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Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Name: Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-05-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-12

Feeder Cattle · Winchester, Virginia · Mon, May 12

● Final88 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2175

← May 5May 12May 19 →

Receipts

684 head

▼ 94 vs last sale 778▲ 85 vs year ago 599 · +14.2%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleMon Oct 5, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 221, Heifers 263, Bulls 200)

Value Added and Natural 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 $332.37/cwt on 79 head. That ranks 5 of 34 comparable sales and sits −36.98 against this barn's trailing median of $369.35.

Average price

$332.37

79 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,770

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$21

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$6.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.23

vs VA average

−7.51 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	528	334.19	1,765	31
Medium and Large 2	532	333.94	1,777	26
Medium and Large 1-2	549	329.00	1,806	8thin
Medium and Large 3	533	327.32	1,745	14thin

One grade step is worth $6.87/cwt here — about $21 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 sale79 hd

332.37

—

VA average9 barns · 539 hd

327.14

+5.23

National average164 barns · 12,891 hd

339.88

−7.51

This barn, trailing median34 sales

369.35

−36.98

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

88 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	270	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,188	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	319	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	1,475	4
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	328	414.82/cwt	340.00–450.00	1,361	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	360	397.87/cwt	365.00–415.00	1,432	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	368	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,490	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	386	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,631	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,428	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	444	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,931	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	459	389.00/cwt	355.00–394.00	1,786	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	479	391.78/cwt	325.00–400.00	1,877	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,892	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	544	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,018	35
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	551	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,887	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	559	343.28/cwt	320.00–367.50	1,919	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	365.48/cwt	325.00–376.00	2,047	15
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	602	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,941	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	634	326.02/cwt	305.00–330.00	2,067	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	641	334.14/cwt	325.00–335.00	2,142	37
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	680	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,904	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	720	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,106	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	740	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,264	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	768	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,227	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	824	282.01/cwt	277.50–290.00	2,324	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Natural	828	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,484	9
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	835	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,422	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	851	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,519	20
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	945	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,433	1
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	956	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,510	4
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,007	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,568	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,168	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	334	383.62/cwt	350.00–395.00	1,281	8
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	340	354.78/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,206	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	368	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,500	10
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	388	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,581	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	389	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,303	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	412	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,360	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	418	407.35/cwt	387.50–410.00	1,703	17
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	404.30/cwt	392.50–408.00	1,710	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	460	356.19/cwt	315.00–362.50	1,638	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	380.92/cwt	325.00–390.00	1,813	18
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	482	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,771	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	516	327.15/cwt	325.00–327.50	1,688	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,762	30
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	532	333.94/cwt	332.50–334.00	1,777	26
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	549	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,806	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	550	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,801	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	595	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,845	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	623	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,776	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,902	16
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	656	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,961	14
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	682	288.26/cwt	275.00–295.00	1,966	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	694	241.21/cwt	185.00–260.00	1,674	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	715	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,430	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	732	273.22/cwt	273.00–275.00	2,000	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	747	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,793	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	768	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,074	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	771	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,097	12
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	850	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	2,061	1
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	910	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,048	1
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	950	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	2,209	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls28 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	333	435.34/cwt	370.00–445.00	1,450	7
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	335	458.52/cwt	365.00–470.00	1,536	9
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 3	345	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,397	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	375	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,069	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	382	407.29/cwt	350.00–417.50	1,556	8
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	387	411.24/cwt	350.00–425.00	1,591	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	415	392.63/cwt	365.00–407.50	1,629	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	1,810	11
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	445	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,691	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	466	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,771	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	472	383.32/cwt	325.00–393.00	1,809	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	1,893	14
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	353.04/cwt	335.00–355.00	1,906	20
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	545	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,785	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	552	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,015	36
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	552	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,766	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 3	625	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,969	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,057	19
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	633	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,010	12
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	720	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,872	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,005	6
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	767	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,013	6
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 2	845	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,189	6
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	855	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,202	2
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 2	885	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,903	1
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	970	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	2,110	1
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	995	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	2,214	1
Bulls	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,010	216.26/cwt	215.00–217.50	2,184	2

