Sale reports / Virginia / Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. / 2025-02-10

Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Winchester, Virginia · Mon, Feb 10
● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2175
Receipts
580 head
▼ 307 vs last sale 887▼ 382 vs year ago 962 · −39.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 168, Heifers 255, Bulls 157)

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 $259.43/cwt on 88 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −109.92 against this barn's trailing median of $369.35.
Average price
$259.43
88 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,445
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$26
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$15.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.82
vs VA average
−37.57 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2547265.101,45137
Medium and Large 1563256.301,44343
Medium and Large 3570250.001,4258thin
One grade step is worth $15.10/cwt here — about $26 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale88 hd
259.43
—
VA average8 barns · 427 hd
263.25
−3.82
National average157 barns · 11,394 hd
297.00
−37.57
This barn, trailing median34 sales
369.35
−109.92
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

73 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2310310.00/cwt310.00–310.009611
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1340350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,1901
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3360315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,1342
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1421370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,5588
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2426340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,4486
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3460295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,3571
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1477320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,5263
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2477305.25/cwt285.00–315.001,4563
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1535316.12/cwt275.00–320.001,69133
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2539305.59/cwt305.00–315.001,64717
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3555245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3602
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3600230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3803
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added623305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,90014
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1634296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,87710
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2640303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,9398
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added652307.00/cwt307.00–307.002,00220
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1757255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,9307
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2761248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,8874
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2848240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,0353
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1853240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,0472
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2878239.00/cwt239.00–239.002,0989
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2910227.50/cwt227.50–227.502,0701
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1937245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,2968
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,08914
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3356305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,0865
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1374322.88/cwt320.00–323.001,20823
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2380303.27/cwt300.00–305.001,1523
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1424307.15/cwt280.00–310.001,30215
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2427292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,24910
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3463270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,25010
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1478295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,41010
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2482294.29/cwt271.00–298.001,41821
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1510255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,3013
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Value Added527269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,4189
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2554263.85/cwt260.00–264.001,46228
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1560260.13/cwt240.00–262.001,45727
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3570250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4258
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added581248.65/cwt242.50–252.501,44513
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3600217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,3051
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2623241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,50116
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1630246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,55015
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2664231.45/cwt227.50–237.501,5375
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3665185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,2301
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2750202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,5192
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added750195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,4633
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1761191.37/cwt175.00–210.001,4564
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2810194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,5712
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1820194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,5912
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1314342.23/cwt320.00–350.001,0754
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2332328.07/cwt315.00–335.001,0893
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3360320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,1521
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2368331.00/cwt305.00–340.001,2188
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1370355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,3147
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2418330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,37911
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1421329.65/cwt305.00–335.001,38811
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3457290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,32511
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2464310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,43811
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1479312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,4975
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2523300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,56916
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3527252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,3318
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1546305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,66517
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2575255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,4661
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1575220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2651
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3595235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,3983
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2613267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,64012
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3620215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,3331
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1638272.28/cwt270.00–272.501,73711
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2742212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,5773
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1744231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,7196
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1760220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6721
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2830170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,4111
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1840217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,8271
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 2955175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,6711

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.