600–650	645	410.00	410.00
3	650–700	657	365.00–385.00	378.20
2	750–800	768	369.00	369.00
1	850–900	860	362.50	362.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	608	440.00	440.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	700–750	706	340.00	340.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	280	437.50	437.50
5	300–350	316	495.00–500.00	497.99
5	350–400	372	497.50	497.50
2	400–450	430	445.00	445.00
8	450–500	484	335.00–447.50	424.81
4	500–550	532	350.00–420.00	387.33
3	600–650	625	360.00–370.00	366.72
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	473	440.00	440.00
6	500–550	541	350.00	350.00
1	650–700	685	305.00	305.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	276	560.00	560.00
1	300–350	315	505.00	505.00
7	350–400	376	370.00–497.50	472.33
9	400–450	434	457.50	457.50
5	450–500	474	375.00–447.50	428.35
2	500–550	543	405.00	405.00
16	550–600	556	360.00–452.50	442.53
2	600–650	625	375.00	375.00
1	700–750	725	300.00	300.00
1	900–950	920	175.00	175.00

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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