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 May 12, 2025

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

Receipts 684Last week 778Year ago 599

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 221, Heifers 263, Bulls 200)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	405.00	405.00
1	350–400	375	285.00	285.00
1	400–450	445	380.00	380.00
6	450–500	466	380.00	380.00
3	500–550	545	327.50	327.50
3	550–600	552	320.00	320.00
2	600–650	625	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	333	370.00–445.00	435.34
5	350–400	387	350.00–425.00	411.24
5	400–450	415	365.00–407.50	392.63
7	450–500	472	325.00–393.00	383.32
20	500–550	540	335.00–355.00	353.04
12	600–650	633	317.50	317.50
1	700–750	720	260.00	260.00
6	750–800	767	262.50	262.50
6	800–850	845	259.00	259.00
1	850–900	885	215.00	215.00
1	950–1000	970	217.50	217.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	335	365.00–470.00	458.52
8	350–400	382	350.00–417.50	407.29
11	400–450	427	424.00	424.00
14	450–500	478	396.00	396.00
36	550–600	552	365.00	365.00
19	600–650	633	325.00	325.00
6	700–750	740	271.00	271.00
2	850–900	855	257.50	257.50
1	950–1000	995	222.50	222.50
2	1000–1050	1,010	215.00–217.50	216.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	334	350.00–395.00	383.62
10	350–400	368	407.50	407.50
17	400–450	418	387.50–410.00	407.35
9	450–500	482	367.50	367.50
26	500–550	532	332.50–334.00	333.94
14	650–700	656	299.00	299.00
9	700–750	732	273.00–275.00	273.22
1	900–950	910	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	340.00–370.00	354.78
4	350–400	389	335.00	335.00
3	400–450	412	330.00	330.00
15	450–500	460	315.00–362.50	356.19
7	500–550	516	325.00–327.50	327.15
7	550–600	550	327.50	327.50
2	600–650	623	285.00	285.00
4	650–700	694	185.00–260.00	241.21
1	700–750	715	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	365.00	365.00
6	350–400	388	407.50	407.50
16	400–450	423	392.50–408.00	404.30
18	450–500	476	325.00–390.00	380.92
30	500–550	526	335.00	335.00
1	550–600	595	310.00	310.00
16	600–650	634	300.00	300.00
3	650–700	682	275.00–295.00	288.26
5	700–750	747	240.00	240.00
3	750–800	768	270.00	270.00
1	850–900	850	242.50	242.50
1	950–1000	950	232.50	232.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	549	329.00	329.00
12	750–800	771	272.00	272.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	360	365.00–415.00	397.87
8	450–500	459	355.00–394.00	389.00
7	550–600	551	342.50	342.50
1	650–700	680	280.00	280.00
1	700–750	720	292.50	292.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	328	340.00–450.00	414.82
5	350–400	386	422.50	422.50
1	400–450	420	340.00	340.00
12	450–500	479	325.00–400.00	391.78
15	550–600	560	325.00–376.00	365.48
6	600–650	634	305.00–330.00	326.02
5	700–750	740	306.00	306.00
5	800–850	824	277.50–290.00	282.01
1	900–950	945	257.50	257.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
9	800–850	828	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	850–900	851	296.00	296.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	440.00	440.00
4	300–350	319	462.50	462.50
2	350–400	368	405.00	405.00
12	400–450	444	435.00	435.00
5	450–500	482	392.50	392.50
35	500–550	544	371.00	371.00
4	550–600	559	320.00–367.50	343.28
37	600–650	641	325.00–335.00	334.14
2	750–800	768	290.00	290.00
2	800–850	835	290.00	290.00
4	950–1000	956	262.50	262.50
6	1000–1050	1,007	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	602	322.50	322.50

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.