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Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Name: Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-03-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-03

Feeder Cattle · Winchester, Virginia · Mon, Mar 3

● Final100 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2175

← Feb 24Mar 3Mar 10 →

Receipts

1,280 head

▲ 319 vs last sale 961▲ 606 vs year ago 674 · +89.9%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleMon Oct 5, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 356, Heifers 555, Bulls 369)

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 $268.86/cwt on 109 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −100.48 against this barn's trailing median of $369.35.

Average price

$268.86

109 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,467

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$99

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$22.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.12

vs VA average

−36.16 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	545	273.80	1,491	51
Medium and Large 1	543	271.00	1,472	39
Medium and Large 3	554	251.24	1,392	19thin

One grade step is worth $22.56/cwt here — about $99 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale109 hd

268.86

—

VA average7 barns · 628 hd

265.74

+3.12

National average185 barns · 16,988 hd

305.02

−36.16

This barn, trailing median34 sales

369.35

−100.48

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

100 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 · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	271	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,003	7
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,227	4
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	330	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	875	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	334	336.55/cwt	280.00–365.00	1,124	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Value Added	369	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,439	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	373	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,138	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,399	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	378	336.92/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,274	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	363.01/cwt	310.00–367.00	1,536	14
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	433	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,451	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	357.53/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,555	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	351.31/cwt	340.00–352.50	1,679	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	344.22/cwt	305.00–350.00	1,652	16
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	548	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,534	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	550	311.91/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,716	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	554	315.45/cwt	300.00–316.00	1,748	31
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	597	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,910	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	621	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,534	23
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	629	308.31/cwt	290.00–315.00	1,939	38
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	640	293.25/cwt	285.00–302.50	1,877	13
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	640	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,830	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	700	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,617	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,970	13
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	755	239.01/cwt	236.00–240.00	1,805	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	772	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,131	24
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	782	259.41/cwt	244.00–268.00	2,029	15
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	820	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	2,210	11
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	830	254.89/cwt	237.50–270.00	2,116	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	837	262.56/cwt	262.50–263.00	2,198	42
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	855	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	2,073	3
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	859	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,182	12
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	925	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,289	1
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	955	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,101	1
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	981	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,335	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers36 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	271	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	888	13
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	314	310.32/cwt	285.00–335.00	974	29
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	330	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,040	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	334	326.85/cwt	270.00–335.00	1,092	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	362	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,186	18
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	339.36/cwt	285.00–346.00	1,290	27
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	337.58/cwt	295.00–339.00	1,283	29
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Value Added	391	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,349	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	424	318.76/cwt	290.00–323.00	1,352	24
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	318.52/cwt	295.00–322.00	1,354	32
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	445	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,268	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	452	291.12/cwt	280.00–292.50	1,316	27
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,427	18
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	478	300.14/cwt	280.00–302.50	1,435	28
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	508	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,473	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	274.23/cwt	262.50–280.00	1,453	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	543	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,472	39
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	552	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,496	41
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	554	251.24/cwt	245.00–252.00	1,392	19
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,445	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	634	242.42/cwt	227.50–250.00	1,537	45
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	648	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,542	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	650	249.52/cwt	232.50–251.00	1,622	25
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	692	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,682	10
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	701	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,612	14
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	227.69/cwt	222.50–228.00	1,653	18
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	728	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,128	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	740	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,480	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	759	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,799	9
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	764	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,688	12
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	768	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,459	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	812	214.49/cwt	202.50–218.00	1,742	18
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	830	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,639	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	850	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,768	8
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	930	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,814	2
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	997	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,869	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls30 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 2	243	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	863	11
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	284	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,044	5
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	320	368.30/cwt	330.00–382.50	1,179	7
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	324	353.38/cwt	280.00–380.00	1,145	13
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 3	332	317.47/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,054	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	367	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,285	9
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	369.11/cwt	335.00–372.50	1,380	19
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	376	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,401	24
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,571	21
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	419	370.81/cwt	330.00–374.00	1,554	27
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	433	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,461	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,603	12
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	472	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,605	27
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	539	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,676	30
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	542	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,531	18
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	544	311.85/cwt	285.00–315.00	1,696	38
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,639	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,704	13
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 3	645	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,554	13
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	652	244.74/cwt	205.00–249.00	1,596	26
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	231.41/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,544	7
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	741	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,734	13
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 3	755	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,472	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	757	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,817	3
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	760	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,729	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	805	231.25/cwt	230.00–232.50	1,862	2
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	860	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,935	2
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 2	870	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,610	3
Bulls	1000–1050	Medium and Large 2	1,000	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,575	2
Bulls	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,010	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,364	1

