Sale reports / Virginia / Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. / 2026-10-05

Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Slaughter Cattle · Winchester, Virginia · Mon, Oct 5
● Final3 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3906
← Sep 7Oct 5latest
Receipts
29 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 34▼ 34 vs year ago 63 · −54.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 21, Heifers 8)

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
HeifersChoiceAverage1,260210.202,6495thin
SteersSelectAverage1,305213.512,7862thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,474211.183,11319

Every lot

3 lots · USDA AMS · Farmers Livestock Exchange Graded Slaughter 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select1,305213.51/cwt212.00–215.002,7862
Steers—Choice1,474211.18/cwt200.00–232.003,11319
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,260210.20/cwt190.00–229.002,6495

This sale against other markets

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.