Sale reports / Virginia / Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. / 2025-04-14

Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Winchester, Virginia · Mon, Apr 14
● Final95 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2175
Receipts
1,196 head
▲ 502 vs last sale 694▲ 75 vs year ago 1,121 · +6.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 348, Heifers 614, Bulls 234)

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 $328.61/cwt on 190 head. That ranks 5 of 34 comparable sales and sits −40.74 against this barn's trailing median of $369.35.
Average price
$328.61
190 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,793
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$73
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$38.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.93
vs VA average
+7.43 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2510360.001,83621
Medium and Large 2554331.391,83753
Medium and Large 1548321.831,76480
Medium and Large 3549321.281,76336
One grade step is worth $38.72/cwt here — about $73 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 sale190 hd
328.61
—
VA average10 barns · 568 hd
315.68
+12.93
National average175 barns · 12,815 hd
321.18
+7.43
This barn, trailing median34 sales
369.35
−40.74
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

95 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 · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1274455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,2476
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1327397.70/cwt385.00–400.001,3009
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2335405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,3573
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2373391.29/cwt375.00–400.001,4603
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1379380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,4404
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3380370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,4063
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2428431.00/cwt431.00–431.001,84512
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1428428.00/cwt428.00–428.001,83213
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3468355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,6618
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1474380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,8018
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2476375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,78515
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530353.24/cwt350.00–360.001,8723
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3530322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,7095
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2540355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,91715
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1558367.57/cwt361.00–384.002,05158
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1621323.31/cwt315.00–337.002,00846
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3644312.50/cwt312.50–312.502,0139
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2649320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,0774
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2650300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9501
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3650270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7551
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1665310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,0621
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2713292.50/cwt292.50–292.502,0862
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1735276.00/cwt276.00–276.002,02911
Steers800–850Medium and Large 3810255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,0661
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added812292.50/cwt292.50–292.502,3755
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added812290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,35519
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2849255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,1655
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1850240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,0401
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Value Added934262.68/cwt260.00–267.502,45357
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1965230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,2201
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 2970230.82/cwt230.00–235.002,2396
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,028217.50/cwt217.50–217.502,2363
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 11,115227.50/cwt227.50–227.502,5371
Steers1150–1200Medium and Large 11,150225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,5883
Feeder Cattle · Heifers36 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1288372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,0738
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2328382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,25510
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1338370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,2514
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3345362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,25110
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3369295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,0892
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,42514
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375370.28/cwt345.00–376.001,38923
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2419379.01/cwt370.00–380.001,58810
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428364.55/cwt350.00–365.001,56034
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3442321.27/cwt320.00–325.001,4208
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2446365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,6289
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3454344.33/cwt305.00–347.501,56328
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1472348.95/cwt280.00–354.001,64739
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475361.80/cwt330.00–365.001,71944
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2510360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,83621
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3543320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,73822
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1548323.65/cwt290.00–325.001,77477
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2549323.00/cwt323.00–323.001,77334
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1550275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,5133
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3558323.29/cwt295.00–335.001,80414
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2564346.40/cwt345.00–348.001,95419
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3612248.58/cwt240.00–265.001,5213
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1615260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5991
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2645269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,73527
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1651270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,75822
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3655274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,79510
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2664277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,83918
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2Value Added705263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,8547
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3707217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,5383
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1715259.02/cwt255.00–260.001,8525
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added734255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,87221
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2735253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,8607
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 3Value Added803205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,6464
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1824238.89/cwt227.50–246.001,9688
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2850227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,9341
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added878241.00/cwt241.00–241.002,11635
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1323435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,40510
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2325430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,3981
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3361389.10/cwt350.00–395.001,40515
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1374399.91/cwt385.00–402.501,49613
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2378383.04/cwt325.00–397.501,4489
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1427422.75/cwt355.00–427.501,80515
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2427403.24/cwt360.00–415.001,7229
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3460318.49/cwt270.00–330.001,46511
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1474360.19/cwt360.00–365.001,70726
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2481347.78/cwt295.00–360.001,67314
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1532334.80/cwt334.00–337.001,78119
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3534257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,3754
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2546321.99/cwt275.00–325.001,75816
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2547310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,69612
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3562306.96/cwt250.00–317.501,72513
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1575265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,5241
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2635304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,93010
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3636228.20/cwt225.00–235.001,4516
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1644288.21/cwt280.00–290.001,85611
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1725255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,8491
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 3727238.36/cwt235.00–240.001,7333
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2748247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,8514
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2820230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,8861
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1835231.71/cwt225.00–235.001,9353
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 11,018217.50/cwt217.50–217.502,2143

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.