Sale reports / Virginia / Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. / 2025-07-14

Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Winchester, Virginia · Mon, Jul 14
● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2175
Receipts
477 head
▲ 126 vs last sale 351▲ 34 vs year ago 443 · +7.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 110, Heifers 222, Bulls 145)

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 $331.34/cwt on 58 head. That ranks 5 of 34 comparable sales and sits −38.01 against this barn's trailing median of $369.35.
Average price
$331.34
58 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,771
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$20
per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Medium and Large 1
$19.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.88
vs VA average
−7.40 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2-3520345.001,7947thin
Medium and Large 2523334.761,75120
Medium and Large 3546327.501,7888thin
Medium and Large 1545325.541,77423
One grade step is worth $19.46/cwt here — about $20 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 sale58 hd
331.34
—
VA average9 barns · 320 hd
325.46
+5.88
National average151 barns · 8,478 hd
338.74
−7.40
This barn, trailing median34 sales
369.35
−38.01
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

69 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,3331
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2373400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4922
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1389430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,6738
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1427400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,70813
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2434365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,5849
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3455345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,5703
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2479362.60/cwt325.00–375.001,7374
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1482394.27/cwt375.00–397.501,9007
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2520378.00/cwt378.00–378.001,96614
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3535350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,8731
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1539377.50/cwt377.50–377.502,03523
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2580300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7402
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3600325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,9502
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added618385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,3795
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1630362.50/cwt362.50–362.502,28411
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2649347.50/cwt347.50–347.502,2554
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2765275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,1041
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1281351.03/cwt315.00–360.009865
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,2032
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2335357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,19810
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,3616
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,3319
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3395345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,3633
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1424355.69/cwt347.50–357.501,50811
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2428360.72/cwt355.00–365.001,54423
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2474352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,67117
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1478347.21/cwt345.00–347.501,6609
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added484325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,5735
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3488300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4644
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3520345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,7947
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523334.76/cwt330.00–335.001,75120
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1543327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,77820
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3546327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,7888
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1558312.49/cwt310.00–317.501,7443
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1628312.22/cwt310.00–312.501,96118
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3635275.20/cwt265.00–280.001,7483
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2643310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9934
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2729287.22/cwt255.00–297.502,0944
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1735320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,3523
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1778315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,4512
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added834307.00/cwt307.00–307.002,56017
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1837290.70/cwt285.00–292.502,4334
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2838264.99/cwt260.00–270.002,2212
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2880235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,0681
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1280325.00/cwt325.00–325.009101
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2319435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,38815
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1328422.15/cwt320.00–435.001,3859
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3350235.00/cwt235.00–235.008232
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2372400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4885
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1378421.65/cwt420.00–425.001,5943
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2428382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,63714
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1435398.60/cwt397.50–402.501,7349
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2474375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,7789
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1477383.37/cwt320.00–392.501,8298
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3485357.50/cwt325.00–390.001,7342
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3524320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6775
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1542362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,96515
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2542336.40/cwt320.00–340.001,82316
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1555325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,8041
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2595250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4881
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2643305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,9612
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1646325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,1009
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2675250.69/cwt245.00–252.501,6924
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1680295.04/cwt290.00–300.002,0062
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3680245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,6661
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1730290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,1173
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 3730252.48/cwt250.00–255.001,8432
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1843270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,2762
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1905220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,9911

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.