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.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Farmers Livestock Exchange Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Winchester, VA

Mon Mar 3, 2025

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

Receipts 1,280Last week 961Year ago 674

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 356, Heifers 555, Bulls 369)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	250–300	271	327.50	327.50
29	300–350	314	285.00–335.00	310.32
29	350–400	380	295.00–339.00	337.58
32	400–450	425	295.00–322.00	318.52
18	450–500	468	305.00	305.00
39	500–550	543	271.00	271.00
1	600–650	620	233.00	233.00
25	650–700	650	232.50–251.00	249.52
18	700–750	726	222.50–228.00	227.69
2	750–800	768	190.00	190.00
1	800–850	830	197.50	197.50
8	850–900	850	208.00	208.00
2	900–950	930	195.00	195.00
3	950–1000	997	187.50	187.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	330	315.00	315.00
18	350–400	362	327.50	327.50
2	400–450	445	285.00	285.00
27	450–500	452	280.00–292.50	291.12
19	550–600	554	245.00–252.00	251.24
5	600–650	648	238.00	238.00
2	700–750	728	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	700–750	701	230.00	230.00
9	750–800	759	237.00	237.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	334	270.00–335.00	326.85
27	350–400	380	285.00–346.00	339.36
24	400–450	424	290.00–323.00	318.76
28	450–500	478	280.00–302.50	300.14
3	500–550	530	262.50–280.00	274.23
41	550–600	552	271.00	271.00
45	600–650	634	227.50–250.00	242.42
1	700–750	740	200.00	200.00
12	750–800	764	221.00	221.00
18	800–850	812	202.50–218.00	214.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	650–700	692	243.00	243.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	391	345.00	345.00
7	500–550	508	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	271	370.00	370.00
4	300–350	325	377.50	377.50
5	350–400	378	370.00	370.00
6	400–450	435	345.00–360.00	357.53
10	450–500	478	340.00–352.50	351.31
13	550–600	550	295.00–315.00	311.91
13	600–650	640	285.00–302.50	293.25
13	700–750	735	268.00	268.00
3	800–850	830	237.50–270.00	254.89
12	850–900	859	254.00	254.00
1	900–950	925	247.50	247.50
4	950–1000	981	238.00	238.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	334	280.00–365.00	336.55
2	350–400	378	325.00–350.00	336.92
14	400–450	423	310.00–367.00	363.01
16	450–500	480	305.00–350.00	344.22
31	550–600	554	300.00–316.00	315.45
38	600–650	629	290.00–315.00	308.31
4	750–800	755	236.00–240.00	239.01
3	850–900	855	242.50	242.50
1	950–1000	955	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	265.00	265.00
2	350–400	373	305.00	305.00
5	400–450	433	335.00	335.00
3	500–550	548	280.00	280.00
5	600–650	640	286.00	286.00
2	700–750	700	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	597	320.00	320.00
23	600–650	621	247.00	247.00
11	800–850	820	269.50	269.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	369	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	750–800	772	276.00	276.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	750–800	782	244.00–268.00	259.41
42	800–850	837	262.50–263.00	262.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	332	310.00–325.00	317.47
9	350–400	367	350.00	350.00
8	400–450	433	337.50	337.50
18	500–550	542	282.50	282.50
13	600–650	645	241.00	241.00
2	750–800	755	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	284	367.50	367.50
13	300–350	324	280.00–380.00	353.38
19	350–400	374	335.00–372.50	369.11
21	400–450	419	375.00	375.00
12	450–500	468	342.50	342.50
38	500–550	544	285.00–315.00	311.85
13	600–650	631	270.00	270.00
7	650–700	667	230.00–240.00	231.41
3	750–800	757	240.00	240.00
2	800–850	805	230.00–232.50	231.25
2	850–900	860	225.00	225.00
1	1000–1050	1,010	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	200–250	243	355.00	355.00
7	300–350	320	330.00–382.50	368.30
24	350–400	376	372.50	372.50
27	400–450	419	330.00–374.00	370.81
27	450–500	472	340.00	340.00
30	500–550	539	311.00	311.00
2	550–600	575	285.00	285.00
26	650–700	652	205.00–249.00	244.74
13	700–750	741	234.00	234.00
1	750–800	760	227.50	227.50
3	850–900	870	185.00	185.00
2	1000–1050	1,000	157.50	157.50

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.