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Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Name: Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-05-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-19

Feeder Cattle · Winchester, Virginia · Mon, May 19

● Final85 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2175

← May 12May 19May 26 →

Receipts

645 head

▼ 39 vs last sale 684▲ 116 vs year ago 529 · +21.9%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleMon Oct 5, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 182, Heifers 296, Bulls 167)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are 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 $334.70/cwt on 78 head. That ranks 6 of 34 comparable sales and sits −34.65 against this barn's trailing median of $369.35.

Average price

$334.70

78 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,814

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$79

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

$6.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.44

vs VA average

+0.44 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	553	337.50	1,866	8thin
Medium and Large 2	541	337.20	1,825	39
Medium and Large 1	540	330.83	1,788	31

One grade step is worth $6.67/cwt here — about $79 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale78 hd

334.70

—

VA average7 barns · 398 hd

330.26

+4.44

National average158 barns · 12,726 hd

334.26

+0.44

This barn, trailing median34 sales

369.35

−34.65

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

85 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	323	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,389	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	330	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,188	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	341	389.88/cwt	375.00–400.00	1,329	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,499	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	371	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,549	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	415	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,639	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,787	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	428	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,787	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	452	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,718	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	403.79/cwt	365.00–411.00	1,930	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	488	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,964	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	500	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,600	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	551	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,132	24
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	555	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,915	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	568	370.40/cwt	330.00–379.00	2,104	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	591	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,142	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Natural	596	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,131	17
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	627	311.81/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,955	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	640	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,984	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	329.21/cwt	324.00–332.00	2,166	42
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	708	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,248	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,389	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	785	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,481	16
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	817	282.97/cwt	255.00–292.50	2,312	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	830	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,449	3
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	900	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,318	1
Steers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 1	1,100	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,420	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	279	379.93/cwt	350.00–395.00	1,060	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	339	415.62/cwt	400.00–422.50	1,409	10
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,411	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	340	388.10/cwt	360.00–395.00	1,320	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	381	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,591	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	384	398.86/cwt	365.00–410.00	1,532	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	408	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,785	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,679	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,658	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	439	373.72/cwt	305.00–385.00	1,641	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,793	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	476	377.80/cwt	375.00–378.00	1,798	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	332.03/cwt	332.00–332.50	1,786	29
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	539	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,833	36
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	553	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,866	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	567	303.58/cwt	275.00–318.00	1,721	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	313.45/cwt	305.00–322.50	1,802	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	615	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,630	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	309.17/cwt	302.50–317.50	1,917	40
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	634	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,965	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	643	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,977	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	651	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,693	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	657	311.41/cwt	295.00–316.00	2,046	19
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	682	256.41/cwt	230.00–270.00	1,749	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	274.06/cwt	262.50–282.50	1,995	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	733	276.29/cwt	265.00–280.00	2,025	8
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	837	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,072	3
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	860	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,150	2
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	862	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,026	3
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	900	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,124	2
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	920	239.26/cwt	227.50–245.00	2,201	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls27 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	268	392.38/cwt	380.00–405.00	1,052	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	312	422.14/cwt	400.00–435.00	1,317	3
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 3	343	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,329	4
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	345	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,311	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	360	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,512	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	408.78/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,512	8
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,668	9
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	420	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,470	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	427	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,708	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	450	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,755	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	481	380.65/cwt	350.00–430.00	1,831	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	376.61/cwt	345.00–385.00	1,819	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	515	310.09/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,597	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	545	359.55/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,960	22
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	559	346.18/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,935	13
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	641	304.52/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,952	10
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 3	646	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,890	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	649	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,093	12
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,113	20
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	736	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,061	4
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	747	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,129	8
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	760	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,938	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 3	780	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,716	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	790	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,975	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	250.12/cwt	245.00–255.00	2,063	2
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 2	877	233.54/cwt	220.00–242.50	2,048	5
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	972	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,944	3

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 19, 2025

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

Receipts 645Last week 684Year ago 529

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 182, Heifers 296, Bulls 167)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	360.00	360.00
4	350–400	371	417.50	417.50
8	400–450	428	417.50	417.50
2	450–500	488	402.50	402.50
12	550–600	568	330.00–379.00	370.40
3	600–650	627	305.00–315.00	311.81
2	700–750	708	317.50	317.50
4	800–850	817	255.00–292.50	282.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	341	375.00–400.00	389.88
1	400–450	415	395.00	395.00
3	450–500	452	380.00	380.00
1	500–550	500	320.00	320.00
1	550–600	555	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	430.00	430.00
1	350–400	370	405.00	405.00
7	400–450	423	422.50	422.50
6	450–500	478	365.00–411.00	403.79
24	550–600	551	387.00	387.00
1	600–650	640	310.00	310.00
42	650–700	658	324.00–332.00	329.21
6	700–750	724	330.00	330.00
3	800–850	830	295.00	295.00
1	900–950	900	257.50	257.50
1	1100–1150	1,100	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	591	362.50	362.50
16	750–800	785	316.00	316.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
17	550–600	596	357.50	357.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	312	400.00–435.00	422.14
3	350–400	360	420.00	420.00
6	400–450	427	400.00	400.00
5	450–500	481	350.00–430.00	380.65
13	550–600	559	325.00–350.00	346.18
10	600–650	641	300.00–305.00	304.52
4	700–750	736	280.00	280.00
1	750–800	760	255.00	255.00
5	850–900	877	220.00–242.50	233.54
3	950–1000	972	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	343	387.50	387.50
2	400–450	420	350.00	350.00
3	450–500	450	390.00	390.00
5	500–550	515	300.00–325.00	310.09
6	600–650	646	292.50	292.50
1	750–800	780	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	268	380.00–405.00	392.38
1	300–350	345	380.00	380.00
8	350–400	370	400.00–410.00	408.78
9	400–450	417	400.00	400.00
6	450–500	483	345.00–385.00	376.61
22	500–550	545	355.00–360.00	359.55
12	600–650	649	322.50	322.50
1	750–800	790	250.00	250.00
2	800–850	825	245.00–255.00	250.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	650–700	650	325.00	325.00
8	700–750	747	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	339	400.00–422.50	415.62
4	350–400	384	365.00–410.00	398.86
9	400–450	425	395.00	395.00
14	450–500	476	375.00–378.00	377.80
36	500–550	539	340.00	340.00
3	550–600	567	275.00–318.00	303.58
1	600–650	615	265.00	265.00
19	650–700	657	295.00–316.00	311.41
8	700–750	733	265.00–280.00	276.29
3	800–850	837	247.50	247.50
3	850–900	862	235.00	235.00
2	900–950	900	236.00	236.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	408	437.50	437.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	340	360.00–395.00	388.10
8	400–450	439	305.00–385.00	373.72
8	550–600	553	337.50	337.50
8	650–700	651	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	279	350.00–395.00	379.93
3	300–350	340	415.00	415.00
7	350–400	381	417.50	417.50
12	400–450	425	390.00	390.00
13	450–500	475	377.50	377.50
29	500–550	538	332.00–332.50	332.03
2	550–600	575	305.00–322.50	313.45
40	600–650	620	302.50–317.50	309.17
3	650–700	682	230.00–270.00	256.41
7	700–750	728	262.50–282.50	274.06
2	850–900	860	250.00	250.00
3	900–950	920	227.50–245.00	239.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	643	307.50	307.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	634	310.00	310.00

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.