Sale reports / Virginia / Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc. / 2025-08-11

Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Winchester, Virginia · Mon, Aug 11
● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2175
Receipts
482 head
▼ 193 vs last sale 675▲ 34 vs year ago 448 · +7.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 107, Heifers 217, Bulls 158)

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 $345.43/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 11 of 34 comparable sales and sits −23.92 against this barn's trailing median of $369.35.
Average price
$345.43
48 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,916
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$377
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$43.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.06
vs VA average
−5.38 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2585352.502,0625thin
Medium and Large 1551351.301,93526
Medium and Large 2554345.001,91112thin
Medium and Large 3546308.851,6855thin
One grade step is worth $43.65/cwt here — about $377 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 sale48 hd
345.43
—
VA average7 barns · 435 hd
339.37
+6.06
National average152 barns · 8,349 hd
350.81
−5.38
This barn, trailing median34 sales
369.35
−23.92
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

75 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2335435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,4573
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3348385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,3404
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2381424.27/cwt400.00–430.001,6167
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1417455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,8973
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2426420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,7898
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3461376.07/cwt372.50–390.001,7345
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1467410.60/cwt400.00–455.001,9185
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2479395.30/cwt380.00–400.001,89313
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3500150.00/cwt150.00–150.007501
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,1062
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2532375.61/cwt375.00–380.001,9988
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Value Added540395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,1338
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1555379.43/cwt375.00–380.002,1069
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3585355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,0772
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1626354.18/cwt352.50–362.502,2176
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2629358.37/cwt347.50–362.502,2546
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3635285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,8101
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3685285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,9521
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1758335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,5396
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2865300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,5951
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1885290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,5671
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1913286.10/cwt275.00–297.502,6122
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 2978282.50/cwt282.50–282.502,7632
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 21,133272.50/cwt272.50–272.503,0873
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1282381.27/cwt365.00–390.001,0753
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1315397.74/cwt390.00–405.001,2532
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2327395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,2927
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3328360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,1818
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373414.68/cwt412.50–417.501,5479
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1374419.43/cwt415.00–420.001,5699
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2419407.50/cwt407.50–407.501,70712
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1429415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,78012
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3440333.44/cwt235.00–347.501,4678
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2476362.75/cwt362.50–365.001,72710
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1482370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,78310
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3537316.69/cwt275.00–330.001,7014
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1538337.53/cwt335.00–340.001,8162
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1552352.45/cwt335.00–355.001,94624
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2554345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,91112
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3580277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,6101
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added585352.50/cwt352.50–352.502,0625
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1605295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,7851
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3633291.53/cwt265.00–305.001,8453
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2634319.00/cwt319.00–319.002,02210
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2655306.67/cwt290.00–315.002,0093
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1663317.77/cwt305.00–320.002,1077
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2727309.00/cwt309.00–309.002,2469
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1740292.50/cwt292.50–292.502,1655
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added757319.00/cwt319.00–319.002,41510
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1820280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,2962
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2829286.00/cwt286.00–286.002,3715
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added868290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,51718
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1925268.00/cwt268.00–268.002,4792
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1290470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,3632
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2336424.84/cwt395.00–432.501,42715
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2373442.07/cwt400.00–460.001,64910
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1380470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,78614
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2412436.66/cwt430.00–437.501,7999
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1421460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,9377
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3425380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,6151
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1467408.91/cwt350.00–415.001,91017
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2477390.00/cwt310.00–410.001,8605
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2534387.50/cwt387.50–387.502,06920
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1543385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,09127
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3560325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,8201
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1565387.50/cwt387.50–387.502,1893
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2639333.95/cwt310.00–340.002,1345
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1643329.17/cwt285.00–335.002,1178
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3653290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,8943
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1675280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,8901
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1725280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,0301
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2745280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,0862
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 3748245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,8332
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1805280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,2541
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2900185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,6651

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.