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Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Name: Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-10-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-19

Feeder Cattle · Winchester, Virginia · Mon, Oct 19

● Final85 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2175

← Oct 12Oct 19Oct 26 →

Receipts

1,387 head

▲ 683 vs last sale 704▲ 600 vs year ago 787 · +76.2%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleMon Oct 5, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 488, Heifers 516, Bulls 383)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $335.39/cwt on 153 head, up $19.83 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 34 comparable sales and sits −33.96 against this barn's trailing median of $369.35.

Average price

$335.39

▲ 19.83 vs prior sale

153 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,838

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$98

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

$3.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.17

vs VA average

−41.63 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	336.70	1,852	96
Medium and Large 2	547	333.22	1,822	51
Medium and Large 3	527	332.83	1,754	6thin

One grade step is worth $3.87/cwt here — about $98 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale153 hd

335.39

—

VA average8 barns · 462 hd

330.23

+5.17

National average186 barns · 22,034 hd

377.02

−41.63

This barn, trailing median34 sales

369.35

−33.96

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

34 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $405.91, low $315.56, median $369.35 across 34 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

85 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	290	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,291	4
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	326	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,532	8
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 3Value Added	330	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,436	8
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	334	461.11/cwt	425.00–470.00	1,540	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	448.42/cwt	445.00–455.00	1,682	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	385	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,742	16
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	416	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,778	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Value Added	424	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,823	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	426	437.81/cwt	390.00–445.00	1,865	20
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	452.47/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,941	23
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	467	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,891	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	471	432.69/cwt	375.00–440.00	2,038	39
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	424.06/cwt	380.00–435.00	2,010	21
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	384.10/cwt	325.00–415.00	2,066	18
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	547	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,188	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	551	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,887	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	554	416.48/cwt	360.00–417.50	2,307	113
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	554	377.60/cwt	310.00–380.00	2,092	29
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	558	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,232	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	639	340.49/cwt	295.00–343.00	2,176	69
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	643	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,186	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	645	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,129	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	341.66/cwt	300.00–356.00	2,320	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	682	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,360	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	729	330.53/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,410	19
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	750	307.50/cwt	300.00–315.00	2,306	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	840	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,646	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	845	318.80/cwt	310.00–321.00	2,694	5
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	984	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,755	5
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,043	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,503	8
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 2	1,075	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,150	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	274	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	959	4
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	280	362.37/cwt	325.00–370.00	1,015	6
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	323	368.08/cwt	325.00–377.50	1,189	21
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	332	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,237	10
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	348	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,079	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	376	377.87/cwt	300.00–397.50	1,421	19
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	384.80/cwt	350.00–387.50	1,455	23
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	358.61/cwt	300.00–375.00	1,535	45
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	430	355.94/cwt	300.00–362.00	1,531	40
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	436	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,330	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	476	356.97/cwt	340.00–359.00	1,699	26
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	358.44/cwt	335.00–360.00	1,721	54
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	527	332.83/cwt	332.50–333.00	1,754	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	314.51/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,670	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	545	336.17/cwt	320.00–338.00	1,832	46
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	552	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,871	87
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	563	306.08/cwt	250.00–320.00	1,723	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	610	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,861	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	645	312.54/cwt	305.00–313.00	2,016	38
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	648	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,067	25
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	651	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,067	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,932	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	710	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,112	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	295.35/cwt	290.00–296.00	2,186	9
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	753	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,240	6
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	825	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,310	2
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	981	239.87/cwt	235.00–255.00	2,353	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls27 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	278	436.89/cwt	365.00–460.00	1,215	4
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	323	454.88/cwt	430.00–460.00	1,469	12
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	332	452.98/cwt	425.00–460.00	1,504	10
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	355	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,331	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	440.57/cwt	380.00–450.00	1,652	21
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	379	431.99/cwt	305.00–460.00	1,637	18
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	405	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,215	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	424.32/cwt	415.00–425.00	1,808	31
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	426	394.33/cwt	340.00–400.00	1,680	21
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	467	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,845	18
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	387.92/cwt	350.00–410.00	1,870	26
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	538	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,802	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	544	372.66/cwt	342.50–375.00	2,027	64
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	547	335.18/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,833	26
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	555	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,748	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,723	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	567	289.94/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,644	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 3	635	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,032	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	638	309.58/cwt	272.50–315.00	1,975	21
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	642	350.51/cwt	285.00–360.00	2,250	45
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	710	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,059	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	306.99/cwt	285.00–310.00	2,241	17
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	766	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,221	8
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	835	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,088	3
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 2	848	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,908	2
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 2	895	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,014	1
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	994	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,640	4

