Sale reports / Virginia / Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. / 2025-07-07

Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Winchester, Virginia · Mon, Jul 7
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2175
Receipts
351 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 343▼ 214 vs year ago 565 · −37.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 108, Heifers 173, Bulls 70)

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 $322.13/cwt on 44 head. That ranks 4 of 34 comparable sales and sits −47.22 against this barn's trailing median of $369.35.
Average price
$322.13
44 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,757
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$12
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$4.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.80
vs VA average
−19.40 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544324.141,76225
Medium and Large 3544320.001,7414thin
Medium and Large 2548319.331,75115thin
One grade step is worth $4.81/cwt here — about $12 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 sale44 hd
322.13
—
VA average3 barns · 128 hd
318.33
+3.80
National average157 barns · 9,726 hd
341.53
−19.40
This barn, trailing median34 sales
369.35
−47.22
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

72 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1310385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,1941
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1355415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,4731
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3365370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,3511
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2369415.13/cwt410.00–417.501,5323
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2410385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,5791
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3418325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,3592
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1435371.67/cwt350.00–382.501,6173
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2468382.86/cwt380.00–390.001,7927
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,8297
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2515362.00/cwt362.00–362.001,8641
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520379.67/cwt350.00–384.001,9748
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3540325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,7552
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2564370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,0878
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1590310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,8291
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3615327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,0144
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1637336.08/cwt240.00–368.002,1414
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2645369.00/cwt369.00–369.002,38013
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added648373.00/cwt373.00–373.002,4176
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1680320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1761
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added768316.00/cwt316.00–316.002,4275
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2777312.00/cwt312.00–312.002,4243
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1790295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,3311
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added843315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,65511
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added850311.00/cwt311.00–311.002,64411
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1943275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,5933
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1275360.00/cwt360.00–360.009901
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1324372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,2075
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2326351.86/cwt300.00–360.001,1477
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3353365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,28810
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2378338.69/cwt313.50–360.001,2804
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1385360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,3863
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428344.43/cwt315.00–350.001,47411
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2429355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,52313
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3433280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,2122
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3458347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,5926
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1478340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,6252
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2479357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,71210
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1542325.15/cwt317.50–326.001,76224
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3544320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,7414
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2548320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,75413
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2550315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,7332
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1585300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7551
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2610300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8302
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1641293.08/cwt293.00–294.001,87912
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added648326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,1128
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3649272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,7657
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1680284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,9311
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added690298.00/cwt298.00–298.002,0563
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1714289.00/cwt289.00–289.002,0635
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added776311.00/cwt311.00–311.002,41311
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2838283.00/cwt283.00–283.002,3722
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1848303.00/cwt303.00–303.002,5693
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1285425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,2111
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2330432.50/cwt432.50–432.501,4274
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3336375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,2604
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1338437.50/cwt437.50–437.501,4794
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2365427.50/cwt427.50–427.501,5601
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1384426.94/cwt410.00–429.001,6399
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2423395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,6714
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1433390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,6896
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3440360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,5841
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3453320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4503
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2455360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,6381
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1481377.80/cwt345.00–383.001,8177
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3510335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,7091
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2532371.00/cwt371.00–371.001,9743
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2555367.00/cwt367.00–367.002,0371
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1569353.46/cwt335.00–357.002,0116
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1643341.32/cwt338.00–362.502,1957
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2650330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,1452
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2700259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,8132
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1723285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,0613

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.