Sale reports / Virginia / Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. / 2025-01-13

Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Winchester, Virginia · Mon, Jan 13
● Final82 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2175
Receipts
747 head
▲ 310 vs last sale 437▲ 264 vs year ago 483 · +54.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 225, Heifers 351, Bulls 171)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $266.61/cwt on 105 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −102.74 against this barn's trailing median of $369.35.
Average price
$266.61
105 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,465
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$197
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$18.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.36
vs VA average
−37.42 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2569279.001,58812thin
Medium and Large 1550265.631,46059
Medium and Large 2546264.911,44526
Medium and Large 3533260.801,3908thin
One grade step is worth $18.20/cwt here — about $197 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale105 hd
266.61
—
VA average4 barns · 205 hd
263.26
+3.36
National average192 barns · 30,803 hd
304.03
−37.42
This barn, trailing median34 sales
369.35
−102.74
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
420380341302median 369.3503/0204/2706/2908/3110/26
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

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2310327.06/cwt300.00–355.001,0142
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3350260.00/cwt260.00–260.009102
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2Value Added366420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,5379
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2395275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,0862
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3415325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,3491
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1432387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,6743
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2440340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,4963
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,7264
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Value Added480392.50/cwt392.50–392.501,88413
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2480350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6805
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,5621
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1540250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3501
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2558307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,71626
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1569309.90/cwt240.00–318.001,76323
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added584320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8694
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623270.81/cwt267.50–277.501,6876
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3625230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4381
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2630255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,6073
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added641267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,71510
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1655287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,88029
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2658280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,84214
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added705265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,8685
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1734257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,88621
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2734253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,85711
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2815212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,7321
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1840239.00/cwt239.00–239.002,00820
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1875222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,9471
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1925220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,0353
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3310340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,0544
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1315335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,0552
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3Value Added322350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,1278
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2322324.92/cwt280.00–332.501,0467
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3357325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,1603
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373303.80/cwt250.00–315.001,1336
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2384306.70/cwt250.00–320.001,1785
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2432315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,36114
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1438312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,36912
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3456282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,2887
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Value Added463316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,46320
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2471287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,35411
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1481282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,35913
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3533260.80/cwt237.50–264.001,3908
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2544265.61/cwt247.50–269.001,44525
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1548268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,46955
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added569279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,58812
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1572233.04/cwt210.00–244.001,3334
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2585247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,4481
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3610185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,1291
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2623237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,4802
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added624264.59/cwt263.00–267.001,65120
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added631265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,67219
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1644238.63/cwt232.50–239.001,53735
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2650247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,60616
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3658222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,4643
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1670230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5411
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1735231.01/cwt207.50–232.001,69825
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2744209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,5557
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1853214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,8252
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2855145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,2401
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,005187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,8841
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2321340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,0916
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3360305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,0981
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2373378.62/cwt360.00–382.501,4126
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1378320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,2102
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1419373.55/cwt360.00–377.001,56510
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2433387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,67811
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3460235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,0811
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2472319.64/cwt310.00–322.501,5099
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1475322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,53212
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3513277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,4242
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1543287.68/cwt282.50–288.001,56216
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1550275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,5133
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2563282.48/cwt280.00–290.001,59016
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2Value Added593275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,6315
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2608267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,6263
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1640264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,69024
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2653249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,62615
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1688240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6512
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1726242.83/cwt222.50–247.001,76318
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2732227.01/cwt217.50–230.001,6624
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1823217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,7903
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2885175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,5491

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.