Sale reports / Virginia / Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. / 2025-06-02

Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Winchester, Virginia · Mon, Jun 2
● Final83 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2175
Receipts
555 head
▼ 167 vs last sale 722▲ 62 vs year ago 493 · +12.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 218, Heifers 221, Bulls 116)

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 $323.47/cwt on 76 head. That ranks 4 of 34 comparable sales and sits −45.88 against this barn's trailing median of $369.35.
Average price
$323.47
76 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,773
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$52
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$15.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.23
vs VA average
−14.77 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2544327.591,78131
Medium and Large 1551321.881,77439
Medium and Large 3553312.501,7286thin
One grade step is worth $15.09/cwt here — about $52 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale76 hd
323.47
—
VA average5 barns · 349 hd
322.24
+1.23
National average164 barns · 13,536 hd
338.24
−14.77
This barn, trailing median34 sales
369.35
−45.88
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

83 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3305365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,1131
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2345370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,2771
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3353350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,2364
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375367.50/cwt360.00–382.501,3783
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1380405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,5392
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3405385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,5592
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2414400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,6564
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Value Added415422.50/cwt422.50–422.501,7536
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1428416.58/cwt400.00–420.001,7836
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1471399.37/cwt380.00–402.501,88113
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475388.94/cwt380.00–390.001,8479
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2510330.29/cwt300.00–360.001,6844
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Value Added516380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,96113
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,0028
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1553388.11/cwt330.00–392.002,14632
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2554372.50/cwt372.50–372.502,0649
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3562317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,7846
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1613322.45/cwt310.00–335.001,9772
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added616350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,1568
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2640337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,16010
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1654331.91/cwt312.50–335.002,17132
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3665265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,7622
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2710305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,1661
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1715310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,2171
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2753305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,2973
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1754315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,3756
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1819295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,4164
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2828275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,2772
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added863304.00/cwt304.00–304.002,62411
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1969277.50/cwt277.50–277.502,6894
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 2985227.50/cwt227.50–227.502,2411
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 11,104249.00/cwt249.00–249.002,7497
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1270380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,0262
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2326345.98/cwt275.00–370.001,1288
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1328387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,2718
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3368340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,2519
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,3885
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375367.36/cwt325.00–372.501,3789
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2438355.82/cwt335.00–395.001,5587
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3438340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,48914
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1442335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,4813
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2467347.00/cwt342.50–385.001,62010
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3475302.47/cwt300.00–305.001,4372
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1477365.45/cwt335.00–375.001,74321
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,5341
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2540330.66/cwt320.00–332.001,78626
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1552322.59/cwt295.00–325.001,78138
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3553312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,7286
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2562311.63/cwt302.50–317.501,7515
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3625274.84/cwt260.00–280.001,7184
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2627288.06/cwt255.00–295.001,8068
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1640275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,7601
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1651303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,97314
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2Value Added653260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,69810
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2732261.56/cwt255.00–275.001,9153
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1780255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,9891
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2822247.50/cwt247.50–247.502,0343
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1895255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,2821
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1293400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,1722
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2303339.79/cwt315.00–365.001,0302
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1325394.86/cwt320.00–412.501,2835
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2377388.14/cwt375.00–392.501,4634
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3380385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,4633
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1382383.54/cwt335.00–402.501,4658
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2422382.00/cwt360.00–385.001,6128
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1430420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,8069
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3443375.50/cwt365.00–377.501,6636
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1468390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,8256
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2473342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,6202
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1508327.41/cwt310.00–345.001,6632
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2510290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,4791
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3532321.61/cwt305.00–330.001,7113
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1555350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,94310
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2567336.76/cwt320.00–342.501,9098
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1634317.71/cwt312.50–330.002,0149
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2636315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,0038
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2650300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9501
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3650275.00/cwt260.00–290.001,7882
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1745270.87/cwt267.50–295.002,0188
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2745232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,7322
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2755265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,0011
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1839232.58/cwt225.00–235.001,9514
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1925217.50/cwt217.50–217.502,0121

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.