Sale reports / Virginia / Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. / 2025-06-16

Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Winchester, Virginia · Mon, Jun 16
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2175
Receipts
338 head
▼ 56 vs last sale 394▼ 116 vs year ago 454 · −25.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 121, Heifers 130, Bulls 87)

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 $347.65/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 11 of 34 comparable sales and sits −21.70 against this barn's trailing median of $369.35.
Average price
$347.65
23 head · 531 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,848
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$306
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$44.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+19.99
vs VA average
+13.54 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2524359.001,8818thin
Medium and Large 1538343.491,84814thin
Medium and Large 3500315.001,5751thin
One grade step is worth $44.00/cwt here — about $306 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale23 hd
347.65
—
VA average8 barns · 456 hd
327.66
+19.99
National average153 barns · 9,567 hd
334.11
+13.54
This barn, trailing median34 sales
369.35
−21.70
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

59 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3322380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,2243
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2345435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,5011
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2370410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,5171
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2437397.50/cwt397.50–397.501,73711
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3448375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,6802
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2488382.00/cwt382.00–382.001,86410
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1546407.50/cwt407.50–407.502,22510
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2561383.00/cwt383.00–383.002,14915
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2636351.04/cwt330.00–355.002,2336
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1647384.49/cwt345.00–387.502,48818
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1650387.50/cwt387.50–387.502,51912
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1734342.92/cwt340.00–355.002,51710
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2750285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,1381
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1814320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,6053
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added849330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,80211
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2923220.00/cwt175.00–265.002,0312
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1975220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,1451
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,060150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,5901
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 11,130195.00/cwt195.00–195.002,2042
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1280385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,0782
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1313357.24/cwt357.00–357.501,1182
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2327397.00/cwt397.00–397.001,29810
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3358385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,3786
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2380399.54/cwt385.00–402.501,5186
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1385382.14/cwt380.00–385.001,4717
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3420337.36/cwt250.00–385.001,4173
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2431392.50/cwt392.50–392.501,69216
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1432386.58/cwt377.50–390.001,67011
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1458360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,6493
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2472360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,69915
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3500315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,5751
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2524359.00/cwt359.00–359.001,8818
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1538343.49/cwt340.00–348.001,84814
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3610225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3731
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1619346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,14210
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1650332.50/cwt332.50–332.502,1611
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2668320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1383
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2713307.50/cwt307.50–307.502,1923
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1740324.00/cwt324.00–324.002,3983
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1755310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,3411
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2842285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,4003
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1277426.99/cwt385.00–445.001,1835
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1315412.96/cwt390.00–425.001,3013
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2320426.74/cwt405.00–432.501,3665
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3361358.13/cwt300.00–380.001,2934
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1363415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,5062
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2378400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,5123
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1415402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,6709
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2426365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,5554
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2472361.38/cwt350.00–365.001,7064
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1479410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,9644
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3482350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6873
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2526370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,94610
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1573387.00/cwt387.00–387.002,2186
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3585265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,5501
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2610342.50/cwt342.50–342.502,0894
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2650345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,24311
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1665347.99/cwt345.00–350.002,3145
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1788287.50/cwt287.50–287.502,2662

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.