Sale reports / Virginia / Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. / 2025-07-21

Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Winchester, Virginia · Mon, Jul 21
● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2175
Receipts
448 head
▼ 29 vs last sale 477▼ 195 vs year ago 643 · −30.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 100, Heifers 245, Bulls 103)

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 $346.32/cwt on 78 head. That ranks 11 of 34 comparable sales and sits −23.03 against this barn's trailing median of $369.35.
Average price
$346.32
78 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,926
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$285
per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Medium and Large 2
$25.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.51
vs VA average
+6.14 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2-3591360.002,12813thin
Medium and Large 1-2533360.001,9196thin
Medium and Large 3542348.771,88913thin
Medium and Large 1558347.721,94118thin
Medium and Large 2550335.001,84328
One grade step is worth $25.00/cwt here — about $285 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 sale78 hd
346.32
—
VA average8 barns · 435 hd
337.81
+8.51
National average146 barns · 6,788 hd
340.18
+6.14
This barn, trailing median34 sales
369.35
−23.03
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

71 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1300465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,3951
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2310440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,3641
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1380431.25/cwt390.00–445.001,6394
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2385415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,5982
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3391390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,5258
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,8492
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2428407.94/cwt400.00–420.001,74610
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3462360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,6633
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2483390.23/cwt350.00–396.001,8858
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1488405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,9762
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1500410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,0501
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3535265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,4181
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2543390.78/cwt390.00–391.002,1229
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1554395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,18818
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3608327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,9913
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1641361.00/cwt361.00–361.002,3145
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2651359.00/cwt359.00–359.002,3376
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3712320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,2783
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1720290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,0881
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2745312.50/cwt312.50–312.502,3282
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1763310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,3652
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2916297.00/cwt297.00–297.002,7217
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1290390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,1311
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1328400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3123
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2338415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,40319
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3356339.22/cwt335.00–360.001,2086
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1381406.32/cwt345.00–415.001,54819
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2389415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,6144
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3400350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4001
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420409.94/cwt390.00–412.501,7229
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1421403.68/cwt395.00–405.001,69915
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1472371.00/cwt371.00–371.001,75113
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3473390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,84512
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2481363.54/cwt340.00–368.001,7496
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3485368.00/cwt368.00–368.001,7855
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,7822
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added533360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,9196
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3540352.00/cwt352.00–352.001,90112
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2550335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,84328
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3560310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,7361
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1562349.00/cwt349.00–349.001,96116
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3591360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,12813
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3623307.74/cwt295.00–311.001,91710
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1632345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,18013
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2659320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1097
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1670300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,0101
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3730297.50/cwt297.50–297.502,1723
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1746305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,2758
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2769302.50/cwt302.50–302.502,3264
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1285482.50/cwt482.50–482.501,3755
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1319414.87/cwt355.00–445.001,3233
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2333450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,4998
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3333420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,3992
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2376421.76/cwt390.00–435.001,5865
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3380394.94/cwt385.00–400.001,5013
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1381437.67/cwt390.00–445.001,6687
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3405390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,5801
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,78515
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1431407.50/cwt407.50–407.501,7569
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2469387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,8176
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1475398.19/cwt385.00–400.001,89111
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2537366.00/cwt366.00–366.001,96510
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1540342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,8503
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1555335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,8591
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3585285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,6671
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1617326.69/cwt300.00–347.502,0163
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3635270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7151
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2658322.50/cwt322.50–322.502,1222
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2700295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,0651
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2865260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,2492
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 2962242.50/cwt242.50–242.502,3333

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.