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 Oct 19, 2026

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

Receipts 1,387Last week 704Year ago 787

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 488, Heifers 516, Bulls 383)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	332	425.00–460.00	452.98
18	350–400	379	305.00–460.00	431.99
21	400–450	426	340.00–400.00	394.33
18	450–500	467	395.00	395.00
26	500–550	547	335.00–340.00	335.18
3	550–600	567	270.00–300.00	289.94
21	600–650	638	272.50–315.00	309.58
1	700–750	710	290.00	290.00
8	750–800	766	290.00	290.00
2	800–850	848	225.00	225.00
1	850–900	895	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	355	375.00	375.00
3	400–450	405	300.00	300.00
6	500–550	538	335.00	335.00
1	550–600	555	315.00	315.00
5	600–650	635	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	278	365.00–460.00	436.89
12	300–350	323	430.00–460.00	454.88
21	350–400	375	380.00–450.00	440.57
31	400–450	426	415.00–425.00	424.32
26	450–500	482	350.00–410.00	387.92
64	500–550	544	342.50–375.00	372.66
1	550–600	565	305.00	305.00
45	600–650	642	285.00–360.00	350.51
17	700–750	730	285.00–310.00	306.99
3	800–850	835	250.00	250.00
4	950–1000	994	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	280	325.00–370.00	362.37
21	300–350	323	325.00–377.50	368.08
19	350–400	376	300.00–397.50	377.87
40	400–450	430	300.00–362.00	355.94
26	450–500	476	340.00–359.00	356.97
46	500–550	545	320.00–338.00	336.17
5	550–600	563	250.00–320.00	306.08
25	600–650	648	319.00	319.00
1	650–700	655	295.00	295.00
1	700–750	710	297.50	297.50
6	750–800	753	297.50	297.50
2	800–850	825	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	348	310.00	310.00
13	400–450	436	305.00	305.00
6	500–550	527	332.50–333.00	332.83
1	600–650	610	305.00	305.00
4	650–700	651	317.50	317.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	274	350.00	350.00
10	300–350	332	372.50	372.50
23	350–400	378	350.00–387.50	384.80
45	400–450	428	300.00–375.00	358.61
54	450–500	480	335.00–360.00	358.44
9	500–550	531	300.00–320.00	314.51
87	550–600	552	339.00	339.00
38	600–650	645	305.00–313.00	312.54
9	700–750	740	290.00–296.00	295.35
4	950–1000	981	235.00–255.00	239.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	290	445.00	445.00
8	300–350	326	470.00	470.00
16	350–400	385	452.50	452.50
20	400–450	426	390.00–445.00	437.81
39	450–500	471	375.00–440.00	432.69
29	550–600	554	310.00–380.00	377.60
10	600–650	643	340.00	340.00
2	750–800	750	300.00–315.00	307.50
3	800–850	840	315.00	315.00
5	950–1000	984	280.00	280.00
1	1050–1100	1,075	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	330	435.00	435.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	416	427.50	427.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	467	405.00	405.00
6	550–600	551	342.50	342.50
4	600–650	645	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	334	425.00–470.00	461.11
3	350–400	375	445.00–455.00	448.42
23	400–450	429	440.00–460.00	452.47
21	450–500	474	380.00–435.00	424.06
18	500–550	538	325.00–415.00	384.10
113	550–600	554	360.00–417.50	416.48
69	600–650	639	295.00–343.00	340.49
4	650–700	679	300.00–356.00	341.66
19	700–750	729	330.00–335.00	330.53
5	800–850	845	310.00–321.00	318.80
8	1000–1050	1,043	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	424	430.00	430.00
8	650–700	682	346.00	346.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	547	400.00	400.00
6	550–600	558	400.00	400.00

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.